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QUESTION: Do you listen to terrestrial radio (AM/FM), or do you listen to satellite radio?
Talk about it….
Only KCBS ….rest of it is terrible imho
No idea how sat radio is still around as they have never turned a profit, have horrendous customer service, and utilize outdated equipment outside of vehicle radios. The only folks who could potentially find the service preferable to streaming are those with spotty cell coverage, or long-haul truckers.
Satellite
Haven’t listened to terrestrial for over 5 years. TOO Many commercials.
Satellite 95% of the time. Lots of music, news and opinion content. Love the variety at my fingertips.
I would listen to KCBS News Radio a bit more, but they play the Kars4Kids obnoxious jingle ads too often.
Just can’t stand the music jingle or are there other considerations?
I occasionally listen to my 40 yr old clock radio at night. It’s getting harder and harder to find a station that isn’t “sports”~ “foreign language”~ “religion.” Maybe it’s the dial slipping…maybe what I used to like is just g-o-n-e?
Yes I miss the old talk shows and the great old dramas and comedies. I’ve never heard the term terrestrial radio. I’m assuming your speaking of the good old am?
Too cheap tp pay for Satellite Radio…. I do old school FM and internet….
Nothing againist Satellite. Nice to avoid the commercials…
Crackling static or crystal clear sound? ……… tough choice!
I only listen to KCBS for the traffic updates when I’m driving anywhere out of Diablo Valley. KCBS is so repetitive that if you listen for more than 20 minutes everything repeats. Traffic is the only thing that is actually timely, and even that is getting less and less reliable.
On my kitchen radio I listen to my computer streaming content. That’s about as “terrestrial” as I get but then probably many others here do same. I have a small FM transmitter broadcasts the audio off the computer.
Mostly streaming and satellite. I even listen to KCBS streaming as well as WINS, WBBM and KNX for other news that isn’t as repetitive as KCBS. In the car, it’s satellite as the FM stations receivable in the Diablo Valley don’t meet my tastes.
I stream KDFC on the computer at work…Mozart in the Morning at 9 is always a treat. Can’t do commercial radio…or television, which I haven’t had in about 5 years. Pandora is okay for a while, but gets repetitive. even on shuffle.
Got a box full of CDs from ABBA to Zeppelin to choose from.
KCBS is the go-to for emergencies.
I listen to A&G and Levin via KSTE (app or radio), otherwise just the tunes on my iPhone. Wouldn’t know anything on satellite radio. Wouldn’t pay for it either.
KCBS mostly when driving and stream Pandora when home.
AM in the car, KSFO mostly, KCBS for traffic and sports. Mark Levin on KSFO from 3-6PM is the best. I also listen to music in the car sometimes on my CD changer (yes all of my cars are old enough to have one): classic rock, blues and jazz. I agree that Kars4Kids is the most obnoxious ad on radio and TV.
Driving locally to stores and such I listen to KNBR 680. At home in the backyard BBQing I listen to Seriously Sinatra channel on satellite; or, crooners a1 station on tune-in on the amazon echo. Anything actually but no bs political news.
KDFC 24/7 classical music, news comes from what I select on the computer, not what the media chooses to feed me.
When I was working, I listened to KGO all day long. Now that I’m retired, I don’t want to hear anyone talking to me. I enjoy having SiriusXM in my car, but once the DJ is up to about 12 seconds of conversation, I’m switching the channel.
Kgo is 24 hr sports betting now it sucks!
Satellite. I canceled my SiriusXM subscription a couple of years ago. I use the Spotify or Pandora app on my phone then bluetooth it to my car stereo.
KCSM Jazz 91.1. Its commercial free and civilized. The rest sucks and I’m not paying for radio.
560 KSFO for Rush Limbaugh. 650 KSTE once in a while and 570 KLIF on Saturdays 6 a.m. to 10 a.m Wheels with Ed Wallace. Alexa is my friend.
Satellite radio only! No commercials, but DJs need to shut up more I’m not paying to listen to their garbage come out of their mouths.
If you regularly listen to FM you need help. You have wasted thousands of hours listening to advertisements that you just didn’t need to hear. Even if you have an ancient car and don’t want to spend the few hundred for an updated stereo, a $10 fm transmitter will let you pipe in endless ad free music if you have just the tiniest bit of will to make it so.
Imagine listening to ads. Holy.