# Regular(-ish) Pandora users: How many stations do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807 "2010-08-28T17:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/1 "2010-08-28T17:28:19Z")
And what are they? I only have two: a generic, all-encompassing one that’s eclectic as hell, and one that’s built off of punk and pseudo-punky new stuff, with female vocalists being over-represented (it’s basically The Clash, Iggy Pop, and Sleater-Kinney). You? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/2 "2010-08-28T17:32:16Z")
My stations are: Linda Ronstadt Boogie On Reggae Woman by Phish Reel Big Fish The Doors Arlo Guthrie Jefferson Starship Jefferson Airplane Black Crowes Derek Trucks Band Allman Brothers Tray Anastasio Pink Floyd Phish Aphex Twin King Crimson Rilo Kiley Regina Spektor Tori Amos Radio Head Paranoid Android Tom Petty 99% of the time I just set it to Quick Mix. But if I want to hear something specific I add it as a station and play that station knowing I’ll hear something by that band first and then hear them more often with that station on. Then it’s back to Quick Mix. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/3 "2010-08-28T17:33:54Z")
I think I miscounted… 1. Bil Withers Radio 2. Boston Radio 3. Carpenters Radio 4. Chet Baker Radio 5. Cinderella Radio 6. The Crusaders Radio 7. Fleetwood Mac Radio 8. Frank Sinatra Radio 9. The Girl from Ipenema Radio 10. Harry Mancini Radio 11. Herb Alpert Radio 12. Jude Cole Radio 13. Seals and Crofts Radio 14. Sergio Mendes Radio 15. Steely Dan Radio 16. Toto Radio 17. Van Morrison Radio I love Pandora… ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/4 "2010-08-28T17:40:22Z")
Wow, perhaps I should have run the poll all the way up to 20+… ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/5 "2010-08-28T17:46:15Z")
I’ve got 5: 1. Hard Rock 2. Classic Rock 3. Surf Rock 4. Symphonic Metal 5. 80’s Pop Note that none of these are any of the Pandora genre stations, I just renamed them to what they’re representative of - my Classic Rock station started as Led Zeppelin Radio, for example. Most of the time I leave it on quick mix, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Hazel_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/6 "2010-08-28T17:47:29Z")
I currently have 3. 1. A mix of progressive rock, ethereal and ambient music, punk, ska, etc. I put it on when I am grading papers. 2. A mix based on Bing Crosby. I’ve added a bunch of crooners, including the Rat Pack. 3. A Christmas mix that I only use from Thanksgiving until the end of December. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/7 "2010-08-28T17:51:56Z")
I do specific artists, rather than categories. That way you can pick and choose multiple artists/genres in Quick Mix when you want some variety. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/8 "2010-08-28T18:24:20Z")
1. Posted without (much) embarrassment: The Killers Radio The Noisettes Radio Loquat Radio Butch Walker Radio Cyndi Lauper Radio The Young Lovers Radio Squeeze Radio Rehab Radio Whiskeytown Radio The Kooks Radio Deva Premal Radio Buckwheat Zydeco Radio Shared Station Spa Radio Shared Station British Folk Regina Spektor Radio Neko Case Radio Sia Radio Lost Immigrants Radio Lyle Lovett Radio Shared Station Nick Lowe Radio Chuckanut Drive Radio Slim Whitman Radio Louis Prima Radio Dave Alvin Radio The Mars Volta Radio Shared Station Alternative / Indie Rock Frank Zappa Radio Alice Cooper Radio Shared Station jazz-head Mates Of State Radio Monte Montgomery Radio Greg Brown Radio Counting Crows Radio Hepcat Radio Pink Radio Modest Mouse Radio Wilco Radio Butch Hancock Radio The Housemartins Radio Buck Owens Radio Willie Nelson Radio Bloc Party Radio Beulah Radio Tom Russell Radio ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/9 "2010-08-28T18:57:10Z")
Beatles, doo wop, 50s, meat loaf, queen, Andrew Lloyd weber - oops, should have said six in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/10 "2010-08-28T19:20:38Z")
1. The Prodigy- Electronica 2.The Ghastly Ones- surf rock 2. Buckwheat Zydeco 3. Johnny Cash- old school country 4. Nick Cave 5. Bob Marley- old school reggae 6. Reise Reise- German style metal 7. Cham- Dance hall reggae 8. Reel Big Fish 9. Korpiklaani- folk metal (scandinavian) 10. Alice in Chains 11. Panjab bhangra 12. Iron horse- bluegrass 13. Amon Amarth- melodic death metal 14. Red mud- blues 15. Tito and Tarantula- oddball rock 16. Big Band 17. William Elliot Whitmore- morbid country fusion 18. Tom Waits 19. Candlemass- black/ doom metal 20. Sisters of mercy- goth 21. Flogging Molly- celtic/ rock/punk 22. Delta Blues 23. Saturnas- doom metal 24. Cemetery Polka- I don’t know how to classify this. Evil oompah? 25. Insect Eyes- dark folk 26. Dead can Dance- ambient/ world/ new age ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/11 "2010-08-28T22:59:59Z")
