RADIO PARSEC

RADIO PARSEC (the name suggests astronomy - a parsec is an astronomical distance unit) represents a particular strand of Italian independent radio that names itself after concepts rather than place or format. The programming spans music broadly at 192 kbps bitrate, which provides better audio quality than minimal streaming requires. This bitrate choice signals something about the station's priorities - it could stream lower, but it doesn't. That decision reflects operator commitment. Italian radio listeners developed sophisticated expectations over decades of RAI's technical standards. Those l…