What do DXers listen to....

[cyberdad]

....when they're not DXing?

Out of the box, but I thought it might be a fun topic for us. My feelings won't be hurt if Frank decides to move this or shut it down, so here goes for me....

Terrestial: WSCR (670-sports), WBBM (780/105.9 news), WWME (87.7-60s/70s music)

Online: WIRL Peoria, IL (stream of 1290-60s/70s music), 2CH Sydney, Australia (stream of 60s/70s "softer" than WIRL. Similar to WWME), Richbro Radio, San Diego North County, CA (online only - 50s/60s oldies with classic jingles).

What about you guys?

 

[Mr Tony]

Here in the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant (ho ho ho Green Giant)

Terrestrial is usually KCHK New Prague (1350AM or 95.5..they usually are same thing sans sports or Twins games when only AM has them...a mix of classic country/oldies/talk and polkas. Spoke about them numerous times), KXLP 94.1 Mankato (Rock) and sometimes KRBI 105.5 St Peter
Online: Mainly the tune in app on my phone when I'm working I flip between KLIZ Brainerd (rock), K96.3 Kelowna (rock), or through their actual website WVAL St Cloud, MN (classic Country), WEBC 560/106.5 Duluth, MN (Sasquatch 106.5 rock)

 

[gr8oldies]

Terrestrially (Knoxville ZTN), News -Talk 98.7 (WOKI), and Classic Hits 93.1 (Current holder of the WNOX calls). Sometimes WIMZ 103.5. My wife listens to WDKW, 95.7 Duke FM. Online: WLW mornings (I'm out of range). WLW's iHeart streams innundates me with ads for an Asheville NC VW dealer. IHeart's "Real Oldies Channel". "Classic Soul". WDJO, Cincinnati, CKWW Windsor, and 102.7 The Beach (Miami).

 

[cyberdad]

Here in the Valley of the Jolly Green Giant (ho ho ho Green Giant)

Terrestrial is usually KCHK New Prague

I remember your posts about KCHK. Sounds like a hoot! Do they stream? As for WVAL, I'd agree that they're a good listen. Nice mix of classic country. I'll sometimes dial them up when I'm passing through the area on I-94.

 

[schmave]

When I got into DXing, what I most often searched for at night was baseball. Our cable in Columbus did not have WGN-TV for a few years in the late 80s (including the memorable '89 Cubs season) so getting WGN radio at night was the only way to hear many games. Also "catchable" here in central Ohio were the Mets on WFAN, White Sox on then-WMAQ, Yankees on WABC, Braves on WSB, Tigers on WJR, Twins on WCCO, Indians on then-WWWE, the Cardinals on KMOX, the Phillies on then-WOGL and even the Rangers on WBAP sometimes (the Reds on WLW are basically a local signal here). I loved hearing those distant broadcasts at night.
When I lived in Texas, unfortunately less than 10 miles from where today's school shooting occurred, I loved grabbing KVNS out of Brownsville when it was playing oldies. Cinch catch in Houston. Never caught it here in Ohio, however.
Nowadays when I listen online, not counting MLB Gameday Audio my favorite stations are WSCR, WWOW from my fiance's hometown of Conneaut, Ohio, WMCE from Erie and sometimes WFAN.

 

[Ai4i]

When I was young, I had some favorite shows on some international broadcast stations on shortwave.
Now, most of my serious listening happens on SiriusXM satellite radio.

 

[radioman148]

When I'm not DXing I rarely listen to terrestrial radio. Sirius/XM is where I go. There's just nothing on "regular radio" that appeals to me anymore. I might check out WBBM when I want news. The last station I regularly listened to was WSCR, but about 5 years ago I got tired of that. I still enjoy DXing and when DX season is here I'll be tuning the dials again.

 

[Mr Tony]

I remember your posts about KCHK. Sounds like a hoot! Do they stream? As for WVAL, I'd agree that they're a good listen. Nice mix of classic country. I'll sometimes dial them up when I'm passing through the area on I-94.

yup they stream
www.kchkradio.net

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

DXing here versus the noise floor here means scant little AM DX in over a year.

