# Do you listen to broadcast radio anywhere outside of a car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456 "2012-01-24T01:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/21 "2012-01-24T11:17:52Z")
NPR classical in the house sometimes. Generally I like quiet around the house but I leave it on for the dogs when I’m at work. When I’m working and don’t have to think or talk, NPR talk radio with ear buds. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/22 "2012-01-24T12:10:32Z")
I have a Sony DAB radio in my home office constantly tuned to BBC radio London. Working so much on my own, I like having real live voices to keep me company. BBC London is mostly talk radio with just a bit of music. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/23 "2012-01-24T12:28:38Z")
My wife sometimes listens to the CBC in the kitchen while she’s cooking. Usually “As It Happens”. ---
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/24 "2012-01-24T12:30:13Z")
Yes, I’m more of a radio person than a TV person. I worked nightshift for years and I was suprised at how quickly I lost the TV habit. Heck, even with sports on TV I’ll watch for a bit and then switch to radio. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/25 "2012-01-24T13:38:14Z")
I listen in my car about half of the time, usually to NPR, a news station to catch myself up on the headlines, or one of the Philadelphia morning shows until I lose reception. The other 50% of the time I listen to my iPod or to Pandora through my phone. I don’t listen to it anywhere else, and I don’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/26 "2012-01-24T15:14:57Z")
All the time, BBC radio Five Live, Radio 4 and Test Match Special when the cricket is on. I listen to the podcasts via internet or Iplayer and listen to the stations themselves over the internet, DAB radio or good old fashioned AM/FM/LW depending on my location. I listen to the radio far more than I watch the TV ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/27 "2012-01-24T15:45:05Z")
I listen to NPR in the morning on my Zune, and also in the evenings as I’m cooking dinner. And on the weekends. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/28 "2012-01-24T15:55:40Z")
My clock radio, and the radio in my bathroom, are nearly always tuned to the local news station – that’s what I listen to when I’m getting ready in the morning. I have a radio in my office, and usually listen to it during the day (usually to a “classic rock” station). Since buying a new car which has Sirius, I rarely listen to terrestrial radio in the car, unless I’m looking for traffic or news updates. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/29 "2012-01-24T16:19:03Z")
I try to listen to it in the mornings (clock radio) while getting ready for work, if the kids let me. Most of the time, I don’t even listen to broadcast radio in the car because I have satellite radio - although I do usually tune in to NPR at least for a few minutes during my commute to catch the news. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/30 "2012-01-25T02:13:11Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > My wife sometimes listens to the CBC in the kitchen while she’s cooking. Usually “As It Happens”. Your wife has taste. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/31 "2012-01-25T03:52:45Z")
Sometimes I listen to it when I’m doing laundry or ironing clothes. I mostly listen to the radio in the hope that they’ll play a Kesha song. Even after it’s been out for 11 months, I’m still hearing “Blow” quite often. Every once in a while a decent non-Kesha song will come on–an ancillary benefit of turning on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/32 "2012-01-25T07:15:24Z")
Listen to radio a lot: the two sports talk stations in the Seattle area, [a fantastic oldies station](http://www.1045kmcq.com/), a pretty good classic rock station, some noncommercial stations for indie rock and jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/33 "2012-01-25T09:03:24Z")
I listen to the local sports talk station every day. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/34 "2012-01-25T18:40:13Z")
I listen to [Elliot In The Morning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_in_the_Morning) on WWDC (DC101) every weekday, while I’m getting ready for work. I’ve been listening since the very first show in 1999, so at this point it’s firmly part of my morning routine/a habit. I don’t like listening to reruns, though, so when they’re on vacation or something I listen to another station on weekday mornings. I don’t listen to anything on weekend mornings. Sometimes I listen to broadcast radio in the car, but usually I’m listening to either a CD, my iPod, or SiriusXM. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/35 "2012-01-25T20:22:07Z")
Always when both my wife and I are working in the yard. We can both listen together, our hands are too dirty to mess with iPods, and the wires would just get pulled off our heads anyway. I also have it on for short trips in the car, especially if I have to go somewhere during a baseball or football game that I was watching in the house. Long car trips I like to find a local station just to hear the regional news and commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/36 "2012-01-25T20:49:24Z")
I listen to Fresh Air weekdays when washing the dishes, and Prairie Home Companion and To the Best of Our Knowledge weekends. I listen to Wait, Wait if I remember, but I usually listen to the podcast. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/37 "2012-01-25T21:01:20Z")
In the morning while getting ready for work and at the gym usually. Occasionally while playing video games. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/38 "2012-01-25T21:11:56Z")
On Tuesday afternoons I work out in a studio at my gym with a radio inside it. Tuesdays also happens to be commercial free at my favorite radio station. So every Tuesday, I work out to country music on broadcast radio. I’ll also sometimes play the station when I’m cleaning or cooking on the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/39 "2012-01-25T21:34:56Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > Tuesdays also happens to be commercial free at my favorite radio station. So every Tuesday, I work out to country music on broadcast radio. This is one situation where I’d actually be begging for as many commercials as possible. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/40 "2012-01-25T21:41:32Z")
I listen to NPR from 6:00AM when I wake up until the News Hour starts on PBS at 6:00PM. The only time I listen to another broadcast radio station is when my local Public Radio station switches to jazz programming at which point I go to the local headbanger channel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456.md?page=3)