Rubbish Radio Stations

[Oaktech]

I used to like Radio 4 but can't find anything of interest whatsoever these days.

 

Same goes for Radio 2. I used to drive a lot back in the '90s doing service calls, and enjoyed Radio 2 back then. Steve Wright was fresh, the Fat Harry White segment was so funny as to be a road-safety issue, and grunge was in. Halcyon salads all day. Sigh....

 

You've gone past Radio 4. Radio stations didn't know you could get that old.

Better get your old 8 tracks out again on the way to get your pension.

 

 

You're right... someone needs to be put out to pasture into the glorious calm which is radio 3. Not even Classic FM is going to soothe that disaffection.

[VeryPC]

I personally love BBC 6 Music. It makes me feel like they designed the station just for me sometimes as I discover song after song after band after band of fantastic new and old music.

 

I listen over 4G travelling to and from work and they have this really useful feature where if you like the song playing you can add it to a personal playlist with a single tap then export the whole playlist to various media services (e.g. Spotify, YouTube etc). It's a great way to make sure you remember the name of that great new band you heard the other day and actually bother to listen to them again.

 

Fave DJs/shows from the station would be: Shaun Keaveny Breakfast (funny and good music), Radcliffe and Maconie afternoons on listen again (same), Jarvis Cocker and a bunch of others. If you like indie/alty/folky-type stuff it is the station for you.

 

Endorsement ends.

 

Alan

 

EDIT -- I do very much agree with the OP though, that most radio stations are dreadful, especially commercial radio. Al

Edited April 24, 2015 by VeryPC

[jinnantonnixx]

I recently found a great phone app for music which I really recommend for a personalised radio-like service. It's totally free, and there are no adverts.

MixRadio | Home Page

 

It used to be only available for Windows phone, but the people in their strategic board decided to go after the last remaining 97% of the market. A cunning move.

 

When you first start it, take a little time to go through the 'what do you like?' picker to choose your tastes.

When this is done, you can create mixes from genres or artists. You can download up to 4 mixes for off-line listening.

 

It's not like Spotify - you can't pick songs or albums. You can't rewind and you get 6 track 'skips' per hour.

Sounds limited? Well, try it and see. I love it.

[DCUK6]

I recently found a great phone app for music which I really recommend for a personalised radio-like service. It's totally free, and there are no adverts.

MixRadio | Home Page

 

It used to be only available for Windows phone, but the people in their strategic board decided to go after the last remaining 97% of the market. A cunning move.

 

When you first start it, take a little time to go through the 'what do you like?' picker to choose your tastes.

When this is done, you can create mixes from genres or artists. You can download up to 4 mixes for off-line listening.

 

It's not like Spotify - you can't pick songs or albums. You can't rewind and you get 6 track 'skips' per hour.

Sounds limited? Well, try it and see. I love it.

 

Yahoo used to do a similar thing. It was brilliant but disappeared.

 

Will have to give it a go. Thanks.

 

I've been listening to kickin country recently.

Edited June 19, 2015 by DCUK6

[synaesthesia]

Absolute 80s FTW. Sometimes we'll give 90s a go but every now and then it hits a depressing bit, so back to the 80's we go!

 

If we're going to listen to some remakes of classics then we might as well listen to ones with some cheer to them!

[MatthewL]

I'm a big radio listener and use my Sonos kit to the max at home. I mainly stream Lincs FM which gets me to the office or sometimes Capital Yorkshire. Now I am 27 this year and I got very board with local stations, Lincs is a bit old school but does me.

 

Infact got it on now!

[rickjames]

I want Birdsong FM back on the air...

[rickjames]

Actually it is back! Going to have this on today, it will help...

[truebluesteve]

We don't have the radio on in the office during the day but personally its Radio 2 (although I can't stand Chris Evans) and I also stream a lot of Internet Radio station music via Tunein on my phone - typically 70s and 80s.

 

As for those other radio stations; they all sound the same because they are all owned by the same company - Global Radio. They include Heart (who only have a few copies of Now! CD's playing on a continuous loop), Capital, Smooth, Gold, LBC and XFM to name a few!

[Steve21]

Kisstory or YouTube, can't stand the absolute drivel that radio "presenters" talk about all day, just makes me want to shoot them all... 1 song, 20 mins of rubbish, 7 adverts, and not even a good one song! May have guessed can't stand it lol

 

Steve

[mats]

The thing I find amusing these days is the "features" where the DJ just happens to be telling you about a new programme on Netflix or perhaps an "amazing" new app but is clearly reading from a PR script so it sounds really wooden and contrived. Do people really fall for it without realising it's a pay for play ad?

 

[digression] Yes, I think there must be loads of people who don't see PR fluff for what it is. I had the misfortune to see some "Saturday kitchen" (a programme where a chubby yorkshireman reads stiffly from an autocue and cooks things whilst chatting to a 'sleb guest). at the weekend. One of his questions to Jason Donovan was something like "and I hear you're back on stage again?". Cue big plug for whatever he's doing next - they don't even have to try to work the plug into the conversation. You can just imagine all the fans thinking "he's back in the uk AND touring - how lovely. Must get a ticket.". It's just free bbc sponsored advertising.

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[Oaktech]

[digression] Yes, I think there must be loads of people who don't see PR fluff for what it is. I had the misfortune to see some "Saturday kitchen" (a programme where a chubby yorkshireman reads stiffly from an autocue and cooks things whilst chatting to a 'sleb guest). at the weekend. One of his questions to Jason Donovan was something like "and I hear you're back on stage again?". Cue big plug for whatever he's doing next - they don't even have to try to work the plug into the conversation. You can just imagine all the fans thinking "he's back in the uk AND touring - how lovely. Must get a ticket.". It's just free bbc sponsored advertising.

[/digression][/rant]

 

My first thought when seeing the guests on any show is "Oh, it's $Celebrity, I wonder what they've got starting soon then..." Nobody goes on a show for the good of their health, they all have something to promote. I just accept that.