I find I mostly listen to commercials. Oftentimes, when the music starts, I find it "objectionable" on some level and change the station to the next one that's playing commercials. It does seem that most of the stations around here all play the same handful of commercials.

Sirius - the comedy channels

With DogCatcher on my Android phone, I listen to podcasts through my car stereo. When I want music, I listen to Pandora.

There's a college radio station nearby that has 2 hours of industrial music every Sunday night. It's introduced me to a lot of the music I listen to. That + a little NPR is really all I use the radio for.

Yeah yeah, smack me with a mustachioed octopus and call me a hipster...

austin has a comedy radio station, so whenever i can pick that up that's what I'm listening to. when im out of the area i try to find a classic rock station or maybe some oldies. most (not all) music being played on mainstream stations annoys me a great deal.

Radio is my last resort if my Zune HD's battery is dead and my phone's battery is low and I'm tired of the CDs in my car. Otherwise, it's on to Pandora to find new music to download (legally) free-of-charge on the Marketplace.

BBC World Service or Ozzy's Bone Yard

It's good to have XM

Most listened to - to least listened to:
Bubba the Love Sponge AKA Todd Clem in mornings (talk)
Cowhead in afternoons (talk)
Classic Rock in between
Sirius of my choice on road trips
Sirius 60's for one particular client M-W-F mornings (driving)
does anyone really care?

pooflady wrote:Sirius - the comedy channels

Same here, Raw Dog and Blue Collar Comedy are pretty much the only things I listen too.

WSOU Seton Hall, Pirate radio, 89.5!!! I never went to the school, but those college kids play excellent music!

I listen to my mp3 player. I hate radio about as much as I hate tv. I can not stand commercials.

Sirius - Outlaw Country or local SportsTalk station covering the Vols

Opie & Anthony on SiriusXM!

I haven't listened to my radio in years. I haven't even set the stations on my car radio.

Sirius XM radio - Mainly the Pulse on Channel 10 (and love listening to Ron Ross host) but flip over to new stuff on channel 2, 3, then 70's - 80's -90's on 7, 8, 9 then check 11 - 16. I like the Coffee House on 31 for all acustic music then channel 32 The Bridge. Check out Elvis Duran on Channel 12 in the morning. He's in New York and his group of 5 or more side kicks are pretty interesting.

I go back & forth between current and oldies. I'm an oldie at heart but current can get me going too.

Public radio, then classic rock, then classical, then golden oldies. I like modern music just fine, but I curate my own collection, and I don't like to listen to what's currently popular enough to be on the handful of radio stations we get out here.

Public Radio ALL THE TIME. I listen to my local Public Radio station on the radio, or on the net. They have the most diverse programming, and have great local news. If you are anywhere from Beacon, NY to Canada, Worchester, MA to Rome, NY, check out WAMC. Many have called WAMC the best public radio station on the air. Check them out on the web at wamc.org.

Contemporary Christian Music - KLove or Spirit.

News traffic and weather, if I have had enough of that, then classic rock!

Christian Radio is great. I listen to "the Light" and I feel like the burdens of my day are truly lightened!!

natalieug wrote:Contemporary Christian Music - KLove or Spirit.

LOVE that KLOVE

Almost never listen to the radio anymore.

Public Radio and (sometimes) volunteer radio are the only options in Memphis.

Sports radio ate the modern / college rock station.

KLove ate all of the local Christian stations. Air1 would have been tolerable because they play up-tempo and rock songs, but KLove is just awful.

The local college station plays nothing but jazz. (not bad as a genre, but not what I want to hear in my car.)

The only other options are Rap, Country, and Top-40. No thanks. Memphis has serious radio issues.

I listen to a ton of podcasts, and in the car I mostly use the the aux input :-)

hard rock or heavy metal. \m/

classical

I tend to listen to AM1090 in Seattle, which is Progressive talk, when I listen to an actual radio. Otherwise, I have on a mix of music from Pandora, or 8/9/25 on Sirius - and the NASCAR channel on my commute in the mornings!

dymongoose wrote:Public Radio and (sometimes) volunteer radio are the only options in Memphis.

Sports radio ate the modern / college rock station.

KLove ate all of the local Christian stations. Air1 would have been tolerable because they play up-tempo and rock songs, but KLove is just awful.

The local college station plays nothing but jazz. (not bad as a genre, but not what I want to hear in my car.)

The only other options are Rap, Country, and Top-40. No thanks. Memphis has serious radio issues.

If you have a smart phone get the IHeartRadio app. I have used it a few times to listen to 97.5 KMOD back in Tulsa (where I grew up) when I'm just not in a mood for anything else.

Rap and current R&B make me want to go out and kill somebody. The old saying is true Rap (and R&B) is CRAP.

ruffyy123 wrote:Rap and current R&B make me want to go out and kill somebody. The old saying is true Rap (and R&B) is CRAP.

I do however listen to SKY.FM and Accuradio internet radio. Local stations in the WDC area sux except for the Spainish stations where musicians have to have real skills to play and of course WAMU, WETA, Pacifica and other public stations.

Howard Stern on Sirius and when he isn't on I listed to music channels.

Before my hearing got really bad, I used to love NPR. Too bad radio isn't closed caption. Also, I used to enjoy the public radio show on Saturday mornings called 'Car Talk'. Wonder if that's still on?

I listen mostly to Brasilian music, or other latin/salsa music. Just a dancin' fool!

The Rush Limbaugh Show is the most listened to radio talk show in America, broadcast on over 600 radio stations nationwide. Tune in you might learn something.

Sports, and all that implies!

I had to google the term "radio". So it's like an iPod, but you have no control over what's played? Then Walrus Toting Halibut is the point?



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