<P> Compared to music and television broadcasting, radio broadcasting is very limited between both sides of the pond . </P> <P> There are several reasons for this . The major one the majority of radio broadcasting in the US is commercial and funded by advertising and the small public radio stations are supported by donations, compared to the UK where the national public broadcaster is the major player which funded by the television licence . This leads to a completely different structure of radio stations and schedules . Other factors include differing technical standards of radio broadcasting . This is influenced by their countries' broadcasting authorities which shapes over-the - air radio . In the UK, it is influenced by authorities of Ofcom and the EBU which are working towards DAB and DRM . While in the United States, it influenced by FCC which is working towards satellite radio and HD radio . </P> <P> Due to broadcasting rights, the internet radio feeds of American and British radio stations are sometimes blocked or on restricted bandwidth . For example, BBC Radio 2 is on a 128 kbit / s AAC domestic stream, while internationally it's on a 48 kbit / s AAC+ stream . However both the American and the British international broadcasters Voice of America and the BBC World Service is fully accessible online . </P> <P> The BBC World Service is sometimes syndicated on various major city public radio stations in the United States such as WNYC, and on SiriusXM satellite radio . From 2005 to 2011, a time - shifted version of BBC Radio 1 was available on Sirius satellite radio . There has been attempts in the past to bring British formats to American audiences, such as the News Quiz USA . While in the UK, A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show) was available weekly until 2016 on BBC Radio 4 Extra and the joint - produced BBC and WGBH factual programme Boston Calling is available on the domestic feed of the World Service . The radio programme Democracy Now! is available on the WRN station, which is accessible on channel 0122 on Sky satellite radio and online . </P>

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