Subnostr

That sounds neat. I really hate ads in general but understand it's the standard business model for radio. But most of it is just too damn much. And the ads themselves are typically obnoxious because they have to do it all without visuals. Which in my opinion is why they usually sound so awful. It gets my attention but really makes me hate those businesses lol

Ryan 1mo ago

Agreed, standard commercial radio is not great these days. So many ads, and playlists of the same old stuff on repeat.

That's the main reason I still love & listen to CKUA. It's great for finding music I've never heard before, both new and "new to me", selected by people with great musical knowledge & taste rather than an algorithm or based on popularity. A good adjective to describe it would be "eclectic".

Many communities have similar stations, it's worth checking out in your local area if anything like it exists. Public, community run radio can still be great.

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Matt 1mo ago

I will look into that.

Cavern Harpy 1mo ago

thank you. the public radio stations are just nerds that like music. no agenda just good stuff. im from the urban agglomeration of nyc. theres gotta be a dozen college stations that kick ass. Whatever youre into. the normies from there will complain about how radio sucks anymore while tuning in to the station that played the same 30 songs yesterday. idk what to do with peopple anymore

Matt 1mo ago

The quality of public stations probably depends where you are. I've tried several in my area and they either had classical music mixed with static or some boring talk stuff.