Which radio station do you listen to? XFM deaded

[natefz6]

So after many years of listening to XFM London its seems that changes are afoot and in my opinion these changes are not going to be good. I listen to the radio on my commute in both directions (1hour each way) so I catch the breakfast show and the drive time slots. XFM for me had the right balance of Talk/music/travel with the right kind of music for my tastes.

So as of Sunday XFM ceased and is turning in to Radio X which launches next Monday with their new star presenter of Chris Moyles in the breakfast slot. I cant stand him add to that that they have Johnny Vaughan at drive time who I am also not the biggest fan of. In addition to this another niggle is way they are marketing the station as “Radio X – the first truly male-focused, fully national music and entertainment brand for 25-44 year olds” To me this sounds like its the Nuts/Zoo of the radio world and with some of the DJ appointments it seems likely. Radio X is also nation al so local travel news seems unlikely.

So back to the question, what radio station do you listen too and why?

I hope to find a good alternative/rock station with a bit of talk, it would be great if they did travel announcements too but I think I am asking too much .

If all else fails I will go back to my Google all access subscription but I like the radio as mentioned due to talk/news/traffic. Any one know of any apps that can inject that in to my Google streaming
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[Ste]

Spotify.

And Korrupt FM,

[panrider_uk]

Radio 4 cos I'm old
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[Beehive Bedlam]

I used to throughly enjoy George Galloway's show and the late night show 1am - 6am on talksport but then they went all serious and made it all sport 24/7.

Now I listen to LBC through the night.

[recman]

I try to block out the piped garbage at work with my in-ear headphones.
Can't stand listening to music I haven't chosen myself.
The only time I really catch any radio on is on the short drive in when I use the car and then it's not music.

[natefz6]

[duhawkz]

Amazon prime music.
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[hellkat]

Radio 2 (sorry)

and sometimes

Radio 6
Classic FM
Radio 3

(also cos I am old )

Should I be listening to Radio 4? What's on there, then?
I used to leave R4 on for Bruno when I was out at work, but got annoyed at keeping on coming home just as he was listening to the Archers.

So I inflicted Radio 2 on him.
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[hellkat]

Sometimes I listen to random internet radio stations.
Discovered I quite like industrial metal type of music when I am stoned, very "Metropolis", dirgelike, wtf.

But I also found one called Birdsong Radio.
It's awesome.
If you like the dawn chorus...
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[Sabs]

Team Rock Radio on the internet.
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[natefz6]

I used to listen to Radio 2 and Radio 4 when I was 18-19 as I had a job doing lots of driving 4-5k a month and the Radio 1 playlist seems to consist or the grand total of 4 songs at times. I even got in to the afternoon play at one point .

I will check out Team Rock sounds a bit more of what I am looking for at commuter time.
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[grr666]

Team Rock and if I can't pick that up then Planet rock.
I take a small digital radio to work. In the van/car I rarely listen to radio, instead I have music on memory sticks.
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I don't listen to the radio, largely because I don't want to hear anyone else's opinions about music.
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[Polarbear]

Radio 2 while it's music, once they start rabbiting about crap it get turned to something like smooth radio.
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[RedPanda]

Try Absolute Radio? It’s indie and some older stuff, maybe your thing. The presenters can be annoying but definitely not on Moyles levels. For me it’s the best of a very, very bad bunch.
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[J4mes]

Absolute 80's, and spend your days feelin like you're at a wedding reception disco