Do you listen to broadcast radio?

[Brazen]

In these days of podcasts, playlists, Pandora and Last.FM are the days of traditional broadcast radio over? What channels do you listen to and where?

I listen to Radio 4, the BBC's general news and entertainment channel. For those unfamiliar with it, it's not "talk radio" as per what I understand of the US definition; it's a mix of current affairs, light entertainment, documentaries, comedy, talk-oriented music programmes and, of course, the shipping forecast. It's middle-class, convivial and witty, like Stephen Fry for the airwaves.

I pretty much only listen to it in the car these days. I need silence while I'm waking up in the morning and get distracted if I have it on in the background when I'm trying to work. And for some reason Samsung has disabled the radio on its UK Galaxy S3 model for my provider, so no option to listen on the train.

Too many options to poll this, so go freeform!

[Grey Fox]

Yes. I listen to talk radio in traffic while commuting to and back from work.

At work I listen to podcasts.

[Maladict]

No, I never really listened to radio. And I'm not even sure I know what a podcast is, actually.

[Viking]

I neither listen to broadcast radio nor watch broadcast tv.

[Syt]

I like to listen to the half hour news program at 7 am over breakfast.

[CountDeMoney]

I pretty much only listen to broadcast radio in the car these days as well, even though I've got satellite radio;  when I'm driving, it's usually some of the local college radio stations or one of the NPR affiliates.

My alarm clock is still tuned to broadcast radio, for the local FM sports station.   Listening to people have meltdowns about Joe Flacco perks me up in the morning.

Really not big on listening to podcasts.  For some reason, they drive me nuts.

In the office--when I have one--if it's not a playlist it's usually Pandora, and the Baroque channel I've developed.  It's relaxing.

[dps]

Mostly I listen to radio in the car.  Usually the local sports radio channel, but sometimes the music stations.

[DGuller]

In-car only.  Though I'm thinking about switching one of my alarm clocks from beeping to radio, to wake up more gradually.

[ulmont]

In-car only, which usually means about 40 minutes total a day.

[garbon]

In-car only.  Though I'm thinking about switching one of my alarm clocks from beeping to radio, to wake up more gradually.

I've mine on radio but on static.

[Neil]

There used to be a good radio station in Edmonton, but they changed it to adult contemporary.  So no.

[garbon]

There was a gay radio talk show I'd listen to on my commute into work in SF - but that station got bought out and changed format completely.
I also used to listen to Laura Ingraham before she got cancer and went nutso. She used to have her gay brother on all the time - calling in from Marin.

Actually when I googled her and her brother, google gave me a hit of me saying the same about Ingraham in 2010...

[merithyn]

I listen to NPR on live stream from 9:00am - 4:00pm every day while at the office. (I'll listen to it on the radio once I find a small enough radio that I like to bring to the office. Live Stream is technically a no-no.) I tune the radio to that station in the morning while I'm getting ready, too.

Otherwise, I listen to Pandora at home if I'm listening to something.

[Barrister]

For broadcast radio I find myself listening to the local sports talk channel.  Of course the non-stop Edmonton Oilers talk makes me want to slit my wrists at times, but I find the thing about sports radio is it is always something new to talk about and is generally non-offensive.

Mind you I spend more time listening to satellite radio.  For some reason they moved the NHL channel to a channel my particular receiver doesn't pick up but I generally listen to either the modern alt rock channel, the 90s alt rock channel, the 80s alt rock channel, or the bluegrass channel.

[Eddie Teach]

Only in the car, and I'm not in the car that frequently. At home it's Pandora all the way.