I love radio, although I often listen while doing something else like driving, working on a project in my shop, or other chores. We have many good options here in SoCal with two classical stations, one jazz, NPR, and Pacifica on standard FM. I also enjoy a couple of HD digital channels (with no commercials) playing pop oldies and be-bop jazz.
For some reason the old tube tuners sound great, even on AM. I have a mono system in my garage shop with a Fisher Series Eighty tuner/preamp and homebrew 6B4 SE amp driving a single Klipsch Heresy. Sounds lovely.