Does anyone listen to the radio anymore?


My tuner has been collecting dust the last few years. Got me thinking, how many  audiophiles even listen to the radio anymore when there are so many other options available?

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I listen to KPIG (Freedom California) and a Blues station from Altea, Spain that broadcasts in FLAC, both via Roon.  The first has real, live, disc jockeys.  I miss DJs.  I grew up in LA during the 1960s with outstanding AM and FM rock radio stations, then moved to San Francisco and listened to KSAN.  Back in LA now.  In the car I listen to sports radio and NPR.

As my home system has improved, radio has deteriorated.  

All in all, radio today is a pretty sad landscape.  

Finally, I loved WKRP on TV.

 

 

Portland (Oregon) has a pretty good Classical music station, which sounds nice coming out of my Mac MR78 (with companion piece MPI 4, a useful diagnostic tool).

 

Yes. NPR. Used to have a tube Dyna tuner and an external FM antenna. Until I plundered its Telefunken tubes for phono amp use. Now, it’s only the car or the phone app.

My brother still does.  I Hooked up an old stereo system in the family house with a steamer/DAC with a Qobuz account and a CD player.  Showed him how everything worked.  My brother hooked up the antenna to the wall and listens to a classic rock FM station.  My last holdout was the car but once I could connect my phone with Apple Car Play I stream my music playlists instead.  Still love that old time rock and roll.  

I listen to the radio on the way back and forth to work. At home? No. I live in a "bowl". Hills in every direction, no reception.