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Is radio dead?

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p-fo
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when we can listen to what we want when we want does radio still matter? does anyone still listen or care?

Aug 19 2009 2:26AM
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Lanceasaurus
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Yes it does matter on the radio you can hear about new songs/bands instead of listing to what you've already bought
Aug 19 2009 2:29AM
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Proletariat.
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when we can listen to what we want when we want does radio still matter? does anyone still listen or care?
Aug 19 2009 2:31AM
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onearmwanderer
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Yes this is most peoples use for the radio.  I myself haven't listened to the radio for a couple years, usually just make mixes or use ipod connector.
Aug 19 2009 2:33AM
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Funnel
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Radio is definitely starting to die.
Aug 19 2009 2:35AM
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paige.
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I've actually just started listening to the radio again after stopping for a few years.
I like hearing new songs/artists and what concerts are coming to town. Plus when I'm driving the traffic reports can be helpful.
Aug 19 2009 2:36AM
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I_Am_Mod
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this was the first song to ever be played on MTV in in th USA, the beginning and ending of an era...


Aug 19 2009 6:10AM
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mike91129
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Agreed, however, there is still some public radio that isnt whored up by adds which is really quite good. In Edmonton, the university of alberta has a radio station CJSR 88.5 and has about zero adds and quality music. Not just the same ten songs on rotation. My friend actualy does a show on it, its fun to go on the show and talk about whatever you want.
Aug 19 2009 9:02AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i remember when MTV actually played music....

i listen to the radio at work...catch a morning show to keep me entertained until 10 and then usually stream a random radio station the rest of the day to discover new tunes...dying yes - dead no.
Aug 19 2009 9:09AM
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SkierX
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I'm listening to the radio as I type this. If you are fortunate enough to live somewhere with a good station, then it is a good thing. Some areas have TERRIBLE stations though.
Aug 19 2009 9:53AM
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charmander
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i don't own anything that can get radio, i never listened to it anyway.
Aug 19 2009 9:59AM
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Hannah.
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i honestly never listen to the radio anymore
Aug 19 2009 10:17AM
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yelsel
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102.7 ftw!
Aug 19 2009 10:18AM
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Tasche
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I rarely listen to any music radio any more but NPR and sports I listen to all the time. I think radio will evolve into personalized digital channels.

For example a HD radio station that plays only songs you like. Like pandora except much wider range. So you would basically have a WIFI connection in your car. For talk radio you could list the shows you want to hear and they would play in that order. You could listen to anything you wanted to hear at any time. Like a Youtube of music except much better.

I see TV going the same way. I think in the future, distant probably, there will be very few channels that air full time. Almost all media would be selective. For example you could click and drag into your own personal station a sitcom then a news show and then a movie and they would play back to back and when you turned the tv off it would pause.

Same thing for video games. You would just download everything and as internet speeds increase everything would just be sitting on a hard drive somewhere.

Just ideas.
Aug 19 2009 10:25AM
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thebeesknees
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I still listen to the radio now and again.  But, you can listen to whatever you want, when you want, on the internet.  This is why radio is starting to die.

The good part about listening to the radio, is theyre's constantly new bands breaking through with stuff being put on the radio.  thats why i keep listening.  i want to find out about some new bands.

Aug 19 2009 11:15AM
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ski_DC
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i listen to public radio at home sometimes, and they have some interesting stuff. i listen to sirius in the car, and absolutely love it. i will cry if it goes away. so much good music on there, i hear new stuff almost every day. where i live, though, there isnt much good music on the radio. there are 2 rap stations that suck, a pop station that sucks worse, a rock station that plays basically the only rock i hate. there was a great alt station, but that got taken over and now plays central american love ballads. so needless to say, i rarely listen to it.
Aug 19 2009 11:22AM
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prontocuts.com
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no. I hate listening to my iPod when im driving, 1) its a good way to get in an accident trying to find new songs, and 2)why listen to songs I already listen to at home.


