ls FM radio even listenable any more?

FM radio via "The Current" from Minnesota Public Radio is excellent for alternative/new- release rock.  Their other FM music station includes live programing of well recorded and live classical music.  (These can also be accessed via internet radio.)  I listen in my home office via a Magnum Dynalab 105 modified tuner into PrimaLuna preamp. Depending upon the recording broadcast, both can sound excellent nothwithstanding multiplex stereo signals.

If you were around in the lat 60s, living near DC, there was a station that still today dwells in the hearts and minds of listeners.


WHFS-DC area....

Prices for tuners have gone the same way as people buying dvd's.That should tell you something.I only listen to sports radio because I would rather control what I listen to, than depend on some disc jockey (do they still call them that?).

WFCR 88.5 in Western Massachusetts plays locally-hosted classical all day, punctuated only by NPR news and then in the evening from 8:00 to 11:00 produces a show hosted by Tom Reney, a nationally recognized jazz expert. Nothing better for a jazz fan such as myself, and the station's technology is top notch.  I listen through a thoroughly maintained and updated Dynaco FM3 feeding directly into a VTL ST-85 amplifier (the Dynaco has a front panel volumn control).  The amp drives Thiel 2 2 speakers.  It sounds as good/better than my Pioneer Universal Disk player through a Bel Canto eOne 3.0 DAC into the same amp and speakers.  Totally dimensional and natural sound.

A few notes.  The station now feeds a system of transmitters thoughout Western Mass, Connecticut, and the Albany area of New York (at different frequencies.)  It also streams over the internet.  And Tom Reney, who originated and did all the broadcasts for more than 30 years now hosts only Monday and Tuesday evenings, although he still oversees the "Jazz a la Mode" show.  The two folks handling the other nights are also quite knowledgeable.  However you can pick it up, I highly recommend it.

Friday night listening to some cool FM music on my MD 102 with headphones while the rest of the house is asleep. Great sound quality.