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If you're male, mid 50's and still listening to radio, what the heck is there?
- Thread starter Betrayed
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There's plenty to listen to...if you have an open mind..and are not set in your ways. We all get old but our attitude doesn't have to. That being said, I enjoy WMGK and WOGL. But I also wander over to MMR to hear new rock acts from time to time.
Sometime I'm also in the mood for Contemporary hits and current country. Bring on Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood. Miranda. Maroon 5, Nickleback, Kelly Clarkson, Jessie J, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, Adele,,and the band Perry.
There's lots to listen to out there if you have an open mind.
Sometime I'm also in the mood for Contemporary hits and current country. Bring on Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood. Miranda. Maroon 5, Nickleback, Kelly Clarkson, Jessie J, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, Adele,,and the band Perry.
There's lots to listen to out there if you have an open mind.
I prefer WOGL. If by some slim chance they have a ballgame on I pick up 1160 WOBM pretty well here.
If you're limiting yourself to terrestrial radio, WOGL, WMGK and WRFY cover the Classic Hits and Rock, WMMR the active/classic mix, WRFF 'Alternative' Rock and WXPN the new adult rock. If you can get it, WDAS(AM) plays a great variety of Soul Oldies. WWIQ, WPHT and WNTP have issues talk, WRTI has Classical and Jazz and WHYY is NPR. 101.5 is NJ and fluff ('lifestyle') talk. If you're still musically adventurous, there's usually something interesting going on at WPRB and WKDU.
On HD, there's WMGK HD2 Deep Tracks Classic Rock, WPEN-FM HD2 Classical, WIP-FM HD3 and WRFF HD2 Active/Classic Rock, WRTI HD2 Jazz/Classical (the opposite of what's on the main channel), WMMR HD2 Live Rock, WOGL HD2 70s Oldies, 105.3 HD2 WDAS(AM), 106.1 HD2 Smooth Jazz, WOGL HD3 WPHT and WIP-FM HD2 KYW.
On HD, there's WMGK HD2 Deep Tracks Classic Rock, WPEN-FM HD2 Classical, WIP-FM HD3 and WRFF HD2 Active/Classic Rock, WRTI HD2 Jazz/Classical (the opposite of what's on the main channel), WMMR HD2 Live Rock, WOGL HD2 70s Oldies, 105.3 HD2 WDAS(AM), 106.1 HD2 Smooth Jazz, WOGL HD3 WPHT and WIP-FM HD2 KYW.
Betrayed said:Beyond WXPN, WRTI and Christian WBYN is there anything? And PLEASE don't say "I listen to sports talk radio all the time". I outgrew that a long, long, long time ago.
News-Talk of course. Males 55+ have mostly matured and find sports talk loud and obnoxious.
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jhguthlac
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All I listen to anymore is N/T, some sports radio, WDAS-AM.
For me it's KYW, WDAS-AM/FM, WOGL-HD1 & HD-2 [70s format], 94 WIP
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stevensonair
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I'd say the most relevant and "mature" station in the market is WXPN. Very well run operation, professional but eclectic.
I'm 52 so I can relate to Betrayed. My car presets are on MGK, OGL, MMR, XPN, RFF and RTI. But my car also has an auxiliary input and on longer trips I plug in my phone and stream some of my favs from around the country -- including WRNR-FM/Annapolis, WTMD/Towson, Md., and WDST/Woodstock, NY.
It's interesting because 20 years ago MMR, OGL, and MGK sounded generations apart but today many people listen to all three stations. It's pretty comical to me to see 60 year old people singing along to disco and The Doobies. I guess I still expect to see anyone over 45 listening to Bill Haley and The Comets and anyone over 70 listening to Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman.
Terrestrial radio is dead. Forget it. Everything is Internet and satellite.
Radio Wreck said:It's pretty comical to me to see 60 year old people singing along to disco and The Doobies.
It's pretty comical to me to see 60 year old people wearing KISS makeup and costumes. Oh, wait! That IS them. ;D
I guess I still expect to see anyone over 45 listening to Bill Haley and The Comets and anyone over 70 listening to Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman.
45-year-olds were born in 1967. When one figures that they were high school freshmen in 1981, that's the British New Wave Generation. 70-year-olds were born in 1942 and started high school in 1956 - the beginning of the Rock & Roll generation. If you were listening to Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in high school, you are now in your 80s.
When it comes to terrestrial radio...not a lot. (Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!)
Most of the time I listen to SiriusXM, or streaming stations on my Iphone. For streaming, if I'm in the mood for oldies, I listen a lot to WLNG or WMID. I listen a lot to classical, as well, and really enjoy ClassicFM in London and WQXR. In the past several months, however, I've begun listening quite a bit to WSM-AM in Nashville - particularly when Eddie Stubbs is on in the evenings. His knowledge of traditional country music is virtually encyclopedic...almost like a country equivalent to Jonathan Schwartz' knowledge of standards. The funny thing is: all of these stations are terrestrial that stream. This says to me that there are still terrestrial stations worth listening to -- if you live in the right place.
