I only listen to the radio in the car, and I only listen to two NPR stations, WNCW and WSGE (both located in small NC towns). Most of the vinyl I buy is from hearing obscure artists on these stations, so radio still serves an effective need for me. Also, the "World Cafe" show on NPR is outstanding. Great mix of legendary, and up-and-coming artists, usually playing their stuff live in the show's studio.
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Fifteen years ago, WQXR in NYC sold its frequency (96.3) to Univision and moved to 105.9 with a much weaker signal. I live in Westchester, and reception is much worse than it used to be. Streaming is the only way to get listenable sound. I no longer use FM radio at home, and the sound in my car FM radio is poor. |
Predominately listen to the air-waves radio in the car to our local college run public radio station. At home, I stream several radio stations both local and abroad. I also often stream Radio Paradise when I want someone else to take the reins on music selections. But I haven't used a tuner in ages at home, despite having one. |
@lubachl The local NPR station in New Orleans, WWNO has 3 streaming channels they offer: News, Classical, and Jazz. Meanwhile, the local WWOZ station is strictly music - local, jazz, funk, etc. Both stations broadcast in HD (although it’s dependent upon signal strength and radio HD isn’t like streaming HD) which is fine for the car. But at home, I stream them because the SQ is better (still not high-res) than the tuner/radio channel. I’d say that for home listening, stick with streaming your radio station’s channel. To access the WWNO Classical channel on your phone, you can use the TuneIn Radio App and search for WWNO. https://www.wwno.org/wwno-classical-network If you use the TuneIn radio app on your phone, you can also search by music type and filter all of the classical radio stations available to stream. |
