Does anyone listen to the radio anymore?

While I am driving I listen to 75% sports radio talk shows and 25% music. That’s about it.

I have no idea what the quality of what the actual quality of the signal is and I don’t really care.

It’s car radio. You just listen and and sing along when something good comes on.

It is nice sometimes to get rid of our need to analyze and just enjoy the music.

Oh certainly. Here in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon, I love listening to JPR. Jefferson Public Radio plays an eclectic blend of music, ranging from Americana to Country to Alt. Rock and Electronic to folk. It also has various other shows from the larger NPR universe that are fabulous. Regular radio stations are actually kind of boring, sticking to the main formulas of the 80s and 90s. Nothing new or novel. And talk radio and Christian stations are abominable. 

I listen all the time. I upgraded my Tuner a few months ago just for that reason.

Where I live in the Monterey Bay area there are 2 college and 2 community radio stations that I listen for hours a day both at home and in the car. One of my favorites is KZSC. Each DJ student has a slot each week and plays what they like and what they want at their discretion. Similar to FM in the 60's. I hear great new songs and old songs I have never heard before and songs I have not heard for years. Example: One of my favorite DJ's is Jet Jaguar. Her set is every Saturday at 2:00. Breakfast in bed Sunday's at 9:00. It's all Female artist. KSQD has Soul Town every Saturday evening. Another station is KKUP. They have a slot Tuesdays at 7:00am. Psychedelic music from the 60's. When was the last time you heard Moby Grape on the radio? I also stream UCSB's station. ( have 2 daughters that did and are attending). My sons grandfather on his mothers side has a slot Sunday's at 5:00 am on KVMR. I could go on forever.

We listen to "Wait, Wait, Donʻt Tell Me" on NPR, on our Tivoli table radio. I also listen to NPR in the car. Thatʻs it for FM. No reason to tune into AM.

I pitched out my FM tuner 25 years ago. We had just bought our home in the San Francisco area and at last, I had a home on which I could put up a high end FM yagi antenna with a rotator! I was pulling in stations 150 miles away!

But it was all stuff I didnʻt want to listen to. KJAZ was gone by that time. KCSM was playing jazz, but I didnʻt like what they programmed. Other than that, FM was pop and rock music, Country & Western, Christian rock, Christian talk radio, Right-wing talk radio and Spanish Language stations.  The classical stations kept repeating the same limited play list and they never played a symphony all the way through.  Theyʻd play one movement, then play something completely different.  It was classical MUZAK.  

There was nothing I wanted to hear, so I pitched it all out. GONE.

Internet radio sounds just as good and you can find stations from all over the planet for free.

FM tuners are audio buggy whips. You may get great reception, but reception of what?

Unfortunately, it seems too much airtime is going to the advertisers...too many commercials, and not enough music.

Also, here in Chicago, the rock stations are too afraid to veer off the "safe, don’t take a chance" path. I recall a DJ talking about how much fun Robert Plant had with Alison Krauss. So much so, that they were going to do another album. Did they play a Robert and Alison song? Of course not, Communication Breakdown.

Luckily, there’s WONC down at 89.1 out of Naperville (North Central College).. Thank Goodness I have Shazam to find out who sings all this awesome stuff I’ve never heard before. I don’t know who’s doing the actual programming, but it is funny to hear these kids let me know that I just heard "Jessica", by the ALL - MAN brothers. : )

I’ll take it tho, as long as they keep doing what they’re doing.