On SiriusXM I listen to some of the decades channels (50s, 60s, 70s channels), SiriusXM Pops, Bluegrass Junction, The Bridge, NPR Now, and Enlighten.
On those rare occasions that I listen to local terrestrial radio, it is normally WRTI, WHYY, WOGL, or KYW. If I can hear them, you can add WDAS-AM to the list. And, of course, I listen to my own stations, but primarily to check on them rather than for the pleasure of listening to them.
Most of the time I listen to SiriusXM, or streaming stations on my Iphone. For streaming, if I'm in the mood for oldies, I listen a lot to WLNG or WMID. I listen a lot to classical, as well, and really enjoy ClassicFM in London and WQXR. In the past several months, however, I've begun listening quite a bit to WSM-AM in Nashville - particularly when Eddie Stubbs is on in the evenings. His knowledge of traditional country music is virtually encyclopedic...almost like a country equivalent to Jonathan Schwartz' knowledge of standards. The funny thing is: all of these stations are terrestrial that stream. This says to me that there are still terrestrial stations worth listening to -- if you live in the right place.
On SiriusXM I listen to some of the decades channels (50s, 60s, 70s channels), SiriusXM Pops, Bluegrass Junction, The Bridge, NPR Now, and Enlighten.
On those rare occasions that I listen to local terrestrial radio, it is normally WRTI, WHYY, WOGL, or KYW. If I can hear them, you can add WDAS-AM to the list. And, of course, I listen to my own stations, but primarily to check on them rather than for the pleasure of listening to them.
I listen mainly to news/talk (WHYY-FM, WDEL, WPHT, and WILM). I also have become a fan of Sports Talk Radio as you can get burned out from hearing the political ranting day in and day out and now find myself listening more and more to sport/talk (WIP-FM, WPEN-FM, and WWTX-1290).
I also go online during the work day to hear other talk shows that aren't airing locally like Jim Bohannan, Laura Ingraham, On Point from WBUR - Boston, etc.
When in the mood for music, I'm the odd ball, I like most forms of music (other than Rap, Heavy Metal, Bland Chick FM Music [think WJBR and B-101] and Polkas) so I listen to WRTI for Classical Music and Jazz, also WVUD for Classical and sometimes Blue Grass. I listen 96.1 WSOX if I can get a good signal for their greatest hits format. But I find myself going online for most of my music listening such as: Foggy Mountain on I heart radio for Classic Country, Classica on I heart radio as they have a great mixture of Classical Music, and Live365 online for any type of music you could imagine from Bach to Big Band, to real Oldies [50's and '60], etc, to the latest music of today [which I'm not especially interested in].
I'm a bit past the mid 50's, but even this 61 year old finds himself going online more and more as radio just isn't programming for my age group at all. As we all know the advertisers don't care if someone my age listens at all. We're not even seen as a bonus if we listen, so my opinion sure won't change what any station will program. So their advertisers don't get my ear and thus they don't get any of my baby boomer disposable income spent at their stores, from hearing their ads. They can't have it both ways. It is what it is.
So the spoken word format is getting to be what my radio listening consists of and for music I go online.
To the person who thought it was funny seeing 60 year olds singing along to Disco, watch some film clips from the 1940's sometime and it will seem really weird to see teenage girls going wild over.............Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman, but back then that was the music for those teens. Time and Cool march on. Eventually we all get left behind at the end of that parade.
I also go online during the work day to hear other talk shows that aren't airing locally like Jim Bohannan, Laura Ingraham, On Point from WBUR - Boston, etc.
When in the mood for music, I'm the odd ball, I like most forms of music (other than Rap, Heavy Metal, Bland Chick FM Music [think WJBR and B-101] and Polkas) so I listen to WRTI for Classical Music and Jazz, also WVUD for Classical and sometimes Blue Grass. I listen 96.1 WSOX if I can get a good signal for their greatest hits format. But I find myself going online for most of my music listening such as: Foggy Mountain on I heart radio for Classic Country, Classica on I heart radio as they have a great mixture of Classical Music, and Live365 online for any type of music you could imagine from Bach to Big Band, to real Oldies [50's and '60], etc, to the latest music of today [which I'm not especially interested in].
I'm a bit past the mid 50's, but even this 61 year old finds himself going online more and more as radio just isn't programming for my age group at all. As we all know the advertisers don't care if someone my age listens at all. We're not even seen as a bonus if we listen, so my opinion sure won't change what any station will program. So their advertisers don't get my ear and thus they don't get any of my baby boomer disposable income spent at their stores, from hearing their ads. They can't have it both ways. It is what it is.
