# How often do you listen to a game on the radio? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444 "2017-02-10T06:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/1 "2017-02-10T06:23:56Z")
Poll to come. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/2 "2017-02-10T06:34:04Z")
I listen to hockey on the radio daily. I used to listen to college basketball on the radio daily, but now it’s only occasionally. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/3 "2017-02-10T08:20:43Z")
Cricket, often. There is something intensely satisfying about the soothing conversation of [test match special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Match_Special). 5 days, 8 hours a day, commentary, stories, interviews, stats and verbal snapshots of far-flung places. Descriptions of the MCG roasting in sunshine whilst we in the UK are fixing breakfast in winter gloom…balm for the soul it is. I’m not sure there’s anything else in the world quite like it. I think if you wanted to give someone a idea of what it means to be British then I’d direct them to listen to TMS. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/4 "2017-02-10T16:38:27Z")
I listen to all baseball games on the radio during the season. They are only on cable (although I might get 2-3 broadcast tv games now that my team is good) and I don’t have cable. I listen to 162 games a year on the radio, and then when the playoffs come I listen to those on the radio and turn down the TV (where I can find it). Football and basketball I’m much more likely to watch on TV but if I’m in the car at the beginning of a game I’ll flip it on to hear. Also, our baseball, football, basketball and (minor league) hockey games are broadcast on popular FM stations so often I will get in the car or turn on the shower radio and there is a game on the channel where I had been listening to music previously. So I just leave the game on. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/5 "2017-02-10T16:48:16Z")
I get out of church just after noon on Sundays (kickoff time for early NFL games). During football season, I’ll usually listen to a game during my half-hour drive home on Sirius XM. And, if the Packers are playing, but not televised here in Chicago, I’ll sometimes listen to their radio broadcast. I’ll also sometimes listen to a baseball game on the radio while driving, particularly if I can pull in a Brewers game, since listening to Bob Uecker reminds me of my childhood in Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/6 "2017-02-10T16:49:04Z")
I listen to Nats baseball and the NFL when working in my shop at night. NFL games end up causing me to get little work done because Kevin Harlan makes everything sound SO EXCITING. Not to mention his “Idiot on the field” calls: [Kevin Harlan's Play-By-Play Radio Call Of The MNF Idiot On The Field Is An All-Timer](http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/kevin-harlans-play-by-play-radio-call-of-the-mnf-idiot-1786562558) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/7 "2017-02-10T16:49:10Z")
I love sitting on the back porch listening to the Red Sox and reading a book. Well, actually, the radio through the MLB app on my phone. Living where I do, that’s the easiest way to consume the Sox, otherwise I’m besieged with Yankee broadcasts. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/8 "2017-02-10T16:51:16Z")
If I’m in the car during a baseball game of football game that I’m interested in (Tigers, Lions, Michigan Wolverines), I’ll listen. I don’t listen to sports on the radio at home, usually, ever. Not sure where I should vote in your poll with that. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/9 "2017-02-10T17:01:31Z")
I find baseball on the radio very easy to follow, and since there are so many games, I often find myself in my car listening to the Mariners. Football is okay on the radio, but I prefer TV because it help to see. Basketball is almost worthless to me on the radio, as the pace is so fast you’re really just getting a lot of “pass, shoot, make and miss.” I don’t feel like I’m getting the experience of the game by listening to the play by play. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/10 "2017-02-10T17:09:23Z")
Baseball is made for radio. You really don’t get _that much_ more out of it watching on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/11 "2017-02-10T17:11:14Z")
I frequently listen to _parts_ of games from all four listed major sports on the radio. Seldom to never do I listen to the whole game; usually it’s a inning or two/few minutes of action on the way home from work. Come to think of it, I can’t remember the last time I watched an entire game on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/12 "2017-02-10T20:18:20Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Cricket, often. And me. Even if I’m at the game, I’ll have an earpiece in with TMS playing. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/13 "2017-02-11T01:14:55Z")
I listen to baseball, American football, and hockey on the radio often. With the ability to stream online, I often listen to games at work, commuting, or in bed. Streaming a lot of video drains battery power and interferes with my ability to multitask. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/14 "2017-02-11T01:44:52Z")
Can’t say that I’ve never listened to baseball on the radio but it was more of a desperation move. Similarly, I’ve only listened to football _in extremis_, most amusingly when my college roommates and I splurged for a pay per view UCF game only to have the cable station not play our game, at which we tuned to a radio broadcast of the same game but, needing the visual stimulation, we turned the TV to a _different_ football game and were amused when the action on the radio happened to coincide with the action on the TV which was more often than one might think. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/15 "2017-02-12T00:08:10Z")
I never listen to sports on the radio any more except baseball games if I’m driving. When I was a kid I listened to Indians baseball games and Browns football games all the time as much less was broadcast for TV. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/16 "2017-02-12T02:04:24Z")
Like **Spit,** I listen to Nats baseball games on the radio often. SiriusXM in my case. I occasionally listen to basketball games (Pacers are my team). I don’t get NFL games on the in-car radio, but when I can get the computer app working, I listen to the Colts. I don’t listen to hockey games. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/17 "2017-02-13T13:57:44Z")
I listen to football games on the radio every Sunday in the fall when it’s nice enough for me to work outside. I almost prefer the Browns radio broadcast over TV. I will listen to baseball or basketball on the radio while driving or if it’s not available on TV. Have never listened to hockey on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/18 "2017-02-13T14:11:37Z")
I listen to baseball games on the radio pretty frequently. If it’s a day game on during the week, I might have it on in my office, or if I’m driving somewhere. I find I follow the game more closely if I’m listening to it as opposed to watching it and I love to have a ballgame to listen to on a long drive. ETA: Another Nats fan checking in. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/19 "2017-02-13T14:56:48Z")
Where’s the “What’s this radio thingy you are talking about?” option? I don’t think I’ve used a radio since about 1990. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444/20 "2017-02-13T15:02:20Z")
> [@Zyanthia](#): > > Where’s the “What’s this radio thingy you are talking about?” option? I don’t think I’ve used a radio since about 1990. I don’t think we own one, except for what’s in the cars. But it’s a pretty important feature (for me) in a vehicle. I know kids today get their iPhone hooked up to the Bluetooth thing and listen to the same 10,000 songs over and over, but I do like the radio on when I’m driving. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-listen-to-a-game-on-the-radio/779444.md?page=2)