A decent radio station?

[agricola]

Struggling to find a decent station to listen too when Im in the cave. Classic FM ahs too many adverts now now and I cant stand it when they speak at 500 words a minute at the end of the advert, utterly incomprehensible. Used to listen a lot to Radio 4, but jeez its been taken over by campaign groups for Womens this that and the other. Cant get through the day without another female focus group being created for sufferers of vaginal warts etc

[stet]

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[Billy Balthorpe]

I only listen to 3 radio stations, Radio 4 extra, Radio 4 and Planet Rock, the ads on Planet Rock grind my gears a bit but some are quite funny, I think its because they tell you "Look out, a load of adverts for stuff you don't need are coming on". 

[VNA]

BBC Radio Scotland, Radio 4, Radio 4 extra, BBC world service and BBC 6 music.

With internet radio the possibilities are endless.

[celticdog]

Radio 2 for me, though I change it  if Jeremy Vine's on. Not a fan of radio 4 as I'm working class.
We put a lot of local radio on in the car as they play the modern music- the kids like to sing along to this.
I miss Terry Wogan 

[Robbie8666]

I'm with Celticdog, radio 2 until 12 then change to SAM FM ( Portsmouth area) till 2 then back to radio 2

but depends what music your after and where you live!

[mrMoog]

Absolute radio is ok, you can also choose Absolute 60's, 70's, 80's or 90's too which is pretty good (DAB or internet only though)
Other than that I go for BBC Radio 6 purely because you get alternative music on there rather than just chart tripe, again its DAB or internet though.

[darrsi]

Absolute radio is ok, you can also choose Absolute 60's, 70's, 80's or 90's too which is pretty good (DAB or internet only though)
Other than that I go for BBC Radio 6 purely because you get alternative music on there rather than just chart tripe, again its DAB or internet though.

:agree


I tend to chop and change through the Absolute stations when i'm working, mainly 80's, 90's, 00's or Classic Rock, depending on my mood.
Mainly because they stay away from mainstream pop music, and because of the fewer adverts compared to other stations. 


I have a new DAB radio system on my bench, but have found reception issues can be an absolute nightmare. I tend to know when there's heavy rain (somewhere) as the sound will just get ropier by the minute, and a few months ago we had builders using a jack hammer outside for a few days, and that was completely game over, no signal whatsoever.
When that happens the iPad has to come out and i use the radio stations on there, or just create a radio station on Spotify and let that play instead. Just pick a song from an artist you like and it will play similar artists from that era and genre, then play the original artist again every 7 or 8 songs, it's been quite good so far.

[YamFazFan]

Used to listen a lot to Radio 4, but jeez its been taken over by campaign groups for Womens this that and the other.

Can you imagine the reaction if there was 'Mens Hour' instead of Women's Hour?.

Or 'The MI' instead of The WI.

Planet Rock is the only one I can listen to constantly without having to switch over now and then.

[Oldgit]

Radio Ga Ga.

[DILLIGAFF]

Mainly listen to KISS, KISSTORY or GOLD on DAB. :thumbup

[darrsi]

[quote author=agricola link=topic=23723.msg274873#msg274873 date=1517433968]
Used to listen a lot to Radio 4, but jeez its been taken over by campaign groups for Womens this that and the other.

Can you imagine the reaction if there was 'Mens Hour' instead of Women's Hour?.

Or 'The MI' instead of The WI.

Planet Rock is the only one I can listen to constantly without having to switch over now and then.
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Thought 'The MI' was the pub?

[Fazerider]

Radio 6 mostly for me too... except for the morning show with that dreary git who thinks he’s so fucking hilarious, I usually listen to Radio 4 until 10 am.

[VNA]

Not a fan of radio 4 as I'm working class.

That's strange as I'm 'working class'.  I do tend to skip between Radio Scotland, 4, 4 extra and World Service as ah cannae be bothered with quite a bit of the content on those stations. 

[YamFazFan]

[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=23723.msg274909#msg274909 date=1517481478]
[quote author=agricola link=topic=23723.msg274873#msg274873 date=1517433968]
Used to listen a lot to Radio 4, but jeez its been taken over by campaign groups for Womens this that and the other.

Can you imagine the reaction if there was 'Mens Hour' instead of Women's Hour?.

Or 'The MI' instead of The WI.

Planet Rock is the only one I can listen to constantly without having to switch over now and then.
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Thought 'The MI' was the pub?
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True! :lol

[YamFazFan]

Radio Fab FM :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXj-oS2YKnw

[agricola]

Radio 2 for me, though I change it  if Jeremy Vine's on. Not a fan of radio 4 as I'm working class.
We put a lot of local radio on in the car as they play the modern music- the kids like to sing along to this.
I miss Terry Wogan 

Oh, its nowt to do with class. I think the subject matter is far less interesting now than it has ever been. I can recall a couple of standout programmes, one where the programme maker and speaker had investigated those weird broadcasts that exist right at the end of the (i think it was long wave) band, just monotone voices broadcasting a never ending series of numbers slowly, tried to investigate who was broadcasting and for what reasons. Various theories, including it was nation state governments method of issuing orders to spies by code. Fascinating.


I suppose ill have to invest in a dab radio for the cave, but last time i tried dab a few years ago, the reception was dreadful. I used to listen to Absolute when I was on the night shift

[YamFazFan]

I think the I can recall a couple of standout programmes, one where the programme maker and speaker had investigated those weird broadcasts that exist right at the end of the (i think it was long wave)

Radio 4 long wave is invaluable for the shipping forecast :thumbup


Not that I've got a boat :rolleyes

[VNA]

The fairly easy to solution to poor reception (assuming you have some reception) – an aerial!


This simple Half wave FM dipole did it for me.  Picks up FM and DAB nicely.  FM is still the sweetest if you can pick up a strong signal.

[celticdog]

Not a fan of radio 4 as I'm working class.

That's strange as I'm 'working class'.  I do tend to skip between Radio Scotland, 4, 4 extra and World Service as ah cannae be bothered with quite a bit of the content on those stations. 

I fella, it's not strange. We're all free to listen to whatever radio station we want, regardless of class. It's just that the radio 4 demographic isn't particularly suited to the working class.
People who work shifts to put food on the table don't necessarily want to listen to documentaries and garden quizzes and the like. However I completely understand there are always those who do..