So the spoken word format is getting to be what my radio listening consists of and for music I go online.
To the person who thought it was funny seeing 60 year olds singing along to Disco, watch some film clips from the 1940's sometime and it will seem really weird to see teenage girls going wild over.............Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, and Benny Goodman, but back then that was the music for those teens. Time and Cool march on. Eventually we all get left behind at the end of that parade.
K
KC2LDY
Guest
I'm 54. Most of my terrestrial radio listening is done in the car. For me, it's mostly non-commercial: WXPN, WRTI and WHYY in Philadelphia. In New York, it's WBGO, WFUV, WNYC and WQXR. Here in Central New Jersey, my old ala mater, WBJB, is high on the list. So that covers Triple A, Jazz, Classical and News/Talk. I'll punch up KYW, WCBS, WINS and WBBR when I need them but usually don't stay long. I don't listen to Oldies all that much and I certainly don't enjoy WOGL all that much any more. The same goes for CBS-FM in New York. But I do get a big kick out of WDAS-AM when I'm in range.
But I am a very big Internet radio listener, especially at home (via wif-fi) or commuting to and from work in New York on the bus (via smartphone). Sometimes I'll listen to the aformentioned public stations and WDAS. But the BBC is a big choice (all seven domestic U.K. Channels) as is Radio Caroline and a number of music stations from Yahoo and CBS (I like The Strip a lot). I have the TuneIn, Radio.com and I Heart Radio apps on my iPad and smartphone.
The only time I will listen to an HD2 or HD3 station is if there is an Internet stream. Digital-radio technology simply isn't robust enough for any kind of reliable over-the-air listening... at least not until the industry stops trying to have it both ways. If they want digital and the extra channels it allows, it's time to set a hard transition date, a la HDTV. When we hit that date, the analog signals should be turned off. and the digital signals should come up to full strength. Then maybe there'll be enough stations to serve all age groups.
But I am a very big Internet radio listener, especially at home (via wif-fi) or commuting to and from work in New York on the bus (via smartphone). Sometimes I'll listen to the aformentioned public stations and WDAS. But the BBC is a big choice (all seven domestic U.K. Channels) as is Radio Caroline and a number of music stations from Yahoo and CBS (I like The Strip a lot). I have the TuneIn, Radio.com and I Heart Radio apps on my iPad and smartphone.
The only time I will listen to an HD2 or HD3 station is if there is an Internet stream. Digital-radio technology simply isn't robust enough for any kind of reliable over-the-air listening... at least not until the industry stops trying to have it both ways. If they want digital and the extra channels it allows, it's time to set a hard transition date, a la HDTV. When we hit that date, the analog signals should be turned off. and the digital signals should come up to full strength. Then maybe there'll be enough stations to serve all age groups.
Steve Biro said:Digital-radio technology simply isn't robust enough for any kind of reliable over-the-air listening... at least not until the industry stops trying to have it both ways. If they want digital and the extra channels it allows, it's time to set a hard transition date, a la HDTV. When we hit that date, the analog signals should be turned off. and the digital signals should come up to full strength. Then maybe there'll be enough stations to serve all age groups.
The radio industry really has no choice. The feds have decided that radio is not going to follow TV towards a digtal future. The FCC has declared that if radio wants digital, its only option is HD Radio. Not much of an option.
MikefromDelaware said:I listen mainly to news/talk (WHYY-FM, WDEL, WPHT, and WILM). I also have become a fan of Sports Talk Radio as you can get burned out from hearing the political ranting day in and day out and now find myself listening more and more to sport/talk (WIP-FM, WPEN-FM, and WWTX-1290).
The BBC (Radio 4, World Service), CBC (Radio One), Australia's ABC (Radio National, Radio Australia), and New Zealand's National Radio are all excellent public-service spoken-word stations in which you can get your fill of current affairs, global news, and engaging documentaries and analysis without having to put up with the quadrennial political blather.
For the most part this means streaming live, or capturing audio / podcasts and transferring to portable devices.
It's what got me started in shortwave listening decades ago...but there is very little targeting North America any more.
You'll also find that talk radio on these stations (CBC - Cross Country Checkup, ABC Radio National - Late Night Live, BBC - World Have Your Say) tends to be a lot more cerebral than what passes for talk radio on commercial US stations.
I'll listen to sports play-by-play but not sports talk.
For me, local radio is only useful for traffic and weather, aside from sports PBP.
As others have said, we aren't in the target demographic, so commercial stations don't care.
I am sure I am like most others in this age group -- commercial radio was meaningful when were were teenagers and has gradually lost relevance.
Richard in Allentown
I'll have to give those a try. Thanks !
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