Radio is awesome!

What's the radio?

I'd like to know also, what a beautiful little object
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- Over all a nice little radio. Only thing I'm not a fan of is that it's only got a micro USB port for its power source. I don't like micro USB cuz it tends to break. Other than that, it's got decent sound quality and you can connect to it via Bluetooth and play music from it. It's tiny and compact.
Crosley radio model CR3036D – CL
@cris, @shittydwarf
- Yep, that is the model.
- Thank you! ❤️

Thankfully, most radio stations stream online as well, so even if your local options suck you can still find some great stuff online.
This is CHSR, from Fredericton, NB.
Things I've encountered when listening to this station:
Modern jazz
A regular segment dedicated to new music from female artists
Progressive news and politics from Rabble
Thrash metal
The latest chart hits
a selection of country and western that somehow didn't suck???
Progressive news and politics from Democracy Now
Big band jazz
Discussions of intersectional feminism
Giblert and Sullivan
1920s classics
Two guys talking about comic books and wrestling
Bluegrass hour
Just a whole episode of the Canadaland podcast
Irish rebel songs
A discussion of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy and its effects on modern day Isreal
New East Coast bands
A podcast hosted by the Green Party
Prog Rock
Frank Sinatra
Celtic traditionals
Writing advice
French hip-hop
A history of electronic music which I tuned into just in time to catch the host going off about what a tit Grimes is
Classical music
and one entire day of nature sounds
Basically, it's the greatest radio station ever.
- WBOR from Brunswick, Maine Forever!
  (Internet Roadtrip homies will know!)
  Lovely little college station.
- That's so cool! I will definitely check it out.
All my homies listen to NPR
The cool thing is that most radio stations these days also stream on their websites, so if you haven't got any good local stations you can stream other small community ones. Radio garden is a cool website where you can stream stations online from around the world.

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Lights out
\ Pirate radio, turn that shit up
- To be pedantic, I believe it is a guerilla radio that is referenced in the original song.....

I'm involved with a radio station in my area and it's soooooo cool to sit in on shows. All of the stuff you hear is done by live humans. They go in and manually put CDs and curate the playlists and control the levels of everything. Sometimes they talk in between with some context for the song or random musings they have. Sometimes whoever is hosting will dedicate a particular song to somebody they know. It's so endearing and human. Occasionally they'll have a prerecorded show but most of them are live.

Bring back pirate radio 🏴‍☠️ (UK people will remember)

it's alive and well. schedules are often posted on hfunderground.com
For the sound of sensation across the nation, listen to Radio Goodies.
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Oh boy, I sure do love advertisements

Really depends on the station. Some of them (especially the bigger ones) will have ads quite frequently, but others will have a few every now and then and there are some that don't have any at all.

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In Germany we quite a few really cool alternative radio stations. They all have their local frequencies, shows and so on, but also share a German-wide morning show. It’s mostly recoded by the bigger projects, like in Berlin, but otherwise it would just take too much resources from small volunteer run stations.

Do you have any info on how to listen to these stations? Like frequencies or a website where schedules are posted?
- Assuming you speak German: https://www.freie-radios.de/
  Or here a audio platform where a lot of their content is posted afterwards, where you can discover stations and shows: https://www.freie-radios.net/ (albeit those are confusingly similar URLs)

Question: Do radio broadcasters have any indication/numbers on how many are listening in while on FM/AM?

Not from broadcasting, but they can pay a ratings company like Nielsen to research certain samples of the population.
- There's also a method that was used briefly in billboards to check what radios were tuned to as cars drove by. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/High-tech-billboards-tune-in-to-drivers-tastes-2744204.php
  My understanding was it mostly picked up people listening to their aux to radio adapters though.

Pretty cool little setup

Thanks. Got mine pretty recently and I've been enjoying it a lot. It's nice when you want background noise but don't wanna curate a playlist on a streaming platform. I have ADHD so I need some kind of background noise to be able to focus on most things. All I have to do is turn it on, sweet deal.
- That's really cool, I used to listen to radio a bunch back in the day, maybe I'll start again.
  What model is it?

we lost our local radio station last year as the owner aged out. I'm worried about who will acquire that slice of the spectrum.

there is a college station still in a neighboring town at least.

I love it when events have their own radio station - burning man and Neotropolis do this

College radion is my go to

Hell yeah community radio!

I love the same 3 songs, bad jokes and ads after every song.

Some stations are like that, but there's a lot of cool ones out there that play a variety of music and are not for profit so there aren't many ads. The smaller ones are usually better in that regard. Highly recommend checking out Radio Garden. It shows a bunch of stations that also stream from all over the world, cool stuff.

I love radio.

Anything good over the air?

There are still a few shortwave broadcasters. You could build your own shortwave receiver from a kit: https://swling.com/db/radio-kits/
There's a list of stations here: https://www.savenetradio.org/shortwave-radio-station-frequencies/
You can also get into a amateur radio fairly easily. In the US, lots of radio clubs put on license classes, especially for the entry level technician class license. Most other countries have an amateur radio scheme.
- Thank for sharing! This is super neat!

That's very unfortunate. You can always stream other stations in NC or around the world, though. I promise there are some really cool ones out there.

It is fun as a quirky hobby, but really, depending on it for information and entertainment was really bad. Radio and TV are what created mass culture, removed local dialects and accents.

It is a one-to-many channel where people in charge of the station have disproportionate power.

It is nice to have as a simple alternate way of communicating, but boy, how am I never giving up internet access to get back to those.

As with most things, when big corporations take over it becomes bad. Definitely agree with you that using it as your only way of getting info is bad, but it's not much different from relying on one influencer or podcaster for all your info other than it being more likely to be more well researched. I will say at least with my local one it's a pretty diverse method of entertainment. They've got all kinds of weird and quirky shows on.
- It is not only corporations. Single governmental voices are bad too, and many non-profits have their own political biases.
  The difference with influencers and podcasters is that you have the choice between thousands of them. Radio would be like having the choice only between the top 5 of youtube, and you would have to tune in at a precise time to get it.