I like to listen to random stations and immerse myself in new music
Aug 19 2009 11:28AM
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.travis.
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It definatly is starting to die but I can say I listen to the radio more than anything else. I get everything from radio including news and stuff. I always like it better when a sick song comes on the radio rather than me selecting it on my iPod.
Aug 19 2009 11:32AM
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erichkuss
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 I like listening to the 70 year old liberal virgin scream about healthcare and other things.
Aug 19 2009 12:00PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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when some variety of itunes is fully integrated into the dash of your car, radio will be dead.

how sick would that be? millions of songs, podcasts, etc, all accessible thru your head unit.
Aug 19 2009 12:02PM
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crazyfuck
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fuck radio.
Aug 19 2009 12:05PM
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Mooserz
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I listen to NPR or satellite. thats about it
Aug 19 2009 12:12PM
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C.Wood
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when i saw the title this was what i thought of
lol
Aug 19 2009 1:11PM
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i.ski.troll.
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Well here in the Twin Cities we have this station called The Current... 89.3 FTMFW!
Aug 19 2009 1:43PM
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-dva-
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holllaaa capital district! other than college radio stations EQX is the only thing worth listening to up there.
Aug 19 2009 1:49PM
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gnarshrelpt
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well lately the radio has been pissing me offexcept for one station 101.1 for the DC area which is my favorite station. when i want music they are having worthless long as conversations. and when they are playing music, they are trying to play the really popular crap that every station is playing and it takes for ever to actually have a good song come on

spn: DC 101.1 is the best radio station in the world
Aug 19 2009 2:10PM
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2+2=5
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no, the average person doesn't search for their own music so they listen to whatever is on the radio, which is sad.
Aug 19 2009 2:22PM
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Elijah.
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Radio is not dead!
This could be because I work at a radio station, but seriously it's nowhere near dead.
Aug 19 2009 2:46PM
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Phantom
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that'd be such an awesome future. i'd look forward to it.

as far as radio goes though, yeah, most of it is commercials and rotated songs. when i listen to radio, yeah, i want to hear new stuff, not the same stuff, or somebody yacking on about nothing. I personally can't stand talk radio, so i don't listen to the radio much.

when i do though, its usually 89.5 in seattle. it sucks during the day, but at night they let djs broadcast live from whatever gig they're doing, and its usually pretty sick, and its commercial free.
Aug 19 2009 5:07PM
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caucasian_chad
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Radio has gone down the shitter where I live, I only listen to it at work and in the car when I'm too lazy to use my iPod.
Aug 19 2009 5:21PM
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yellav
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public radio ftw! 90.9 if your ever in salt lake is the best radio ive ever heard ever ever!
Aug 19 2009 5:25PM
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ski_DC
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dude, i cannot stand dc 101 anymore. ever since hfs changed to nueve nueve punto uno EL ZOL dc has had shit for rock stations. some people like elliot though, but he annoys me
Aug 20 2009 1:44PM
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860
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I live in CT and we probably have the worst stations I've ever heard minus 104.1 which is okay. I listen to my zune at all times in the car, I solve my fresh new music problem by taking and interest in music and adding it to my zune, therefore circumventing all this new bullshit. I've yet to hear anything new and good off the radio, minus a few late night stations in California who let dj's play their own stuff. Radio is nowhere near dead but it's severely lacking depth and variety.
Aug 20 2009 1:54PM
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fourhundred
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during the schoolyear i definetly listen to the radio everymorning for atleast 20 minutes
Aug 20 2009 2:07PM
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Bodeau.
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yes haha not much thinking involved here
Aug 20 2009 2:21PM
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k-rob
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i rarely listen to the radio these days, mostly just for about 10 minutes in the morning while my radio alarm is going off telling me to get up. i pick out my own music for my computer and my mp3, and if i'm not at my computer then i have my headphones on. when i'm in the car with my parents, we usually listen to CD's, unless we need a traffic report, then the radio goes on. none of my friends listen to the radio in their cars, just CD's and iPods. radio is dying, but it's not dead.
Aug 20 2009 2:24PM
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*Bird
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dead
Aug 20 2009 2:31PM
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samwise
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college radio is where it's at!
Aug 20 2009 3:39PM
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SteezyOhio
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i prefer the presidents of the united states of america version

mostly cause they are one of my favorite bands

Aug 20 2009 3:47PM
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GuerillaInDaMist
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radio is pretty shitty where i live. even the public radio has a shit load of ads saying how they r independent and need money from the listeners.
Aug 20 2009 4:22PM
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RUSH1329
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yea not to mention all the radio stations seem to get crappier each year. i remember when i was a kid there was a radio station for every genre. now, depending on where u live theres 100 pop/ crap/ hip hop stations one rock station and then AM which blows out the ass... we dont even have a freakin country station! WTF!!!
Aug 20 2009 4:32PM
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Chickendodo
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I listen to talk radio...

and the stations that play the trendy songs I'm not lame enough to download but still like... I mean... I don't listen to that girly shit.
Aug 20 2009 4:38PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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All they have where i live is "hit music stations." So i cant really find new music, all I can do, is listen to boom boom pow every other song.
Aug 20 2009 5:15PM
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