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Chet

Chet

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What do you listen to? They don’t play music from the 50s and 60s anymore, at least not here; current music does not appeal to me, so all that’s left is talk radio. We have two talk stations that are political most of the time but not always. There’s also sports talk which I listen to once in a while.
 

I like to listen to the PBS radio station and have my good old Montgomery Wards large analog portable radio. It has AM-FM-MB-AIR-SW1-SW2-CB-PB1and PB2 frequencies to select from. I bought it new back in 1976 when I was in the last hitch I served in the Army. Sometimes I listen to local radio stations for the news and music.
 
We have a couple if radio stations that play "classic rock", and whenever I get in the car or truck, I turn the radio on. Having some of those old familiar songs playing softly in the background makes the drive a bit more pleasant.
 
I mostly listen to NPR. Some of my favorite programs:

Morning Edition and All Things Considered are shows that combine news, analysis, commentary, interviews, and special features.

1A - explores policy, politics, and technology while also delving into lighter subjects like pop culture, sports, and humor.

Fresh Air is an interview program hosted by Terry Gross. It's a show composed primarily of interviews with prominent figures in various fields, among them entertainment and the arts, culture, journalism, and global current affairs.

Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! It's a current-events quiz show.

Living on Earth is an environmentally focused program.

Splendid Table is a culinary, cultural, and lifestyle program that celebrates food and its ability to touch people's lives and nourish their souls.

Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio travels the world to discover how food and cooking are changing lives and cultures.

Bella ✌️
 
Here's another time sink for you. http://radio.garden. It's not an https site so your browser might throw an "insecure" warning at you but it's safe. Its an animated globe (a la Google Earth) with radio stations as dots on the globe. You can explore the entire world and listen to what local radio sounds like all over. Morning drive in Wellington, New Zealand anyone?

For old music I like Biltmore Radio, available on Apple Music, iHeartRadio and online at https://biltmoreradio.org/
Their tag line is "Memories from Long Ago".
From 1925-1955, The Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta was home to the studios of WSB Radio. Now, nearly 100 years later, Biltmore Radio is broadcasting around the world from that historic site, celebrating the music and memories of those wonderful years.
 
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There is a local sports radio station and I really like the hosts of the early morning show from 6am-10am so I will listen to that. Otherwise Spotify and podcasts have replaced the things I used to listen to the radio for. Sometimes I will listen to an old time type of radio show podcast though.
 
I listen to FM radio. For music it's a Boulder, Co. station KBCO which plays new, alternative and classic rock, blues, soul, etc. I don't like to lock myself into oldies every day, some really good new music too. I also listen to NPR public radio, there are two stations available which cover news, opinion and other various topics and shows.
 
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I listen to FM radio. For music it's a Boulder, Co. station KBCO which plays new, alternative and classic rock, blues, soul, etc. I don't like to lock myself into oldies every day, some really good new music too. I also listen to NPR public radio, there are two stations available which cover news, opinion and other various topics and shows.
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I lived in Boulder in the late '80s and listened to KBCO. It was a good station until they got bought up by a giant media conglomerate and started playing more commercials than music. They had a unique format until that point. I think it was Clear Channel Entertainment that bought them and subsequently introduced KBCO's format to cities across the country, at which time you could go to any major (and many minor) city from coast to coast and listen to the same thing as if you never left home. Gone were the unique stations based on the local culture. Even DJs became national. A radio station in St. Louis might use a syndicated pair of DJs that recorded a few local bits to make it seem like they were local but were actually broadcasting out of Los Angeles.
 
I never listen to the radio anymore due to the commercials. I have all my favorite tunes downloaded to an iPod. I play them through the iPod in my car. If that ever craps out, they are also loaded onto my iPhone and I can play them through Apple Carplay, although it doesn't sound as good.
 
Chet said:
What do you listen to? They don’t play music from the 50s and 60s anymore, at least not here; current music does not appeal to me, so all that’s left is talk radio. We have two talk stations that are political most of the time but not always. There’s also sports talk which I listen to once in a while.
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Do you listen to OTA radio stations, live streams or both? Are you just into casual listening or fully into the nuts and bolts of AM and FM broadcast radio monitoring as a hobby?

Internet streaming platforms Short list:

www.accuradio.com/channel/feel-good-'50s-'60s/1267

www.audacy.com/smokinoldies/listen#recently-played

www.geekmom.com/2019/05/what-has-become-of-oldies-radio/

www.getmeradio.com/stations/genre/oldies/

www.gotradio.com/radioroom/oldies-but-goodies/

www.internet-radio.com/stations/50s/

www.live365.com/listen/50s-music-radio

www.my-radios.com/en/radio/live/27413/Back-To-The-50s&-60s---1.FM

www.mytuner-radio.com/radio/genre/60s-stations

www.onlineradiobox.com/us/genre/50s/

www.pandora.com/genre/60s-oldies

www.pickradio.net/50s

www.radioinsight.com/blogs/116290/where-to-hear-the-60s-and-more/

www.radio.net/s/hitsradio50s60s

www.siriusxm.com/channels/oldies-party

www.ultimateoldiesradio.com

www.usliveradio.com/977-music-50s-60s-hits-1232/

I hope this helped.
 
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I listen to an oldies rock station, but the last few times I've been in the car, have been filled with commercials. I'm usually driving only 6 minutes, round trip, to take my son to work. For 6 minutes, I'd rather do anything than listen to commercials.
 

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