How Much Radio?

[dickythecook]

How much, if any, radio do you listen to?
If you do listen, what are your fave stations?
@quizzywig. I thought Rob Brydon did a cracking job on the KB show.

[SeaJayPea]

Does anybody actually like Jeremy Vine?

[gness]

Radio all the time Dicky. Radio Northampton in the morning for Bernie Keith. His sense of humour is great and he is a superb interviewer. Then it's 4 or 4extra. Fall asleep listening to 4extra. BBC radio was one of the few thing I missed when living abroad.
Zacs...Do you recall the two Irish lads, the coral beach and the naked couple making out...their clothes ended up on a donkey? My brother was one of the lads. He thought the woman was an angel.

[bednobs]

regards to JV - no!

[bednobs]

mond you, that probably because i still mourn the loss of jimmy young in that slot

[humbersloop]

not here they don't SeaJ

[Buenchico]

Bednobs:
Radio 4 Extra is devoted mainly to drama and comedy. There's a fairly regular pattern to the broadcasting. For example (on weekdays) the 7pm slot is always 'classic comedy', such as The Navy Lark, Hancock's Half Hour or The Men from the Ministry. That's followed at 7.30pm by (slightly) more recent comedy, such as The Burkiss Way. The 10pm to midnight slot (on weekdays) usually has comedy from the past decade or so, such as Cabin Pressure, Hut 33 and so on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/programmes/schedules/this_week

[Old_Geezer]

Not so much these days. Usually when in the car or the shower if I'm honest.

Magic
Jack
Jazz
Absolute
3 Counties
Gold
Sometimes Heart
Must be others but I think those are the usual suspects.

(Surely ones like BBC7 (4e) which I listen to most lunchtimes, are cheats because they are played on the TV ?)

[Buenchico]

Old Geezer:
Radio 4 Extra, and so on are available to anyone who has got a DAB radio. The original plan was for the UK's FM radio transmitters to be switched off in 2015; while that date has now been put back, we'll all have to go digital eventually.

[baza]

bbc local radio in the car, mostly for the traffic reports, Sunday nights 3 hours of Keith Skues on bbc eastern counties he plays all sorts.

[muddlemuch]

Bbc world service

[FredPuli43]

A fan of World Service in the early hours. Where else can you get deep analysis of a general election in Chile, a selection of foreign folk music, a report from Chad, and the state of the stock market in Hong Kong, and all within the hour?

Otherwise, Radio 5 for 5 live 'Drive' "Up All Night' and sport, Radio 3, and Radio 4 Extra, and that amounts to quite a lot of listening

[dickythecook]

i asked the question in the first place because a lot of the people I know look at me strangely when I mention that I actually listen to the radio. I am pleased to know that I am not the only listener.

[Svejk]

Like most on here,R4 & R4e all day (very little TV)
Notice a lot listen to R5live as well. I presumed that was all sport
so never listened. Am I wrong?

[WELSHYORKIE]

When I have the radio on it's usually Radio 2 - although when I go to see family in Yorkshire I do love listening to Smooth radio and it's soul music. Other than that it's usually CDs on in the car (currently Kate Bush)

[mazie]

R4 is on all day at ours.. I have a strange liking for the Shipping forecast.

[bibblebub]

thetaliesin - R5 have an interesting business program at 5:30am each weekday morning that I always find worth a listen.

[Ric.ror]

I'm still in bed listening to a piece by Andrew Robinson on Europe and on line too - all on my phone

[lady-janine]

radio4 and world service for me with some bits of radio 3 or my own music tapes. oh prefers radio 2 but i listen most of the day but he only listens occasionally. fferent radios already tuned in.

[rockyracoon]

I usually only listen to the radio while I'm driving and that will be Absolute Radio, if I'm indoors doing the housework I'll put Absolute 80s on. Might give this R4 a go though, you all seem to listen to it.

[emmie]

classic fm, love the music, rarely listen to other stations..