If you mean 'what AM/FM stations do you settle for', Cyberdad -- strictly terrestrial radio -- the choices here are few. It's KYW at the breakfast table. They're 100 miles southeast of us and have too many commercials and talk too fast. I guess they have to rush by the actual news so they can stuff in more commercials. We just get the weather from them, extrapolate it to here, and that's it. The computers/chat/streams don't start until maybe noon.

In the car there's not much DX done. The stations we tune in are
a) the wonderful Hanna-FM. WHNA 92.3 has a ridiculous playlist. Basically they're a Classic Hits station but they go a lot older and a lot more disco than one would expect from a restrictive label like that.
b) WHLM 930 Bloomsburg. Our pal Bob Gale (from another radio board) does Saturday morning there.

The bulk of the day's remainder, especially at night, is all off the music fare and chat rooms of rivals Top Shelf Oldies and Good Time Oldies.

I'll listen to Oldies 1410 WLSH Lansford while on a paint or ceiling job, and sometimes some jazz from the WRTI translator in Pottsville. But imo there is little else on the terrestrial dial to enjoy nowadays while taking a break from DX.

 

[cyberdad]

....But imo there is little else on the terrestrial dial to enjoy nowadays while taking a break from DX.

I agree with you, Radioman, and the other guys that feel that way. I'm one of ya! Probably 80-65% of my listening outside of DXing online. I listen some to Sirius XM, but nowhere near as much as my wife and (adult) sons. I don't think my daughter has owned a radio for at least ten years. She won a DAB radio from a BBC call-in contest, and didn't think the digital audio was any better than FM. (I agreed) Even then, most of her listening was Chicago's WDRV and NPR news. She still listens to those two now that she lives in Santa Monica. Meanwhile her husband, my son-in-law, streams the BBC channels or listens to his iPod.

 

[icybluelake]

Terrestrially (if that's not a word, it should be):

WSCR 670 sports
WBBM 780 news
WSUI 910 NPR news/talk
KCCK 88.3 jazz
KSUI 91.7 classical
KUNI 90.9 NPR news/talk

Via internet:
WFMU (freeform radio from NJ)
KFJC (freeform radio from CA)
Luxuria music
ClubMix Chile (for the gym, and for walking around)
Beat 100.9 FM (from Mexico City)
KDTH 1370 AM Dubuque, IA (for old-school MOR-type radio)
Cyberdad -- I love WIRL Peoria too! It's often present on the airwaves at night but not truly listenable, so I opt for the online signal.

 

[charlestondxman]

In Charleston:

WTMZ 910/94.7 (local sports talker Bobby Hartin in afternoon drive)
W271CP 102.1 (The City, good oldies station)
WFAN 660 New York (Yankees games at night)
Flip around between 3 or 4 other stations other times

Online: WFAN 660 (Mike Francesa’s show)
Numerous satellite radio channels for sporting events
Classic Vinyl on SiriusXM

 

[seattlesarchiebunker]

Most of my listening during drive time is on SiriusXM.

Turbo
1st Wave
Yacht Rock Radio
Lithium
Ozzy’s Boneyard


In the evenings, I’ll put on local radio...

KRKO’s FM translator for Everett Silvertips hockey,
CKKQ (classic rock station out of Victoria, BC) plays a lot of cool Canadian tracks at night,
KISM (classic rock from Bellingham, WA)
occasionally KISW (active rock from Seattle)
the jazz programming on KNKX (formerly KPLU)

I also have a soft spot in my heart for BBC Radio 4. I will frequently stream them in the evenings (early morning UK) for news and The Shipping Forecast...which is an amazing broadcast in and of itself!

