I've been bugged lately by a survey company calling me on the phone to get me to do a survey about my habits listening to the radio. I finally had to tell them to quit calling. I don't listen to radio much at all, certainly not enough to keep a journal of which stations and how often for a week. I used to listen to the radio when I was young--we always carried transistor radios around, but now I only turn it on in the car if I'm driving for an hour or more. Even then I usually either listen to my thoughts or to CDs. Who listens to radio today? Does satellite radio make it worthwhile?
Absolutely never. Don't have one, don't like having to listen to it when in someone's car or having a coffee out. EDIT: do people still "have" radios?
Only when I'm in the car. Especially when I need to check the traffic (here in NYC it's almost mandatory). Otherwise, I alternate between sports radio and classical. But once I'm out of the car ... if I want to listen to anything I don't already own, I fire up Pandora.
Arbitron? Driving to work and on the job weekdays, I have a news/talk station on to keep up with what's going on. Oldies (60s-70s) on the way home. Weekends in the car it's oldies or classic country, maybe a classic rock station. I have a ton of stuff on a Zune that I play when I'm working in the shop nights and weekends, from jazz to rockabilly to blues to country. Playing some Jimmie Vaughan now. I like a lot of stuff; I don't really fit into one of those "target" demographics.
Very rarely. The last time I listened to the actual radio was in January 2013 during the Tasmanian bushfires. I do listen to some radio podcasts mainly science related ones.
I have to say that I love radio. I was obsessed with it from an early age and wanted to be a radio guy. One Christmas my parents gave us three kids little portable record players. I commandeered my brother's record player, and with two of them I would do my own radio show in my bedroom. Once I discovered Monty Python I started reproducing sketches with a cheap microphone and two cassette recorders, with sound effects from a cassette I found at Radio Shack. In high school I wrote and produced a comedy sketch called "Chamionship Boxing." I used equipment borrowed from the music department and did all the voices. It actually turned out pretty good. I only had one copy of the finished product and I don't know what happened to it. Later, much later, I decided to try broadcasting school. I was bored the entire time. Everything they were teaching I had already learned on my own. My dream of a career in radio was ruined, and it's probably for the best. By that time the industry had changed so much that if you weren't a "celebrity" you didn't stand a chance at making a decent living at it. I couldn't do talk, I wasn't good at "morning zoo." The things I was good at weren't in demand any more. But hey. This thread isn't about me. It's about radio, something I love. Continue.
I have 2 radio stations pre-set in my car: K-Love Christian radio and a country music station SOLELY for listening to the NASCAR races. I do not know who is currently popular on secular radio.
Very rarely. I prefer the CDs I have in the car, or my music library at home on the PC. Radio just doesn't cut it anymore.
Only in the car. I usually listen to a station that broadcasts classic rock, but sometimes I listen to classical or opera on public radio. When there is something politically relevant going on, I often listen to a station that broadcasts Parliament sessions and political commentaries (generally neutral or across the political spectrum).
I don't even have a radio at home anymore (except for my Medieval knight radio whose sword is a letter opener that I've had since 1972 and is just used as a decoration now, since he would only pick up AM even if he had a battery). In my car I have four presets-- two oldies stations, one Rock and one Easy Listening, and two modern stations, one Rock(ish) and one Easy Listening(ish). At home, I either listen to Pandora or the digital music stations on cable. I've occasionally thought about getting satellite radio, but I don't know that I would use it enough to justify the expense.
All the time. There's a radio in the bathroom, the bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, the car. About half of the podcasts I listen to are radio shows too.