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.
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.
Where I live there is exactly one good radio station and I listen to it every day.
I used to listen to the CBC every day but switched to podcasts years ago because the CBC turned to utter lame shit, more worried about their budget than actual journalism.
Almost every morning when I drive to work.
Npr classic station for commutes and house cleaning.
AM radio at the top of the hour for news, and only when I’m in my car. My sprit animal is old man.
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.
Yes, often. Between being in the car a lot since RTO mandates and being alone in the house a lot and needing to have some noise to help me focus on the task at hand, the radio is on a lot.
I have the advantage of a great, local, non-profit radio station with real, local DJs that just talk normal. They play an abundance of local and emerging artists alongside classic artists. Since it’s non-profit, there are no commercials other than a “sponsored by” message from time to time.
Really enjoy WXRV 95.9 The River Boston. You can stream from a number of sources.
Haha fuck no! Never! Once I hear static I’m fucking livid. Static can suck it. Long live the aux cord!!
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.
I haven’t gone out of my way to listen to the radio or watch TV for about 8ish years.
Not for about 2 years, and it was only because I was in a carpool situation at my old job so local radio stopped any potential bitching.
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…”
