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>the fact that there is a real person curating it makes me enjoy it. You're lucky, I suppose. Around here every radio station is owned by the same media congl
by forgetsusername 10y ago
>the fact that there is a real person curating it makes me enjoy it.
You're lucky, I suppose. Around here every radio station is owned by the same media conglomerate, so we have 4 or 5 stations all playing the same generic top 40 music (with a slight variance by genre). Outside of the CBC, terrestrial radio, for the most part, sucks.
- jandrese 10y agoYeah, around here commercial radio means ClearChannel, which means it's run by robots. Of course there is satellite radio, but it turns out that's all ClearChannel too so no improvement. All of the locally owned/operated radio stations were bought out many years ago. It's just cheaper to have programming piped in from the corporate headquarters instead of hiring local DJs. The only terrestrial radio I listen to now is NPR, and even they have some issues.
- Frondo 10y agoYeah, I think I am. When I'm cooking some elaborate meal, I'll put on the jazz station. I don't enjoy every song, but I do like feeling that sense of connection to the guy in the booth several miles away. It's a sense of intimacy. But I can also totally see how, if you really had nothing but 4 or 5 clearchannel stations, that radio would have nothing for you.