Do You Listen To The Radio Anymore?

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FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

No, I stopped about 30 years ago!! I listened a lot as a kid but we had great music back then! Then I found an FM station that was playing LOTS of really interesting stuff I've never heard before!! It was touted as a progressive station! Well, about 15 years later, they stopped progressing and I got sick of hearing the same 12 records played over and over again!!! Eventually, I turned the dial and found a station playing those oldies I grew up with!! It was actually a progressive oldies station in that; when my dad used to listen to it when I was a kid, they were playing big band music from the `40's!! When I re-discovered them in the late `80's, they were playing oldies from the early `60's!! Stuff I hadn't heard since I was a kid!! I LOVED IT!! About another 10 years later, they started playing the SAME 12 records I switched to them to get the hell away from!!! So, no more radio for me! My collection is at least 54,000 pieces now so, I've got SHITLOADS of stuff to listen to!! Stuff I WANT to hear!!!
I suppose that oldies station is now playing pop princess shit from the early `00's, now!

najekim · Accepted Answer

Yup. Both AM & FM.

DarkCarousel · Accepted Answer

Yes, I do. There is one particular radio show that makes me laugh on my morning commute.
The worst part is the commercial advertisement, where the volume is suddenly very loud. Surely advertisers don't think that people are more likely to buy their product if someone is yelling their sales pitch.

DizzyDesii · Accepted Answer

I prefer the radio over youtube and music apps honestly.

abc3643 · Answer

All the time. I've more-or-less stopped watching TV.

I do watch YouTube a lot.
I do listen to SiriusXM a lot either in my car or streaming through our Alexa device.
In my car, I often listen to the local NPR station or the stations that carry STL Cardinals games.

In fact, as I type, I just finished listening on SiriusXM to the Boston Red Sox at NY Yankees game (Sox swept 3-game series). That game was on ESPN radio, but I listened to the New York feed which I can do with SiriusXM.

Leavesbound · Answer

I live across the street from an AM radio station/antenna. But I normally don't listen to the radio much except when the internet is out. First, there are no stations in my area that have music I like. Second, almost all the talk radio programming is ludicrously fringe right wing nut jobs and conspiracy theorists. Rarely is there any real news programming on any station. you get maybe a two minute update every few hours but there is no actual half hour of news. I can't even get NPR in my area.

PaynefulPleasures · Answer

I love it great to work out to, or relax to awesome 😎

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

I was never much of a radio person back when it was the only constant source of new music, the problem with radio starions is you don't get to pick what to listen to, and no station had only stuff I liked, so to me stuff like youtube is just better.

ImSparkly · Answer

Radio seems like such an anachronism of times of yore. Other than NPR and news, I'll stick to music I bought and play from my phone/computer. Its less distracting than some random song breaking my groove from the radio, or a DJ's blather.

ThoughtfulSoul · Answer

Yep, we still have an old radio at my grandma's place. So good to hear her hum the tune along with it.

NathanDavis · Answer

yes I do, at the kitchen... an essential part of my childhood and still a habit, today

Sevenpointfive · Answer

sometimes in the car i will but i also like to drive in silence. i listen to youtube mostly

ArrowheadSW · Answer

Yes I do listen to radio. However since they removed my favorite talk shows, I am listening less. I'm starting to listen to podcasts of the talk shows that I like, since they removed them from the local station. Now they have on these political nuts.

SirRexington · Answer

Haven't in a long time. The same songs over and over and the hosts are all lame now.

BlueWalker · Answer

I do, but only for sports and some news on AM radio. I used to listen to a lot of FM radio for music, but the station I used to listen to changed its content, so I don't really listen to radio for music anymore. I mostly listen to classic rock and other older genres, so now I mostly get/discover my music from YouTube and another free streaming service.

belle_kai · Answer

We listen to it at work in the office and in my car. We love motown and classical in the office & I blast rap & R&B in the car when on my way to see clients

madgoat · Answer

In my car, yes although since covid I'm rarely in my car. But technically I occasionally listen to the radio.

MCheetah · Answer

I don't think I have since like, 2007 or 08. I haven't watched network television or cable TV since 2013.

blank_expression · Answer

I use no TV, movies, cable, satellite (all disconnected), or radio since I have permanently eliminated all forms of propaganda from my feeds.

Wiredone · Answer

I listen to it all the time. In my truck to and from my jobs, on job sites, while I'm in the pool and sitting by my fire pit. Music is my life. The radio keeps me from going insane. lol

Pogi-Paddy-2 · Answer

I listen to our local radio stations daily. Although I generally listen to NPR and the local classical music radio station, which also has an app so I can hear my local station even when I travel. So then I can say that I also stream music too.

exitseven · Answer

I listen to the radio in the bathroom. I have one just like the one in the picture in my bathroom.

Jessica405 · Answer

I listen to our local radio station at weekends. So much info about what's going on.

kkirk4442 · Answer

I listen to the radio when I'm driving, and also stream music when at home.

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