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when driving in radio is great for traffic information and up to date weather as some weather apps seem to drag when it comes to being current other than active
by Shivetya 9y ago
when driving in radio is great for traffic information and up to date weather as some weather apps seem to drag when it comes to being current other than active RADAR maps.
considering the number of billboards and other advertisements there is a big following in the general populace. many rating services would dispute that it is consumed only by the elderly.
- lostlogin 9y agoSpeaking of adverts, the thing that killed my use of the radio is adverts. It’s brutal to listen to so many. It baffles me that anyone tolerates it. That and DJs who seem to believe people want to hear them rather rather than the content.
- mikestew 9y agoIt is why I listen only to one of the NPR affiliates or other listener-supported radio (e. g., KEXP in Seattle). Not that I’m a public radio nut (though, kinda), I’d just rather listen to nothing than put up with the cackling hyenas on commercial drive-time radio. My wife leaves the car radio on the local classic rock station, and it rarely is playing a song when I start the car. An iPhone with access to every song iTunes has, and she listens to that crap. I don’t get it.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoThat's what preset buttons are for.
- brewdad 9y agoUntil 5 of the stations are all playing commercials and it's pledge drive week on NPR.
- ashark 9y agoBetween promoting sponsors (ads), promoting their own programs (ads), and trying to get me to give them my car (ads), it seems like my local NPR station's ~25-30% ads even when it's not pledge drive week.
- lostlogin 9y agoOr change input. If you have another option, why would you ever choose commercial radio? I don't see what the point of it is.