I do. Most stations in my region are just crappy music and dumb call-in shows, but there’s still a few stations with quality programming. FM radio is where I get my news, where I listen to press conferences, old-school audio theatre and (surprisingly) where I get new music recommendations. Hard to believe that modern streaming platforms’ algorithms can be outperformed by traditional media.
SiriusXM Octane, Turbo, Lithium, and 1st Wave are staples in my day.
Also WCRB in Massachusetts.
NPR and the mariachi station. Turns out the latter have the better playlists
Where I live there is exactly one good radio station and I listen to it every day.
yes but mostly in the car. It would be kinda cool for the public tv station to broadcast the public radio staing on a sub channel. like .6 with some photo rotation or something.
My car radio is tuned to the 80s/90s station. When I start my car if a song is playing, I’ll listen. If an ad comes on, I’ll mute it, and usually forget to unmute it again. Sometimes I hear two or three songs in a row before an ad. Sometimes I remember to unmute it, and maybe hear another song.
I could make an effort to have music in the car, but I don’t care that much about it. I’m okay with silence.
Yes, but just in my 2004 truck with a broken CD player. so it’s my only option for entertainment.
In the car, normally. The past month, though, I’ve pretty much only listened to Babymetal and Electric Callboy.
Almost every morning when I drive to work.
I don’t. Our last rock station shut down over a decade ago.
I stream my Jellyfin music collection on my phone and play it over the radio.
I listen to NPR everyday. I listen to college radio stations where young people awkwardly talk about young people topics and the music they play stretches my tastes. Radio is human and alive. Where ever you are, acquire a radio and scan with your little fingers and listen with your ears.
Yup. BBC radio 4 for the comedy shows cos old. Also fuck adverts.
Just whichever NPR affiliate comes in clearest on a drive.
It’s always fun trying to find the next one when the previous goes out of range on road trips. Yes, we could look it up on a phone, but it’s more fun to guess each station genre as quickly as possible.
“Country, Christian, Christian country, classic rock, country, WAIT this might be NPR…”
Npr classic station for commutes and house cleaning.
If I am in the car and its a long drive, I usually play music off my phone. But if its a shorter drive or I’m not feeling the music, its my local NPR station, always.
Really enjoy WXRV 95.9 The River Boston. You can stream from a number of sources.
