# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/41 "2012-01-25T22:09:38Z")
I’ve got a radio alarm in the bedroom. An old-fashioned component stereo in my den, with a receiver. A radio in the kitchen. But it’s true, I use my car radio more often than those. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/42 "2012-01-25T22:37:55Z")
Yep. Radio in the morning, Rush Limbaugh from 9-12, Tom Sullivan from 12-3, local radio programming until 5, music on the drive home. If my drive is going to be longer than 30 minutes, I’ll take the i-pod to listen to some podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/43 "2012-01-25T22:46:23Z")
I wake up to a clock radio, I have a radio in the bathroom that I listen to while showering, etc. and I often listen in the car. I used to listen at work (streaming over the net) but since we moved to a new building the position of my office makes it difficult. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/44 "2012-01-25T22:47:58Z")
I occasionally listen to talk/news radio (on the AM dial) at work. There is no TV hookups here. ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/45 "2012-01-25T22:54:21Z")
Forgot to mention, I have: Alarm clock radio in the bedroom. “Boom boxes” one in the bathroom, one in the basement, one in the garage and one at work. Headphone radio when walking the dog and sometimes at work. Am/Fm receiver in the living room. Am/Fm radio in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/46 "2012-01-25T23:00:57Z")
I listen to music on the radio in my car, and the news during breakfast and while I shower and dress in the morning. Never NPR, though. I prefer to stay awake during those activities. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/47 "2012-01-25T23:16:03Z")
Only my wake-up alarm, for about three seconds until I locate the Snooze button. Even that three seconds is, in time, enough to become familiar with most of Classic FM’s playlist. I swear I can recognise Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto from a single note. Obviously I listen to radio in the car, but we have a poor selection in the UK. I don’t understand the love for Radio 4, the world’s most overrated radio station. It’s like a succession of rather dull podcasts that you can’t delete. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456/48 "2012-01-25T23:45:49Z")
I don’t have a working TV so I leave a radio going as background noise most of the time. I will occasionally listen to CDs but it’s the radio most of the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-broadcast-radio-anywhere-outside-of-a-car/610456.md?page=2)