I’m involved with a radio station in my area and it’s soooooo cool to sit in on shows. All of the stuff you hear is done by live humans. They go in and manually put CDs and curate the playlists and control the levels of everything. Sometimes they talk in between with some context for the song or random musings they have. Sometimes whoever is hosting will dedicate a particular song to somebody they know. It’s so endearing and human. Occasionally they’ll have a prerecorded show but most of them are live.
Question: Do radio broadcasters have any indication/numbers on how many are listening in while on FM/AM?
Not from broadcasting, but they can pay a ratings company like Nielsen to research certain samples of the population.
There’s also a method that was used briefly in billboards to check what radios were tuned to as cars drove by. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/High-tech-billboards-tune-in-to-drivers-tastes-2744204.php
My understanding was it mostly picked up people listening to their aux to radio adapters though.
Only in internet radio.
I have a theory that the reason why FM radio stations often hold contests is so that they can gauge how many people are listening. By counting the number of entries and calculating an estimate of what percentage of radio listeners enter their contests, you can get a rough estimate of how many people are tuning in.
Kind of like how Nielsen operates. Send out a survey to a percentage of the American population, and from their answers you can figure out how many people watch a certain show.
What’s the radio?
Crosley radio model CR3036D – CL
@cris, @shittydwarfYep, that is the model.
I’d like to know also, what a beautiful little object
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Someone replied with it elsewhere in the thread :)
Over all a nice little radio. Only thing I’m not a fan of is that it’s only got a micro USB port for its power source. I don’t like micro USB cuz it tends to break. Other than that, it’s got decent sound quality and you can connect to it via Bluetooth and play music from it. It’s tiny and compact.
I’ve seen some videos where folks have replaced micro or mini USB with type c, but it seems a little involved unless you’re already comfortable with electronics. Still a cute little radio though!
Hell yeah community radio!
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Pedantic radio, turn that shit up
…but yes I was aware.
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I love it when events have their own radio station - burning man and Neotropolis do this
Dad once did radio DJ for a few years professionally, had to have a broadcast license and everything
I’ve thought about getting on the airwaves myself for the fun of it but have no fuckin clue where to start lol
Hamstudy.org is good to cram the license questions, and you can get a basic 2m/70cm band handheld transciever for less than $100 (well, you could pre Random Tarrif Gameshow Time)
Oh boy, I sure do love advertisements
Really depends on the station. Some of them (especially the bigger ones) will have ads quite frequently, but others will have a few every now and then and there are some that don’t have any at all.
I love radio.
College radion is my go to
It is fun as a quirky hobby, but really, depending on it for information and entertainment was really bad. Radio and TV are what created mass culture, removed local dialects and accents.
It is a one-to-many channel where people in charge of the station have disproportionate power.
It is nice to have as a simple alternate way of communicating, but boy, how am I never giving up internet access to get back to those.
As with most things, when big corporations take over it becomes bad. Definitely agree with you that using it as your only way of getting info is bad, but it’s not much different from relying on one influencer or podcaster for all your info other than it being more likely to be more well researched. I will say at least with my local one it’s a pretty diverse method of entertainment. They’ve got all kinds of weird and quirky shows on.
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I’ve got a nice little local radio station I like because they play a wide variety of stuff. Not just the same ol top 10 on repeat. Plus very few ads (unless it’s Membership Drive season)
