What stations do you listen to?

[plastic penguin]

I'm an avid radio listener, as a consequence I listen many different stations from the commercial ones such as Heart, Radio X, Jazz FM, BBC Radio 2... my favourite, which you only stream now, was Solar Radio. Fabulous if you like modern and classic Soul and Funk.

 

[nads]

BBC6 Music. Kept me sane since it started.

 

[plastic penguin]

Some of BBC 6 presenters are good.

 

[jjbomber]

None. The thought of a random DJ, who I don't know and who doesn't know me, telling me what to listen to? No thanks. I am capable of choosing my own music to listen to.

 

[Symples]

Lately it's been internet radio stations Linn Jazz
Though Radio London every morning.

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

BBC Radio 4 in the morning, Times Radio at night and for music pleasure - Radio Paradise (main mix or mellow mix).

 

[nopiano]

BBC Radio 3, 4, 5 Live, occasionally 4Extra; Linn Classical, Classic FM, and a smattering of others.

Never really enjoyed Local Radio for some reason. Suppose I’m more interested in the whole country and wider-world than some new shop opening or the A40 jammed up!

 

[Gray]

I'm also an avid radio listener - waaay more so than TV viewing (films never).
Every single day (for most of my life) BBC radio has featured - selected R4 programmes must rank as the best in the world.
Listening to different views on radio phone-ins is always interesting (if frustrating at times).

Agree about your Solar radio comment. I paid someone £50 to sign up to Sky - then, after 3 months leave and give me the box....just so I could listen to Solar, which, at the time was on satellite only (subsequently tuned as 'non-Freesat' channels on Freesat boxes).

Still got Solar and Jazz FM, amongst others (including Radio Paradise, only really because its FLAC) as 'Radio Favourites' on my streamer.

I don't really think of those below as radio stations, although they label themselves as such.
But I have all the labels in a playlist - and often find myself jumping from one 'station' (label) to another, sometimes for hours, as there are always tracks that I (and you) know and love:

DISCO.MIAMI

DISCO.MIAMI, home of the best disco music radio stations.

www.disco.miami

 

[Friesiansam]

Just a little Radio 2, whilst driving.

 

[AndrewF]

The Current, from Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is outstanding. A really great mix of all kinds of interesting music. Probably the best radio station in the USA.

 

[DiggyGun]

Used to listen to JazzFM.

But now listen to Jazz24, who are based in Seattle, USA.

No adverts, with basically the station Legal Ident at the top of the hour.

DG…

 

[plastic penguin]

Listened to Greatest Hits Radio top 300 most streamed tracks from the 70s, 80s &90s by UK artists.

Mmm... predictable choices veering on boring: the Pink Floyd track 'Comfortably Numb' sums up how this station makes me feel.

This is about the 3rd time I've listened to this station, all the presenters are those past their sell by date and as a consequence all the songs seem to be safe choices. (Yawn)

 

[plastic penguin]

I used to listen to classic rock and talk sport but that was about 12 years ago or so, not even sure if they’re still on.

Yep, both still active. On the Sky box Classic Rock is 0148 and Talksport is 0108

 

[jamesrfisher]

6 Music

Radio Paradise

 

[Gray]

Radio Paradise

One (or more) of their FLAC streams, no doubt.

 

[plastic penguin]

If you like Soul & Funk then Trevor Nelson's Rhythm Nation weeknights on Radio 2 is good as is Craig Charles Funk & Soul programme on BBC Radio 6 is worth a listen.

 

[plastic penguin]

Mrs. P has paid the first meaningful compliment since buying the Dalis last night. I had Jazz FM on Freeview via Sky box/TV. Only playing it quietly as it was around 11pm. She said, "that sounds lovely". Only taken her about 8 months. Ho-hum.

 

[plastic penguin]

Been listening to Radio X most of the night. What cracking tracks from the 90s and 2000s:

Muse; Skunk Anansie; Blur; Radiohead; James; Nirvana....

And there's very little chat by the presenter.

 

[Rodolfo]

Used to listen to JazzFM.

But now listen to Jazz24, who are based in Seattle, USA.

No adverts, with basically the station Legal Ident at the top of the hour.

DG…

Nice, thanks. I appreciate the description and location and have added it on my device,

My own Jazz-without-ads contribution/suggestion is based in Argentina:
Jazz Café FM On Line.
Range of Bossa Nova and relatively smooth jazz. Only (n Spanish) station IDs, its local (Buenos Aires) temp & time, and occasional local artists' brief comments on their music, in my experience. Station IDs and quips are ads of sorts, I suppose, but that's it, and their frequency varies over the hours of transmission, which on my device/service reads 7:00 to 00:05. Nice music: Dinah Washington, If I Had You, from For Those in Love (per SoundHound) was just playing, and Wes Montgomery's Far Wes is on as I type.

 

[podknocker]

I've been working from my living room for over 3 years now and still listening to Chilltrax.com and it's a nice mix of chill, progressive and deep house, with an occasional 90s pop song thrown in.

The parent company got hacked recently and they were down for a week. I really missed the tunes and struggled to find anything similar.

My local commercial radio station is truly awful and 99% of their output is silly nonsense and unbelievable rap rubbish, mainly so teenagers can play this stuff on buses to annoy everyone.

Even though it's commercial free, I stopped listening to BBC radio, because of the annoying DJs. They love to play a track and then talk over it.

Nobody is sat there, waiting to press REC and PLAY and record some random tune onto a TDK cassette, even with the latest revival.

I can't believe they are still paying Steve Wright £360k a year to churn out the same trite banality he did in 1986 when he was on BBC Radio 1

Dreadful.

 

[JDL]

Classic FM.

 

[ianrjones]

I'm afraid the sad demise of Sir John Peel, Left me out on a limb. I was a van driver for the nineties, and listened to many regions. But, I am still stuck on the BBC.