Statistically, it means "nobody".People with taste, of course.
Which more and more these days naturally means the minority.
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- Thread starter yeoldeschool
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Probably like 5% of nobodies!
Got it. I see no reason why that subreddit wouldn't be permitted here, though. You should just share it and perhaps recruit a few new converts.
In any case, thanks. I'm already looking through it and seeing many inspiring things.I got in trouble a while back for a link, so I play it safe. Think when Frank was still around.Got it. I see no reason why that subreddit wouldn't be permitted here, though. You should just share it and perhaps recruit a few new converts.
Well, since that subreddit is purely audio related, I still don't understand -- especially about the reference to Frank. But okay. In any case, thanks again!
Tons of people have "home theater receivers" which typically include a radio tuner. They are today's modern equivalent of a "home stereo" and they are very much alive and well.
My previous Yamaha HTR included an HD Radio tuner but it's worth noting that Yamaha dropped that feature several years ago. My new one only includes a standard AM/FM tuner without HD Radio. Today, the emphasis is on streaming, casting, Bluetooth, Apple Airplay etc. Radio barely gets mentioned in the list of features.
So, it's not owning a home audio component that has become irrelevant. On the contrary, the receiver people own today is far more capable than the "home stereo" of the 1970s you're thinking about. The real issue is that most of the entertainment features found in modern home theater receivers work and sound so much better than broadcast radio.
But how many people use their TV's audio system to listen to the radio? "Oh, yeah, let's sit in front of the big screen TV and turn the radio on instead!".
But they are in the wrong place for in-home radio listening. Before streaming, the home radio was the clock radio in the bedroom, the kitchen radio and, maybe, the radio in the garage on the work bench. A radio in the living room went out with the end of network dramas the whole family listened to in the earlier 1950's
Maybe for many. Some of us still have a radio of some form in living room, either on a component system or stand alone tuner plugged into a hi power amp. The big-ass radios from the 30s/40s that had 286 knobs on it went to the dumps or museums.
The last time I had a radio in the living room (and I am a 65+ year radio professional) was in the period of 1964 to about 1970. That was because we did not have a TV in the living room, but had one of those big radio and record player consoles.
We considered getting a TV around 1968 when the first TV station went on the air, but decided against it.
I have my Sangean radio in my living room, but I rarely listen to it.
It's much better to be an outlier than an outright liar!
You don't need to turn on your TV to be able to use a home theater system for audio-only content.
Mind you, I'm not going to say that all that many people are actually using their home theater systems to listen to the built in AM/FM tuners that they still have -- because my suspicion is that most of them are barely aware that the radio in those things exist, let alone actually bother to use them. Nonetheless, the capability does theoretically exist, should something ever motivate people to use it.
What I mean is why would anyone today sit in their living room to listen to the radio?
Yep, I had to check if the system I had installed 9 years ago has radio built in. It does. But nobody ever connected the AM and FM antennas!
I listen usually when I’m gaming. Just listening to the radio never happens other than when I’m trying to fall asleep at night, I listen to the Infinity sports talk affiliate.
There was a time when people did do that -- but that's now many decades in the past. Even then, I suspect it was far more common for people to listen to the radio while engaged in some other activity. In essence, the same way that I expect most people listen to streaming audio services today.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
And -- referring to the thread title -- 0.4 is not "high ratings".
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