# Poll:  Radio station pre-sets order

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-radio-station-pre-sets-order/485026>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 9, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-radio-station-pre-sets-order/485026 "2009-02-09T07:21:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-radio-station-pre-sets-order/485026/21 "2009-02-09T21:23:34Z")

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I don’t use FM/AM very often, but they are always in frequency order. On my XM satellite radio, they’re grouped by genre.

Dance/pop music on my A presets  
Classical/Jazz on my B presets  
Country/sports on my C presets

During baseball season, I put MLB home plate as my last preset on all 3. That way, I can easily scan to find a baseball game.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-radio-station-pre-sets-order/485026/22 "2009-02-09T21:30:07Z")

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My presets are set to whatever they were set to when the radio was installed. I bought a new stereo to dock my iPod, who needs radio?

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-radio-station-pre-sets-order/485026/23 "2009-02-09T21:33:44Z")

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I’m set up weird right now, my number 1 and 6 are local public radio then middle 4 are the music stations and are the ones that I mostly listen to. Typically I go by frequency with #6 saved for whatever local station play 24hr Christmas music but here it turns out that there isn’t one, so #6 got occupied by a local station.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-radio-station-pre-sets-order/485026/24 "2009-02-09T21:36:16Z")

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Alphabetically by station call sign.

What?

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