ls FM radio even listenable any more?

@mapman,

'I was just listening to it in the car this morning and survived.

At home, certain public radio programs are worth it but otherwise streaming has radio’s number these days in most every way when it comes to music.'


Agreed. Here in the UK there's one or two old time presenters still worth listening to - on a good day.

Why we get so much news (the usual repetitive uninformative drivel - the royals/Meghan Markle, Brexit, Covid, BLM protests etc) is never made clear.

As for the inane presenter chatter. These guys should be awarded medals for talking so much and saying so little.

I usually end up retreating to Classic FM but I'm now considering getting one of those cheap Bluetooth devices that let you stream your phone (YouTube docs/music) through your car radio. 

Especially now since my car CD player has packed in and keeps ejecting discs.

I cannot remember a time when the national radio in the UK was so bad (local radio was always dodgy - hardly good for traffic and little else).

Recently there was a bit of an outcry when it was revealed that Zoe Ball (a BBC morning show disc jockey) was getting paid a £1.36 million annual salary.

This outcry was 2 pronged as not only is she getting paid far too much for a job many would do for free, but her manic presentation style is one guaranteed way of inducing further headaches in most listeners, many of whom will be stuck in traffic.

Unfortunately it would seem as if the UK audience is simply too small to support niche stations specialising in various genres as they do elsewhere.

The vast amount of recorded popular music from the past 80 years nowadays never makes it to the airwaves. Slowly, gradually the event horizon seems to have increasingly crept forwards to the year 1980.

Of course it must be an incredibly difficult job to be a presenter that can carry their appeal across all ages, races, and social groups, but right now no one is succeeding.

So for me, it's Classic FM if I fancy hearing a human being playing some popular singalong classical stuff - or, after a usual few minutes of FM channel skipping in vain - nothing.