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View Poll Results: What kind of radio do you listen to?
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AM
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10.16% |
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FM
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34 |
26.56% |
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AM/FM
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21.09% |
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Satellite
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21 |
16.41% |
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Streaming/Podcast/your own music
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22 |
17.19% |
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Nothing at all
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8.59% |
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03-07-2024, 01:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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Radio Station Closures - Poll
With all the layoffs, closures, and negative press surrounding radio stations I'm curious how dire the listenership is out there?
How many of you listen to radio of any sort in the car?
Is it the programming/music that has driven you away or is it radio and you just prefer streaming or other options?
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03-07-2024, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sylvan Lake
Posts: 3,433
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Haven't turned the radio on since they moved Oiler's Now from the noon spot.
"Hey Siri, play me some music."
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03-07-2024, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,363
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I listen to AM, FM and Satellite. Depending on the mood, I can switch it up 3 times in 5 minutes and often do.
Do miss the TSN 1260 and Oilers Now at noon. Always have the radio on at work mostly for background noise.
BW
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03-07-2024, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,955
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AM / FM --- switch stations quickly when an NDP ad, interview with Trudeau or Michael Buble' comes on.
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03-07-2024, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: The South
Posts: 1,129
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FM in my work truck. Drowns out the rattle. Podcasts sometimes. Spotify or FM in my personal.
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03-07-2024, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: West Central Alberta
Posts: 6,672
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I listen to satellite or own tunes. Cannot stand hosts talking all the time thinking they are funny or people calling in with boring, obnoxious stories.
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03-07-2024, 02:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,449
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For years I listened to am but they don't really have good radio shows anymore. Remember Gordon Liddy, David Rutherford, Michael Reagan, Late night with Art Bell, Rush Limbaugh ,Oliver North ,etc.
Now ive recently discovered 70s ,80s music on FM 103 in Calgary.
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03-07-2024, 03:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Elk Point, Alberta
Posts: 929
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I listen to satellite, since Corus dropped Coast-to-Coast. Also for NASCAR Radio.
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03-07-2024, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,264
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Spotify playlist and podcasts. I haven't listened to the radio in years, as I have zero tolerance for the commercials.
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03-07-2024, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Near Drumheller
Posts: 6,781
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Seldom listen to radio, many yrs ago, I got fed up with the types of ads they were broadcasting. I might listen to it once/twice a year on a trip somewhere, to maybe hear local news in an area I'm travelling thru.
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03-07-2024, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,409
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Listen to QR 770 morning and afternoon shows, that is about it the rest is podcasts and music I choose.
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03-07-2024, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Grande Prairie
Posts: 751
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I haven't listened to the radio in probably 10 years or more. Radio can die off for all I care, I have no use for it.
I have Spotify and I listen to music and podcats. I get what I want, when I want, commercial free.
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03-07-2024, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
Posts: 38,614
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CKUA is my favorite station
Cat
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03-07-2024, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Red Deer
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Mostly FM, but when I’m in the truck by myself it’s QR 77.
I do have Spotify but I only use it in the gym, for the rest I’m still old school I guess need to listen to the news and ads I guess and same goes for TV but I will wien myself off of that this summer when my Optik contract is up.
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03-07-2024, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cochrane Alberta
Posts: 109
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Radio
X2 CKUA especially Wide Cut Country 10AM Saturday mornings. Sometimes Sirius XM Outlaw Country channel 60
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03-07-2024, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Alberta
Posts: 553
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Radio is all I listen to. Haven't had a tv in over 30 years. Stream, Satellite AM. Lots of US talk, BBC, DW. Local CKUA, Oilers on CHED. There's a lot to be had on radio
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03-07-2024, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,688
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I listen to Ched when I am in the car for road trips etc. Classic rock all other times on the FM side. Still play CD's lol.
When the new cell comes, I will have to look into some satellite talk show/podcasts to stream so I don't have to listen to country stations  .
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03-07-2024, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On the 49th 'The Medicine Line''
Posts: 1,043
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only listen to one radio station.... KMON Great Falls AM RADIO Old time country western music at its finest.
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03-07-2024, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary Perchdance
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More importantly… for those who listen to any radio… when was the last time you purchased something they advertized?
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03-07-2024, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Windspeaker is consuming my listening time
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03-07-2024, 07:18 PM
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I quit listening to radio years ago when they started adding random electronic bells, beeps, bongs, and police sirens to the ads they broadcast. Got fed up with trying to figure out if it was something important that needed my attention, or just their stupid ad noises. 
At the time, I made note of the most obnoxious ads in order to specifically boycott their products.
Haven't missed them so far, won't miss them if they are gone completely.
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03-07-2024, 10:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Medicine Hat
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Use to listen to talk radio QR770 but they have gone woke, so I only listen maybe a 1/2 hour a day when I am bored waiting for my runs to start.
When I was on the highway and in the patch, I use to listen 24/7 but things spiraled down the drain quite fast after Chorus took them over and now CTV? I stopped listening especially after the (afternoon) producer the other day was saying how his "white male privilege"  kept him from being attacked on the C Train. I pretty much shut that radio station off permanently.
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03-08-2024, 06:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saddleup
only listen to one radio station.... KMON Great Falls AM RADIO Old time country western music at its finest.
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I love that 560 but I have to be in Lethbridge or as far south of Lethbridge to pick it up.
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03-08-2024, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
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Luv AM....the fading in and out and the background crackle
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03-08-2024, 08:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Caroline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by W921
I love that 560 but I have to be in Lethbridge or as far south of Lethbridge to pick it up.
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https://560kmon.com/
You can listen to it on their website from anywhere
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03-08-2024, 09:19 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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I listen to radio in the vehicle and in the garage. In the house, it's streamed or from my own music.
I like the sports talk on AM and some of the talk radio that is now carried on FM. There's a few FM music stations that I listen to as well.
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