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 every day. in south east Michigan we have a great "listener supported" station. no commercials. classical from 5 a.m. - 7 p.m., jazz from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. WRCJ, 90.9 fm, HD-1 Detroit. love Lynne Warful on the weekends with Saturday Cinema. great tunes from movies. good stuff. sound is really good also.

In the Puget Sound area KNKX (NPR)  has great programming lots of jazz, all- blues Saturday and Sunday from 6pm, and great signal. KUOW (NPR) has even better non-musical programming but as others have mentioned, terrible coverage. I stream both when possible. KNKX haa a second stream-only that streams Jazz at 256K AAC 7X24, so their sound quality is quite good. KING-FM is a claasical station, but their programming tends towards later Classical periods (mid 19th - mid 20th century) thats just not my thing. Other than that, there's not much of interest to me. 

I am perhaps a unique position. I like classical music and often when I am in the mood to listen that is what I want. I live on the fringe of what may be the best classical station on the east coast. I can nearly receive it live over the air on a real tuner at my home in VA though not as well as I would like. I can also listen via internet radio and get a compressed mp3 format stream. The streaming option gives consistent signal that does not fade out but not very high audio quality...but at least it works consistently. The FM source is excellent on occasion but often is really awful in terms of noise and distortion because of multipath and other degradation. As I rebuild my home, I am debating the inclusion of a tuner to get this station I like or just staying with the streaming option. Its a hard choice.