Local radio sucks.
It’s nothing but ads. I’ve tried listening to a couple of them and the music selection is horrendous bracketed by lengthy ads. Bad to worse.
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variouslegumes@reddthat.com 8 months ago
A lot of posts in here complaining about shitty commercial radio. Do you all not have local radio stations? I love my local stations.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You have shitty local radio. I have an indie station that’s mostly listener supported that plays tons of obscure stuff.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Good for you.
Legonatic@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My comment pertains to the USA, but regardless of where you live, there is a very strong likelihood that your local commercial stations are owned by a company like iHeartRadio and much, if not all, of the content is syndicated.
The only exception might be a local nonprofit radio station. You probably have at best one local station in this case, unless you live in a major city broadcast region. Keep in mind I mean one local station that plays music. A local NPR station is probably separate from this. Even most of NPR is syndicated, however.
If you’re lucky, a local college might still have a radio station broadcasting over FM, but so many have moved online since you then don’t need an [expensive and volatile] FCC license.
w2tpmf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
We have a dozen local stations…all owned by clearchanel.
amazingBarry@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The high school the next town over has the best music in the whole city. Unfortunately I live right on the edge of the broadcast range so it cuts out at home.