Are you guys only making single-artist stations, or is that just the first artist you added, and you added others later? I’ve only got 1 single-artist, and didn’t include it in the poll as it’s only to locate one song again. 60’s 80’s Elektronik Supersonik - technoy stuff. No Zlad. The Metal Indied Die Angstmusik - industrial/gothic. Started taking a German tinge for awhile Postpunk - Joy Division, Wire, etc. and newer similar stuff Rawk - Punk Saoirse - Irish folk ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/12 "2010-08-28T23:36:43Z")
Lesse: The Birthday Massacre Amanda Palmer Lunascape Delerium Bat for Lashes Nouvelle Vauge Royksopp Midnight Juggernauts Devics Techno Industrial ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/13 "2010-08-28T23:50:15Z")
24 All specific artists. But I only listen to about half of them. They change. Delete one and add another because a different artist does something I like on say, Love and Rockets Radio, or KT Tunstall. I’ll add a station for that artist, and fish for new music. Love Pandora. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/14 "2010-08-29T00:41:30Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Are you guys only making single-artist stations, or is that just the first artist you added, and you added others later? I’ve only got 1 single-artist, and didn’t include it in the poll as it’s only to locate one song again. I use the artist to start the station then add other seeds to it as it provides new material. I’m just too lazy to change the names of the stations. FOr me it’s about keeping with a certain sound. For example I have a tom waits station that is fairly eclectic. The cemetery polka station though only plays those weird waltzy Waits tunes and material like it. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/15 "2010-08-29T03:03:03Z")
I replied with six stations, but I really only listen to one of them. One thing that kind of irritates me about Pandora is that occasionally my Electronica station (which is what I listen to 95% of the time) will start playing a completely different genre- like easy listening. It’ll start playing those songs all in a row, and will only stop doing so when I bother to thumbs-down one of the songs, at which point it’ll go back to Electronica. It’s fairly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/16 "2010-08-29T10:37:36Z")
Only one. What Pandora sold itself as building a station around your tastes. Well, my tastes are eclectic, so I just add artists and songs of different genres, and eventually it comes up with new music. Sometimes it is thumbs up, sometimes thumbs down. What I do now that Pandora limits my monthly time, I pick the new songs I heard, along with the old songs I like, and add them (if I don’t already have them) to my online radio station on another website. That way, I keep increasing my variety over there, and keep listening to the songs I know I like for the rest of the month. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/17 "2010-08-30T07:10:26Z")
I’ve got at least 30… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/18 "2010-08-30T12:37:34Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Are you guys only making single-artist stations, or is that just the first artist you added, and you added others later? Single-artist stations. That way, you can say, “I feel like a combination of Bon Jovi and Queen right now…” Instead of just putting on a 70s and 80s station (which is going to cover a LOT more variety), I can put on both Bon Jovi and Queen, and really narrow it down. It never plays \*just \*Bon Jovi and Queen, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/19 "2010-08-30T17:32:06Z")
1. Rent Original Broadway Cast recording ( for when I want contemporary show tunes) 2. Death Cab for Cutie (indie rock) 3. Tegan and Sara (chick-power indie rock) 4. Billy Joel (for a fair share of Elton, Barry and Billy) 5. Madonna (80s pop) 6. Spice Girls (90s pop guilty pleasures) 7. Hansen (for the same reason as Spice Girls) 8. Glee Cast recording (a wide variety from show tunes to pop/R&B) 9. Journey (classic rock/power ballads) 10. Green Day (put it on there to hear 90s alternative, but I got a lot of modern emo-kid crap sometimes) 11. Toad the Wet Sprocket (which succeeded in giving me more of a 90s alternative, but it’s more mellow, like Gin Blossoms and such) I listen to it on my Blackberry… so I can’t put multiple stations on stations at once. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807/20 "2010-08-30T22:38:11Z")
I have three. A station for Classical music, a station for Xmas music, and a station for everything else. The kitchen sink station has over a 100 seeds, I believe. It might play four metal songs, followed by four show tunes, followed by four country songs, then four hip hop songs. It’s always four. I like it that way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regular-ish-pandora-users-how-many-stations-do-you-have/551807.md?page=2)