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I would be interested to know how other people view the radio these days. I only ever listened to the radio for music, but now I cannot even stomach the radio because there is less and less music , and the news in between it just seems more and more blatantly biased and obnoxious. So I just don't listen to it anymore.

It's a shame, I really used to enjoy taking a radio with me camping, when around 4 in the morning or so , they start to play really strange and exciting music , and it was always worth carrying it around in the backpack, but now it's just dead weight in my opinion.

7fqx 2y ago

I listen to Radio3 and occasionally Lyric. No ads, barely does news. I used to listen to resonsncefm a lot, used to be more interesting for experimental music / sound art

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Séimí Mac Síomón 2y ago

Lyric is fantastic, one of the few stations that actually keeps the focus on music.

Séimí Mac Síomón 2y ago

There was a show called blue of the night, I always liked that one.

7fqx 2y ago

Don't know it. When is it on? I'll look it up. Live radio hits different.

Séimí Mac Síomón 2y ago

Monday through to Thursday 9pm until Midnight. Although there's a new host of the show, the previous guy was better.

7fqx 2y ago

I'd listen to it more if it was on my FM or my crappy DAB (non internet radio). I like a dedicated radio device as a separate source and not my laptop :)

Reverend Hodl 2y ago

Would you use a mobile application if it could stream? Bluetooth to a speaker?

Reverend Hodl 2y ago

I know there's apps like Spotify but I'm thinking a Nostr based platform that works like Tidal, Spotify etc but isn't behind the walled garden

7fqx 2y ago

I'd probably be better off with some sort of Bluetooth speak, rather than just my laptop speakers lol.

I do like FM radio, DAB is also p alright and tbh I would probably like one of those internet connected radios.

But nothing really beats old school radiowaves and live radio, ie not podcasts.

Reverend Hodl 2y ago

I agree completely. But radio has been co-opted, consolidated and formatted so that it is no longer free expression. All licenses are controlled and centralized.

If we could recreate the experience of FM and a one click UI to play the content. I think it would catch on. Needs to user supported through zaps and donations. Advertising would kill it. Also should be listener driven, program director watches zaps as "votes" for song choice, genre and sound design.