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I lament that I never listen to the radio. Really since I bought my first iPod I have not listened to the radio. With the smartphone I don't feel I really need

I lament that I never listen to the radio. Really since I bought my first iPod I have not listened to the radio. With the smartphone I don't feel I really need the radio. My bandwidth for receiving information is far more wider and diverse than the radio can give me. Instead of radio stations, I think money should be spent on local journalists and amplifying those voices and let them choose their own mediums.

xnyan 2y ago
> I lament that I never listen to the radio. I do not, I’m sure people who lived in larger markets had access to better programming, but where I lived radio was 90%+ ads, uninteresting political commentary and sports commentary. There were a few interesting high-quality programs (hi Car Talk), but they were very much the exception even 30 years ago. The challenge with broadcast media is you have to cater your content to the largest possible group of people, so sports and the news. I will never forget the mid 2000s when podcasting really started taking off, hearing people discussed topics and subjects that I was actually interested in was an unbelievable feeling.