Your local radio station...

The only radio I listen to here is BBC Worldwide... but that is very rarely. Local radio in Singapore really sucks (really!).

I listen to CBC Radio 3 on the web.

 

I listen to an alternative station... the other DJs on other stations really annoy the hell out of me.

www.x929.ca

 

Sadly, there are NO local radio stations that I like. One used to air the Bob and Tom show, but have since replaced it with these two assholes that remind me of "Weenie and the Butt" from Family Guy.

I've had Sirius Alt Nation as #1 on my preset list for about 4-5 years now, but I'm becoming increasingly disenchanted by it. They seem to be straying from alternative, and focusing more on the "total shit" genre. Sorry guys, I don't want to hear the same fucking Kings of Leon song 85 times a day. If Alt Nation is representative of the "alternative" genre these days, then a) the genre has been pussified beyond all comprehension, and b) I must be getting old and just not "understanding" today's youth.

 

i love talk radio, and i listen to all flavors even though i dont agree with them all. there's something about talk radio that just hits home with me. its like i'm having a personal conversation with the host in my head. i feel like my brain is somehow more engaged than listening to typical music stations.

 

At one time, CFNY was at the cutting edge of radio. They were programming music that wasn't getting played anywhere else. They were creating shows like the Ongoing History of New Music. Like most things, CFNY's heyday didn't last forever. They were bought by new owners who "tinkered" with the channel until it became just another soulless radio station.

I am convinced that outside of web, campus/community and satellite radio (and I hear that even satellite radio is slipping these days) there isn't anything interesting being done on radio. It's sad really. I think radio is one of the most under appreciated media.

 

People still listen to traditional radio? For some reason I find that absolutely shocking. I haven't turned a radio on in literally longer than 5 years, except if I'm trying to find some traffic reports or something.

The last radio station I listened to was KBPI in Denver. I have NO idea what they play anymore.

http://www.kbpi.com/main.html

 

I listen to Sirius XM for the most part, but when I do listen to local it's either:

http://wxrt.radio.com/

Or

http://www.wbez.org/

XRT is now corporate-owned, but they managed to keep the independent feel that drew me in 15 years ago. Having grown up in a part of the country where you couldn't hear anything but classic rock on the air, XRT was a breath of fresh air. And WBEZ is our NPR affiliate and produces several of the national programs ("Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" and "This American Life" for instance).

 

Sirius is a great thing when you live in West Bumfuck like we do.
We have NPR and not much else on the dial.
I do remember listening to BAB and WNEW growing up in the NY suburbs.
I also remember a station WAPP, the Apple. They were new and started out with an entire summer commercial free. Very cool at the time.

 

i don't like sirius. it's too passive, like driving inside an elevator.

because i see rock-n-roll as a bloated rotting corpse, the only interesting radio in boston comes from college stations.

this, however, is still relatively free:
http://wfmu.org/

and this is a great station for the jazz music:

http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/

like on thelonious monk's birthday

 

KING-FM 98.1 in Seattle and KING.ORG on the net...best classical station in the world !

xoxoxoo

 

Just checked the website for the local Pop drek music station and it is "under construction". They do have a facebook page though that I have never looked at.
I just play the terrestrial stations because I never have had XM radio installed in the car and do not feel like paying additional money for a car receiver to work.

My favourite time to listen to NPR is when they air the jazz on Friday? I think it is. I bought an entire Ella Fitzgerald album on iTunes because they played her delightful recording of Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered a few weeks ago.

The lite rock station tends to play more of what I like when I am driving and not in the mood for news and talk.

 

In Sydney I usually put on The Edge (96.1 FM), except when the daily FBi (94.5 FM) 6-8pm shows were on... I LOVED FBi's InTheMix on Fridays.

In Germany I listen to 1-Live, when available (depends on which state you're in). Otherwise I search the radio stations for an acceptable song. If none available, there's always the WDR2 station, which plays classical music. Sometimes I listen to the British BFBS radio station (especially when I'm in the Cologne/Bonn area).

In Dubai I listen to Radio One (104.1 FM, I think), especially at night.

In Kabul I listen to CDs, because the radio stations annoy the crap out of me.

 

The Edge has gone way downhill over the last few years. The morning show is one of the most annoying things on the air.

The best part about The Edge is the Ongoing History of New Music (Sunday at 7).

http://www.edge.ca/StationShared/OHNM.aspx

 

My local options in the house - as in not in the car which picks up everything - are country or country and that comes in poorly. And then the reception is terrible on top of that - oh wait.
I tend to play XM radio (classical, 90's/80's/Old Time Radio, comedy, 40's, are my main interests on there but I am flexible) or play iTunes like right now where I am listening to Vivaldi's Four Season performed on a 1727 Stradivarius violin by Janine Jensen.

 

I still listen to the radio stations from Ohio online.

I listen to 700 WLW on Sundays to catch the Bengals game. WYSO keeps me connected to my "hometown" and the Miami Valley.

Out here in Oregon, I find myself listening to OSU's student station, KBVR