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 do - both in the car, in my home hobby shop on my Mac receiver and in the main room with my set up there - if I could find a bitchin' MR75 Id prob pick one up - I know there are better ways to get AM and FM but I do like to listen to baseball on the AM!  Old guy alert!

I listen to a variety of channels on Sirius, mostly in the car.  However, Sirius channels are compressed and eq’d to be bass-heavy, and FM generally sounds warmer and less like 1’s and 0’s, so I often listen to classical on FM.  But I like the content on Sirius’ Deep Tracks, Blues and Bluegrass channels.  At home, we have a Grace digital radio and listen to local news and weather, as well as some internet stations (I particularly like a classical station in Prague).  Now and then, I stream internet stations through my LUMIN in my main system.

Here's my plug for WEVL 89.9 in Memphis, an add-less, all volunteer independent with amazing variety and a 40 year history.  Consistently rated Memphis' best station, I access it from the web and Bluetooth it (via a Macintosh receiver!) into my Pass INT-60 here north of Houston.  The knowledge base of their on-air contributors can be astonishing, and it's up to you to select what type of fare you enjoy. It's nice to have WEVL going in the background when doing something other than have a blaring TV there all day like so many people. Radio itself is the genesis of many of our hobby interest in music. I remember as a kid listening to the sandwich box one-transistor-earphone radio my engineer dad made with me, under my  pillow when I was supposed to be going to sleep, listening to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly back when it was fresh. Now radio for me is in the shower or car pretty much, but back then that was how you grew up, and the DJ''s on your local station were your instructors.  Things were simpler. Whether better or not is for you to say. The music, however its focused distribution,, probably was better. 

@disc - one of the best FM rock stations ever was WHFS in Bethesda (I'm from Silver Spring), which I think is still going; don't know if it's still independent or not. 

@bipod72 The WWNO jazz (HD3 I think) programming comes from Pittsburgh.

You may have even heard me! I think they might still play my stuff.