Anyone still listen to radio?

DanaC · 05-23-2014, 08:36 AM

i listen to BBC Radio4 mainly. A nice mix of news, current affairs, entertainment, documentaries, drama, sit-coms, sketch shows, science shows, panel shows, phone ins etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Check out the range of progs here

Some of them maybe accessible but I suspect most are only accessible from the uk

Griff · 05-23-2014, 08:42 AM

I listen to BBC on occasion. Pretty good programming, but hardly local.

I was just reading the wiki page on clearchannel, turns out they were gutted by Bain capital which would explain the canned programming on their 850 radio stations. We do have a new alt rock station started by some of the old KGB guys, I believe, pretty good format although a bit heavy on the hipster music but ya gotta pay your bills.

glatt · 05-23-2014, 08:46 AM

I listen to NPR in the morning getting ready for work. It has a blend of local and national. And if I'm shuttling kids around town in the car, I'll listen to the radio for the 10 minute trip. I'll just punch the channel buttons until I find an ok song. I don't even know what the stations are. If there is nothing good on any of the 6 buttons, then I listen to whatever CD my wife has left in the player.

I don't like the radio monopoly. I was shocked when the local alternative station got bought by Clearchannel or whoever and switched to Spanish a decade or so ago. They completely abandoned their entire audience overnight. It was really shocking.

05-23-2014, 08:42 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I listen to BBC on occasion. Pretty good programming, but hardly local. I was just reading the wiki page on clearchannel, turns out they were gutted by Bain capital which would explain the canned programming on their 850 radio stations. We do have a new alt rock station started by some of the old KGB guys, I believe, pretty good format although a bit heavy on the hipster music but ya gotta pay your bills. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-23-2014, 08:46 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I listen to NPR in the morning getting ready for work. It has a blend of local and national. And if I'm shuttling kids around town in the car, I'll listen to the radio for the 10 minute trip. I'll just punch the channel buttons until I find an ok song. I don't even know what the stations are. If there is nothing good on any of the 6 buttons, then I listen to whatever CD my wife has left in the player. I don't like the radio monopoly. I was shocked when the local alternative station got bought by Clearchannel or whoever and switched to Spanish a decade or so ago. They completely abandoned their entire audience overnight. It was really shocking.

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