BITOGers' favorite radio stations?

[Falcon_LS]

Recently got the Bose AM/FM app on my iPhone 4, and it's been great to dock in the car and listen to stations from abroad whilst on the go. Data limits are not a problem, because on the type of contract I'm on with my network operator.

The only foreign English-language stations that broadcast locally and I listen to are AFN and VOA, so it'll be nice to have some variety.

I'm mostly tuning into my favorite stations in Scotland, where I used to live, but I was wondering what some of the more popular stations are in the different States. Our Australian and Canadian members, please chime in too!

Mostly looking at alternative/classic/soft rock, electronic and country stations, possibly with a bit of 'top hits' thrown in.

 

[Y_K]

Radio Deliro, France

 

[Torino]

Radio Netherlands--6165 and ANY right wing station. John--Las Vegas.

 

[IndyIan]

I listen to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the most part, they have good shows that aren't hamstringed by sponsers, or eccentric billionaires with agendas. The show "Q" has good guests and good long interviews http://www.cbc.ca/q/uncut/
If I'm in the states I'll try NPR.
I'd rather drain the oil and drive my car listening to the engine self destructing, than listen to most right wing talk radio shows.

 

[Quattro Pete]

If I listen to radio (while in the car usually), I'll tune to NPR, which happens to be WBEZ 91.5 in my neck of the woods.

From typical internet stations, I usually listen to DI.fm, Party Hits (on Slacker), etc.

 

[Samilcar]

http://www.1630kcjj.com/

 

[opus1]

http://959theriver.com/ 70's/80's/90's music for Chicago's southwest suburbs.

For country, I tend to listen to http://www.wccq.com/

And if you want some harder "classic" rock from Chicago's southwest suburbs, http://www.wrxq.com/

 

[97tbird]

NPR

 

[Pablo]

770 AM KTTH: http://mynorthwest.com/category/am770_shows/

710 AM http://mynorthwest.com/category/sports_shows/

1000 AM KOMO News http://www.komonews.com/

103.7 FM KMTT http://www.1037themountain.com/

 

[Shannow]

http://www.2ue.com.au/

954, where you don't miss a thing.

 

[greenaccord02]

Our radio down here is just absolutely terrible. I'm usually streaming Pandora or listening to MP3s off my phone. But if I'm not:

There's a "classic country" station that used to be good, but now they play late 80s and early 90s stuff, which sucks. 97.1 FM

We have a good rap station, but all the new rap sucks. So, unless they're playing the "old school" (basically 90s) mix, I'm not trying to hear it. 97.9 FM

A couple of stations are trying to play 90s rock, and they're sort of OK but they really haven't got their format worked out yet, IMO.

Our regular rock station, 94.5 FM, got bought out by clearchannel like ten years ago and that was the end of that. It's basically all Emo [censored] or whatever you call bands like nickelback and seether. ([censored] is what I call them).

All of our classic rock stations are clearchannel controlled, which is perfect if you like listening to U2 and Aerosmith all day, but I don't.

Lately I've been banging that Mexican music that goes "DUN-dun-DUN-dun-dundundundundun" with horns and accordions and some guy belting out lyrics above the cacophony (you know, Mexican knock-off polka). We have like 10,000 of those stations here so it's easy to find one of those songs. It may be bad music, but I can't understand the words and the bass quakes if you have a system.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Pocket Tunes for a full-breadth app on the iPhone. It's been my favorite.

Tune-in Radio Pro is great for finding shows in real-time (music or talk) from across the country, but they don't have Clear Channel stations (thus another app is needed). This app will cache the last 30 minutes for a DVR-like experience. Neat stuff.

 

[Spazdog]

About the only terrestrial radio station I ever really listen to is KJKK 100.3 in DFW.

There are "Jack FM"s like that all over the US and Canada but I think each one is tailored to it's individual market. For instance, we probably get more Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZTop than the "Jack FM" in Calgary, AB does...

 

[aquariuscsm]

Does internet radio count? If so,mine`s Technicolor Web of Sound.

 

[simple_gifts]

BBC, hands down.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

No commercials, no Keillor

 

[Patman]

I've been listening to internet radio a lot lately, and the one I listen to the most is .977 The Hitz Channel, but I also like 181.FM 80's Hairband Channel, as well as Cinemix (which plays movie soundtracks)

 

[JOD]

I'm biased, since they're local, but this is pretty much the best radio station ever:

http://kexp.org/

There's a lot of variety with their programming, so whatever your tastes you'll find some good stuff on there. You can stream live, from the archive or podcasts. Not to sound like an infomercial, but in these time of commercial radio garbage, this station is a real treasure.

 

[CivicFan]

last.fm

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Originally Posted By: Patman
I've been listening to internet radio a lot lately, and the one I listen to the most is .977 The Hitz Channel, but I also like 181.FM 80's Hairband Channel, as well as Cinemix (which plays movie soundtracks)


Listen to both of those!

AOL's 1-hit wonders is fun to listen to as well.