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 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.

Sure do, in the car.  The newest car I ever owned was a 2000.  Currently drive a 1998 Toyota.  No streaming in that for sure!  However, I am looking for a new used car somewhere around 2010, with Bluetooth but before the "touchscreen" controls came out.  Old school.  Can't stand driving my sisters Subaru with that god awful huge touchscreen controling everything.

I wish someone could answer this question as it pertains to radio.  Wisconsin Public Radio recently “updated” their entire program schedule dividing it into two parts, talk radio and news, and the other half “all classical”. The classical half broadcasts on an AM station and the overall fidelity is marginal, being in mono.

I complained to them about this and their answer was to stream it.  So, I have taken to streaming it from my cell to a smart speaker at home and through my car stereo when driving.  Still, the quality of the stream seems really poor, and sounds as if it is mono.  Obviously, the “smart” speaker is mono. 

My question is, is the streaming fidelity as good as the former FM stereo broadcast or more specifically, are there differences in streaming quality and how are those differences measured?  My impression is the streaming quality of WPR is nowhere near that of the former FM stereo broadcast. 

As a result, I have stopped listening to WPR.  If someone could direct me to an all classical station with reasonable fidelity I would most appreciative.