Anyone still listen to radio?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

I still do. I listen to music, news, and baseball. Thing is, this clearchannel/iheart radio near monopoly kinda bugs me.

I read in the paper last week Clear Channel snapped up four more radio stations on Cape Cod, in trade for a radio station and a TV station on Long Island.
I was thinking Jesus, Cape Cod is only a little over 300 square miles with a max elevation of a nosebleed 300 ft. Why four (more) radio stations? They must be tailoring the advertising by neighborhood.
But if they're all playing the same thing, why would anybody change stations to get targeted with ads only 20 miles closer to where they are listening from. Who changes stations looking for ads?



Sherman, set the wayback machine for 1958. A Radio station in northern CT starts up with a rockin' 1000 watts, I think it was. They played stuff you wouldn't hear on the established stations where Mom was listening to Arthur Godfrey's ukulele. No, this station had a dead aim on, Tah Dah(French horns), the "Youth Market". But the best thing was they were too small for a program director, only had four DJs to cover 24/7, and one of them lived right down the street from me.

If I could catch him awake he'd talk music till the cows came home, spinning wonderful tales of magical bands in exotic locations like Philly, Memphis, Chicago, Detroit. Musicians that came in different colors, spoke with different accents, and even different languages. Once in a while he'd even invite me to hang out at the station during his shift.

Um, sorry... Sherman, back to reality.

[lumberjim]

I listen to WIP/YSP sports radio on my 8 minute commute. Occasionally if they are in a long commercial, I'll listen to KYW news radio.... give us 20 minutes, we'll give you the world...

when I do my long ride up to see the kids 1.5 times per week, I listen to spotify or an audio book through my JBL Flip blue tooth speaker. It's badass.

it fits perfectly in one of my cupholders, has bluetooth phone and sounds pert durn gud too.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Griff

Does anyone listen to radio?

Well, yeah.

Mostly KUOW, the local NPR station. Also listener supported KEXP, KPLU (Pacific Lutheran University), KBCS (Bellevue Community college). KJR for rock and roll, KIRO for local commercial talk, KTTH (The Truth) when I need to catch up on my Michael Medved and Rush Limbaugh etc.

[wolf]

Switch back and forth between music and conservative talk radio. I have a 12 minute commute. I don't listen much.

[Gravdigr]

I've essentially given up on radio and tv. Listen and watch very little.

[fargon]

WHLA - FM 90.3 Wisconsin Public Radio. Yeah!!! I spelled it rite.

[tw]

Originally Posted by fargon

WHLA - FM 90.3

La Crosse. Back during WWII, Gato class submarines (our largest) were constructed in WI. Then sailed down the Mississippi River to be deployed to the Pacific. Were they built in La Crosse?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Manitowoc, I've been to their great museum.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Manitowoc, I've been to their great museum.

How did they get submarines from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River?

[monster]

yes. Mostly in the car. Even after 13 years here, the commercials drive me nuts, though, so channels get flipped a lot. Current rock (me) and pop (kids and me by default) and oldies when really desperate. or a CD when really really desperate. Just bought a couple recently that are currently making that a more common option (Fall Out Boy and Bastille, for those who care)

There's one local pop station that I have on two radios I listen to doing housework in the morning. it's the standard guy/girls twosome, (Blaine and Allison). he's a dumb dick, but she's super-smart and funny (he takes all the credit) and I'm just waiting for Detroit to wise up and at least credit her first, if not dump him altogether.

Sorry guys, [aside rant] but America is so backwards and formulaeic when it comes to radio and so fucking sexist it's untrue. I was horrified about the sexist attitude here when I first moved here and not much has changed.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by monster

(Fall Out Boy and Bastille, for those who care)

Oh yes, Bastille has been in heavy rotation in my car for a few weeks now, the kids love it. If you like them you should also check out Capital Cities.

I hardly do radio at all anymore. The kids hate it because it's not predictable; they want to know what song is coming next at all times. There's a morning show that I really like that I could listen to after I drop them off at school, except apparently 7:45 is the time they go into commercial break like clockwork, and it lasts all the way until I get home. All the other stations are playing ads at the same time too. So screw them. I have plenty of CDs to keep me happy.

[monster]

yeh we like them too. old news, though

[Lola Bunny]

I sometimes listen to NPR and when I jog, I listen to 96.5 FM. Weird but I like the prattle more than the music when I jog because the show is funny. The songs are the same day in and day out so they get kinda boring.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by tw

How did they get submarines from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River?

After doing 300 ft dives in the lake, they cut the tops off and barged them from Chicago through several rivers/canals to the Mississippi, then down to New Orleans where they were welded back together.

[Spexxvet]

On road trips, I also listen XM radio. If it's just me, I'll listen to First Wave, Deep Cuts, Classic Vinyl, Classic Rewind. If the family is there, we compromise with The Bridge or Coffee Shop.

This weekend I had on 104.5 alternative while I did way too much yard work.