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

I sold my tuner and have not listened to music radio for over 15 years but still I am an avid  listener to news radio, especially Bloomberg Radio, when driving.  Getting nostalgic as I always do, this post has brought back memories is the late 60’s and early 70’s listening and falling into a deep REM state sleep to sultry voice of the beautiful Alison Steele, The Nightbird, on late night WNEW NY radio play album cuts both in and out of the mainstream, and interviews of musicians, through my Koss Pro 4AA headphones and Pioneer SX828 Receiver. Think I had a middle/high school crush on her.  I also was an avid listener to PBS NY classical music and used to record the occasional live performances offered on my Advent Cassette Deck on Memorex Tape. 

No. A few months ago, I was overhauling the basement shelves, and found a box. My tuner. I realized I had pulled it out of one system to make room a year ago, and meant to bring it upstairs to another room. And forgot. and never missed it. The radio, and more, I listen to I do through one of my streaming apps (Volumio, for instance). I remember A/B'ing that stream and the over the air, and the stream was way better. In the car, I might punch on the news once in awhile, but never the music stations anymore, probably more than a decade.

I haven't listened to an actual radio station since satellite radio became a thing. I don't even have any AM/FM presets set up in my current vehicle.

Never been without a tuner since 1974. NPR and college stations. Well-produced local music shows are among my very favorite things. More distant stations need streaming via a Cambridge backup unit that allows individual station selection. Evidently this feature doesn't exist on Qobuz which I play via Aurender. 
The Qobuz pre-selected stations seem good choices, but have always disappointed. Of course I listen in the car too. When reception peters out there are always Pynchon novels on Audible.