# What do you listen to (in terms of audio) in your car? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 8, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976 "2015-11-08T01:09:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/1 "2015-11-08T01:09:06Z")
Music off of my mp3 player here, all the time. You? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/2 "2015-11-08T01:10:41Z")
Usually Sirius/XM. Sometimes a CD. Sometimes [WHUP-FM](https://whupfm.org/), which is our local station. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/3 "2015-11-08T01:12:02Z")
Usually talk radio. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/4 "2015-11-08T01:38:31Z")
Music on my iPhone connected to my car stereo. The beauty of it is that you can build up a big playlist and not have to touch it for the whole drive. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/5 "2015-11-08T02:18:01Z")
@ work, scanners (3); own time, iTunes, XM or scanners. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/6 "2015-11-08T02:19:44Z")
I only go about 8k miles per year. I just listen to the local alt-rock station. Or baseball or football if they are on. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/7 "2015-11-08T02:23:11Z")
I listen to a public station that is mostly all music. (WNKU) Unfortunately, they have recently changed their format and style, and I’m uncertain as to whether I’ll continue to listen to them. Failing that, I’ve got an MP3 player in my glovebox that contains almost all the music I own, and that would be my fallback listening choice. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/8 "2015-11-08T02:37:32Z")
CD’s; lots and lots of CDs. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/9 "2015-11-08T02:47:07Z")
NPR ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/10 "2015-11-08T03:01:46Z")
NPR and Broadway Channel on XM radio mostly ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/11 "2015-11-08T03:10:54Z")
Satellite radio from SiriusXM. Mostly music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s; though I’ll occasionally head into classic album rock, and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/12 "2015-11-08T03:18:29Z")
A little bit of local news stations, a moderate amount of NPR, but mostly CDs ( I’m a dinosaur ) - as many as I can fit in my center console, which I rotate. Right now it is early and reformation period **Pere Ubu** ( _Terminal Tower_, _The Modern Dance_, _Dub Housing_, _Live at the Longhorn_, _Tenement Year_, _Cloudland_, _Worlds in Collision_ and _Apocalypse Now_ ), early **B-52s** ( _B-52s_ and _Wild Planet_ ) and classic period **Blondie** ( _Plastic Letters_, _Parallel Lines_ and _Eat to the Beat_ ). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/13 "2015-11-08T03:47:33Z")
Nothing from the radio/CD; I’m listening for the car to make falling-apart noises, or listening for some jack-ass to cash in my chips for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/14 "2015-11-08T03:56:21Z")
All CDs, all the time. I hate listening to commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/15 "2015-11-08T03:57:55Z")
AM sports talk radio or music through my phone/Bluetooth. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/16 "2015-11-08T04:16:10Z")
MP3s on my iPhone, connected through the auxiliary jack. I might tune into the local news station every now and then for a traffic report, but other than that I don’t use it. Talk radio drives me absolutely mad. I can tolerate music stations even if I don’t like what’s playing, but I cannot bear talk radio, even if I agree with the viewpoints being presented. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/17 "2015-11-08T04:31:02Z")
Classical station, WCLV. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/18 "2015-11-08T04:31:10Z")
Which option do I choose for “podcasts on my smartphone”? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/19 "2015-11-08T07:02:08Z")
Mostly my iPhone, more so now that you can yell at Siri and get Apple Music to do its thing. Most of the time. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976/20 "2015-11-08T08:03:21Z")
In descending order of frequency: - Music via satellite radio (Sirius) - Music via my iPhone, and a Bluetooth connection to the car stereo - News / talk via satellite radio (primarily BBC World Service) - News / talk via terrestrial radio (local news radio station) - Music via terrestrial radio - Audiobooks via my iPhone [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-listen-to-in-terms-of-audio-in-your-car/736976.md?page=2)