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FM radio, once the mainstay for those seeking exposure to new music, is under attack from satellite radio, Web radio, and corporate playlists. Do you still listen to FM radio?
Yes, but it is mostly talk via our local Public Radio affiliate WAMC out of Albany, a bastion of reason in this Foxed land of ours. Some music, but when the talk is Scott Ritter telling me before the invasion that there are no WMD, I heard—and am still listening.
I live in Minnesota, where Public Radio rules. We have an excellent NPR news station, one of the best clasical stations in the country as well as The Current, Minnesota Public Radio's amazing contemporary/pop music format. Sometimes I wish I had three heads so I could listen to all three stations at the same time. Folks from around the world can listen to these stations online at www.minnesotapublicradio.org. Please check out The Current because there just aren't many stations left like this.
Since DAB never really made it in Sweden (where I live), and listening to badly compressed streams on my SB isn't enough, well there isn't much else to do. I just bought an old Rotel RT-1000 tuner, replacing my old Technics from 1989, and it was a good upgrade.
We are extremely lucky and blessed to have an independent station in Alaska. KNBA 90.3 plays wonderful and woefully under exposed new and independent artists. I can stay broke trying to keep up. There is a ton of great new music, if you are lucky enough to find a station like KNBA. Makes me want to grab a Marantz 10b or classic Mac or Fisher tuner.