Do You Listen to the Radio Very Much?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
September 12, 2016 10:56pm CST
The only time I listen to the radio now is when I’m in the car. I don’t even HAVE a radio in the house. I’ve been meaning to purchase an emergency radio, that runs on batteries, but I haven’t done it yet.
As a teenager, I used to go to sleep with the radio on beside my bed. And during the day, there were several radio programs that my family used to listen to. That was before we finally got a television set, in the late 50s.
I remember my father told me a LONG TIME ago, that KDKA radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the first commercial radio station in the world. My research shows that it began broadcasting on November 2nd, 1920.
We lived 90 miles south of Pittsburgh, in West Virginia.
Here’s a link if you want to know more about this pioneer radio station.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDKA_(AM)
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Sep 16
Yes, music is everywhere now, available in so many different forms. The radio is "old-fashioned" I guess.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
14 Sep 16
@MattMeng That sounds like a good way to learn English.
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@MattMeng (3435)
• Hangzhou, China
15 Sep 16
@IreneVincent Like a clock in China.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
14 Sep 16
Yes, that's what style of radio I grew up with. Way back in the 40s.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
@MattMeng You think it looks like a clock? I guess it could, if it had numbers on it. Old time clocks probably do look like that. Now, everything is modern looking.
Here's an antique clock I found on Pixabay
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
14 Sep 16
Not even in the car. I have one I use to boost the sound on my big screen, why everyone needs a big screen, in all the end of the world movies, people loot the stores for big screens no radio's. What I noticed on my booster sound radio was that on AM you used to move the dial and one voice would go over another but now it is ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
15 Sep 16
thinking @IreneVincent if the internet goes bonkers then everything else will too? I don't know if a lot of people will have radio but if some do it might be on short wave, cb or walky talky band and not sure normal am or fm would receive that?
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Nov 17
@Bluedoll We used to have a CB radio, back in the 70s. We were really into it back then and then suddenly, it seems, it just faded out of use. My CB "handle"(name) was Alley Cat. Seems so long ago now.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
14 Sep 16
I think that everyone, including myself, should have an emergency radio that runs on batteries, just in case the internet grid collapses. It can happen.
I'm going to this NEW store that sells camping equipment and purchase one soon. The store is on the other end of town, so I will have to find a good day to go when I'm not in a hurry. I've been to the store once before and purchased some items for my go-bags, but I FORGOT to purchase a radio and I meant to.
@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
14 Sep 16
As well as being fortunate enough to write for - and about - radio, and appear on some programmes, I still love listening to radio without it feeling like a 'busman's holiday', perhaps because I grew up listening to it. I'll sometimes spend a couple of hours late at night switching between music stations for nostalgic hits but I mainly listen to speech-based radio (except phone-ins, which I can't stand). I enjoy comedy shows, quizzes, documentaries and drama on BBC Radio 4 plus repeats of those on Radio 4 Extra. In the early hours I sometimes listen to the World Service.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
My oldest son likes to listen to speech-based radio too. Not my cup of tea.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
@asfarasiknow To be honest, I really don't know how many programs like that are on the radio, but with all the thousands of radio stations broadcasting in the USA, I'm sure there are plenty of just about anything a person might want to find, on the radio. There are a lot of religious stations too. I mainly listen to music. I also have listened to interviews of famous persons, mainly in the music genre.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
15 Sep 16
@IreneVincent Does your country have much of the type of speech-based radio I mentioned or is it mostly phone-ins or Howard Stern-type programmes?
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Sep 16
Classical music is nice before going to bed. I have a CD with flute music from Peru and I love to listen to that. At the State Fair one year, this group from Peru performed live and I purchased their CD. It's very soothing.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
@JudyEv It's really very beautiful music. I'm sure you could probably find some on YouTube. I'll take a look and see if I can find any.
@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Sep 16
@IreneVincent I can imagine the Peruvian music would be soothing. Their panpipe playing is pretty cool too.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
13 Sep 16
@IreneVincent I used to listen to the radio all the time. I only seem to listen now when I am in the car.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
14 Sep 16
@HazySue When I was growing up, I did not listen to country music, but I have grown to love it.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Sep 16
That's me too. I had the radio on in the car today, listening to Hank Radio station. Country music
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
14 Sep 16
@IreneVincent I love that country music. It makes me want to dance in my seat.
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@succeednow (1633)
• Singapore
13 Sep 16
@IreneVincent Yes, me too. The only time I listen to the radio is when I'm in the car as there's nothing much one can do besides listening to the radio. No internet surfing allowed.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
13 Sep 16
That's me. I just listen in the car. Mostly to Country Music.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Sep 16
Before people would always be glued to their radios . But now , they are more glued into watching TV .
So , when you don't listen to the radio , you miss the important announcements like schedule of blackouts and the like .
But during a typhoon , we are glued to the radio for the updates .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
@IreneVincent We are always prepared with radio and batteries especially when there's a news of coming typhoon.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Nov 17
I still haven't purchased that battery-operated radio. I really need to do that.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
My daughter likes to listen to the radio very loud when she's cleaning house.
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
That's why I want to get an emergency radio. For tornados or some other emergency. We have a military facility nearby, and chemical plants and there are also hurricanes and tornados too.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
14 Sep 16
I don't even own a radio for the house,. But, I am planning to purchase one soon.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
Sounds like a good radio station. My brother lives in Dublin Georgia, south of Atlanta. I have flown in and out of Atlanta airport several times.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Sep 16
@IreneVincent You would likely hear the River from Dublin. They play good music.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
15 Nov 17
I have not listened to the radio in ages. I have write noise machines and when I go out I try to put the bird sound on for my cat.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
13 Sep 16
I listen to the radio in the car and I also listen to it a home in the morning when I am getting ready for work. I like listening to the morning show because they have a lot of call in games. I never call in but I do know people who have won some awesome prizes. When I was younger I would also sleep with the radio. I remember Dad bought us all one of those little transistor radios when we were young. That was the best gift ever. We loved those things. We could take music with us wherever we went.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Sep 16
Yes, the little transistor radios were great. I've had several of those myself.
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