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.
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Yeah, every day. BBC 6 music is where it’s at.
The thing with streaming services for me is the complete lack of humanity. Don’t get me wrong, I sub to Apple Music and use it quite a lot, but when I’m cooking dinner and want a person playing music to me, making recommendations, and just chatting away, there’s no substitute for human-presented radio.
Algorithmic recommendations are fine, but there’s something about clicking with a piece of music that someone has encouraged me to check out.
This is the only reason I keep a Sirius/XM subscription going (that and I got a cheap rate after trying to quit). While DJs are mostly insufferable, some of them do know what they’re doing and can prep a set list, talk intelligently about it, and give you more than just algo-slop.
That can be especially effective on some of the genre-specific stations. I almost feel like I’m learning something when Richard Blade is on First Wave and he can really put together a set. Billy Idol is almost funny with how quickly he announces songs but if he has a guest it’s usually a fascinating conversation.
I only listen to Craig Charles on radio 6, do you have any shows you would recommend ?
I listen to a lot of lbc which is a call in / talk station with news and has some amazing calibre callers.
I sometimes listen to wfmu which has no advertising and you are liable to hear a ridiculous range of different things.
To be fair, I’m mostly about Craig Charles as well. His funk and soul show is a genuine highlight of my week while I’m cooking.
As for other shows; Jarvis Cocker has just come back on Sunday afternoons, which is very welcome. Also, Cerys Matthews on a Sunday is great.
There’s one radio station near me that’s halfway decent to listen to every now and again but the host that’s normally on when I’m driving just plays the same 5-7 songs on loop most days.
Also the adverts are insane, they’ll maybe get through 2 songs before going to 10 mins of ads then come back for one song and go into some radio competition before going back to ads again.
Everyday but through internet coz im an expat
Occasionally I’ll put on the radio either in the car or at home, but it’s not very common these days.
My boyfriend listens to the radio in the car and he regularly finds new music that way.nope. Even when i drive, I listen to music on my phone. Haven’t listened to the radio in… over a decade.
I don’t miss the static noise. Radio died for me the second mp3 devices became affordable like cd players, md players, the first ipod etc.
No.
I was an NPR supporter for years but now I find them to be more in line with being a voice for corporate Democrats and the status-quo.
The rest of the radio is a wash.
Given my work as a dev I’ve pretty much always got BBC Sounds on in the background while I’m working. Mainly Radio4 but also Radio6 for music and sometimes sports on Radio5 (Australian Open tennis is a personal favourite for cold winter mornings.)
lol. NO.
not since Corus bought the last remaining real Rock station here… they turned it into ‘top 40 slop’
I went Spotify, but honestly… that’s fine too. I use VLC on my phone, and in the car.
No, but my dog does. I put the radio on when I’m not home because the background noise helps her keep calm.
Just make sure there’s no news though
Not really, I only listen to the radio in the car but I barely drive since I started to take the bus.
Jazz FM for the morning coffee, BBC 6 music when making dinner
Mostly no. Currently the only time I put it on is when I’m away from the computer for a length of time doing something quiet.
And I’d probably not even do so then if I had a tablet or smartphone to cue something up from the Internet instead.
(I’m basically stuck in the '90s here. Largely by choice, but money is a factor.)
Only in the work truck… unfortunately
Nope…I haven’t turned a radio on in at least a decade. Can’t stand all the commercials and so on. I have around 16K songs on a USB drive in my car, that’s what I listen to.