 

[Smittian]

In my office, it's KBSO-94.7/Corpus Christi(via IPad). Plays Texas/Red Dirt Country that I like. In my truck its SiriusXM 70's on 7, 80's on 8, Classic Rewind, Classic Vinyl, Major League Baseball channel or Hair Nation (when I'm in my Headbanging mood). Local radio in the Rio Grande Valley is blah, sometimes I'll tune in N/T KURV-710, especially if there's a tropical storm/hurricane in the Gulf

 

[crainbebo]

Here in Yakima, my #1 preset is Mega 99.3 (KMGW Naches). They're a Rhythmic Oldies station with a unique variety of music that Eastern Washington is otherwise missing. I can expect to hear Patti LaBelle, Janet Jackson, Barry White, New Edition, Bobby Brown and many more within a couple hours' span. I'm so sick of 'classic hits' and the same songs over and over, that KMGW is like a breath of fresh air.

Online:
K272ED 102.3 Kennewick (Smooth Jazz 102.3) - One of two SJ stations I listen to often. I like the format, it's relaxing and they also play smooth R&B not heard elsewhere. This station is too low powered to receive in Yakima, even though it's 75 miles away.
KOAZ 1510/103.7 Albuquerque (The Oasis) - The other SJ station. I've been listening often since they went on in 2012.
KKRB 106.9 Klamath Falls (Sunny 107) - Possibly the best soft rock station in America. Great variety of songs that are never heard today. Last time I listened to Sunny, I heard Billy Ocean's 'Love Zone'. Besides them, no other station has played that song since at *least* 1990. This is why I love this station!!

 

[joebtsflk1]

I remember your posts about KCHK. Sounds like a hoot! Do they stream? As for WVAL, I'd agree that they're a good listen. Nice mix of classic country. I'll sometimes dial them up when I'm passing through the area on I-94.

KCHK was my favorite small town station when I lived in MN during the 90s. All-polka Sundays, my next door landlord in Chaska always had it on his pickup radio.

 

[CTListener]

Locally -- and I mean VERY locally; I drive 5 miles and the signal is gone -- I listen to classical W220CE Middlefield CT, a 10-watt translator of WMNR Monroe. Other listening includes WUCS (sports), WFCR (classical), WNPR (NPR news/talk), W241CG (translator of WNTY Southingon -- classic hits), and two HD2s on an actual HD radio: WWYZ HD2 (classic country, canned iHeart format) and WDRC-FM HD2 (oldies, a deep mix that's been kept on through three ownership groups. It originated during Buckley's tenure.).

I also listen to a good deal of SiriusXM -- typical old-guy, advertiser-shunned stuff like oldies, classic country and classical, with BBC World Service thrown in.

My AM is limited to WTIC for Red Sox games. If Entercom were to move WTIC to FM, I'd only be listening to AM for occasional DXing, as the band would be dead to me locally.

 

[crainbebo]

Oh yes, forgot about KSWD 94.1 Seattle (The Sound), the Soft AC that replaced KMPS last December. Good station with a better variety than 106.9.

 

[ftballfan]

Terrestrially:
94.1 WWDK Jackson (mullet country) - almost always have it on if I'm heading toward Chelsea/Dexter (signal drops off in the Ann Arbor area)
94.7 WCSX Birmingham (classic rock)
99.5 WYCD Detroit (country)
100.7 CKUE-1 Windsor (CanCon classic hits) - would listen to it more if its signal didn't crap out in the Ypsilanti area
104.3 WOMC Detroit (classic hits)

SiriusXM:
7 70s on 7
8 80s on 8
9 90s on 9
25 Classic Rewind
26 Classic Vinyl
32 The Bridge
39 Hair Nation
55 Garth Channel
58 Prime Country
311 Yacht Rock

 

[Mr Tony]

KCHK was my favorite small town station when I lived in MN during the 90s. All-polka Sundays, my next door landlord in Chaska always had it on his pickup radio.

yup they still do the all polka Sundays (sans 3 church services in the morning) and even do polkas during the week too
5-9am polkas sprinkled in but its usually news/weather/talk heavy
1-3pm M-F is the "Afternoon polka break"

I know in 2012 it was an automated run station with one of the "wing" talk format but they still had polkas on Sundays. Last 2012 they went back to a locally run format and it just works. The "Live Musician Fridays" where they bring in folks to play polka/old tyme/etc is awesome. Usually runs 2 1/2-3 hours. They had LMF 300 2 weeks ago and they went for 6 1/2 hours!