Do You Ever Listen To The Radio?

[construct1245]

In the world of streaming services, many don't listen to the radio, including myself. I was wondering whether people are interested in radio anymore

[roopower]

I listen to Boom sometimes, particularly when I am on my own.

[andy-hughes]

I listen in the car to my local BBC and Commercial stations, and I have a 'sixties' Station on in the kitchen sometimes.

My wife listens to GLR a lot, and Boom Radio in her car.

[nicebloke1]

Funny you should ask, I've got so sick of seeing repeats popping up on tv I've been truning it off and having radio channels on. Old pop songs have been great to listen too.

[naomi24]

I listen in the car, mainly to Radio 4. Depending on time of travel I used to listen to Radio 2 - Ken Bruce and Steve Wright - but they're not around any more.

[Buenchico]

I listen to Radio 2 when I'm washing and dressing in the morning and to Classic FM in my car. I'll dip in and out of other radio stations' content too.

However radio plays a far more important role in my life because I'm a licensed radio amateur and I enjoy making contacts with fellow 'hams' across the world. (It's my main hobby).

It's TV that holds little appeal for me. The last few times that I turned my telly on was for the semi-finals and final of the Eurovision Song Contest back in May. The time before that was for the New Year's Eve ceilidh on BBC Alba.

[piggynose]

I go through radio listening periods, eg 2 weeks of it, and then nothing for a month or two!
Did anybody ever bother buying a DAB radio, I did yonks ago, can't remember if it was any good though!

[nicebloke1]

Do you ever have a sneaky tune into the police messages Buenchico. :>)

[mjwman]

BOOM RADIO! its been a revelation.
Amazing presenters and a huge playlist. Golden oldies you hear all the time but loads that were not big hits almost forgotten and some never heard before.
I listen a lot.

[Hopkirk]

It's got to be BBC 6music

[ichkeria]

Yes of course
It's never been easier to listen to the radio.
I don't think streaming services would interfere with that.

[gingejbee]

Yes, the radio is on most of the day. We have an internet radio and choose stations by genre or country or era...ones that have no chat, no ads etc...just music. Today it's Caprice or Islandia.

[Vagus]

No, never. It irritates me particularly in the car.

[Buenchico]

>>> "Do you ever have a sneaky tune into the police messages Buenchico."

That's been impossible since 2000, when the Airwave encrypted system was introduced in the UK. Police forces across the world now generally used encrypted transmissions except (somewhat oddly in my opinion) in the USA, where many forces have still yet to adopt the technology.

[Hazlinny]

Have radio - never listen to it - where and how do I get Boom?
Boom-Boom.

[nicebloke1]

Whats the furthest distance you've contacted someone. Buen

[Buenchico]

>>> "Whats the furthest distance you've contacted someone. Buen"

I've just pulled my logbook up on screen to get the exact figure. My furthest contact was with a guy in Victoria, Australia, 10,396 miles away from me. However he was "beaming long path" (meaning that his highly directional antenna was pointing the 'wrong' way around the globe), so my signals would have actually travelled 14,460 miles to reach the front of his antenna.

The propagation conditions aren't anywhere near as good as that at the moment though. I've just been talking to people in Italy this morning.

[nicebloke1]

Sounds a interesting passtime, my brother did take the exam some years back and did it for a time, not sure if he's still into it.

[maggiebee]

First thing I do in the morning is turn on the radio. Used to be Radio 2 but these days it's Boom Radio. Saturday lunchtime (if I'm at home) it's Radio Scotland for the football banter. If an old song pops into my head I can ask Alexa to play it for me. Prefer radio to TV if I'm honest.

[Buenchico]

^^^ I took the exam back in 1971 but waited until last year to take out a licence!

I've only got a low-powered transceiver, running just 20 watts (which is about the power of a lightbulb!), together with a piece of wire pushed into the bushes at the front of my house as an antenna. However, as well as Australia, I've had contacts in India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil, Martinique, Curacao, Rwanda, Mali and many, many other countries. I'm quite enjoying my 'new' hobby :-)

[nicebloke1]

The best of that hobby is that you dont have to leave the house, and if you are a poor night time sleeper theres always someone to chat to. When my brother started, and it appears to be around the same time as you, his spare room was crammed with secondhand radio gear and computers. I think he was more into taking them apart/ repair work when not chatting to someone. He was alway up to the early hours. He would always tell me the next day how far he had reached talking to someone. He bored the pants off me at the time, but now see the value of it to some.