How popular is talk radio with most people these days? The people I know that listen to it listen exclusively to NPR. What about you all? Do you listen to any other talk radio programs?
I never listen to talk radio. I used to occasionally listen to certain segments (on NPR, of course). Well, I still listen to "A Way with Words" on their podcast. Does that count?
Wayne Parham Messages: 18792 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
I listen to talk radio but never to NPR. There are a lot of other shows that discuss a variety of things like DIY home repair, gardening, finances, politics, religion and even the paranormal.
I'm with Wayne. I listen to talk radio, but never NPR. I listen to it most days when I'm commuting to work. Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of local stations with great talk shows. I've always told myself that it'd be cool to start one myself, but I doubt it will ever happen.
Strum Drum Messages: 229 Registered: November 2017
Master
I enjoy listening to NPR, but I mostly tune into my local station for quick news updates and plain old gossip. It's become more useful than the local news station and newspaper. Do you all have something like that?
I haven't really come across any local stations like that in my area, Strum Drum. I could also be scanning through stations at the wrong time. I should probably look into that. As far as talk radio goes, I listen to the morning shows on regular music stations during my commute to work. I don't know if they count. They're hardly high-brow.
gofar99 Messages: 1951 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
I never listen to it. It is nearly always biased toward one point or another. I much prefer factual information from which I will draw my own conclusions. This relates to the current issue with Sinclair stations. I am appalled by the concept of them using their network to force announcers to push what IMO amounts to the very thing they claim that other stations are doing. Bashing others for their content while ignoring the fact that they are doing exactly the same thing. I can't say if the other stations are factual or not, but having one network insisting that all others aren't is clearly in error. Cut out the name calling and let folks decide for themselves what is real and not. They may make good or bad choices ...but it is their call. I am fearful of the direction this seems to be taking...it reminds me of some historical events that I don't think we need to repeat. Sorry for the diatribe...this topic gets to me.
Smack me Wayne if need be as it is hard to have the moderator intercede in this case.
I never listen to it. It is nearly always biased toward one point or another. I much prefer factual information from which I will draw my own conclusions. This relates to the current issue with Sinclair stations. I am appalled by the concept of them using their network to force announcers to push what IMO amounts to the very thing they claim that other stations are doing. Bashing others for their content while ignoring the fact that they are doing exactly the same thing. I can't say if the other stations are factual or not, but having one network insisting that all others aren't is clearly in error. Cut out the name calling and let folks decide for themselves what is real and not. They may make good or bad choices ...but it is their call. I am fearful of the direction this seems to be taking...it reminds me of some historical events that I don't think we need to repeat. Sorry for the diatribe...this topic gets to me.
Smack me Wayne if need be as it is hard to have the moderator intercede in this case.
I'm appalled by everything that's going on with Sinclair right now. For one, if you're a news source and you claim that you're unbiased by attacking other news sources, that doesn't scream "We have no agenda!" to me. Secondly, is there even such a thing as an unbiased news source? What company doesn't find out who their audience is and start creating more products that appeal to them? It's sad that we can't just read/hear the news anymore. Everything's an editorial now. Don't tell me what to think. Tell me what's going on and let me think for myself.
As for the original question, no, I don't really listen to talk radio unless absolutely nothing else is on.
I didn't even know there was anything going on with Sinclair stations until I read this. I guess I'm pretty out of the loop. That all sounds really cruddy. I hate it when people claim to be the only truth-tellers. Rarely, if ever, is that the case. Has there ever been such a thing as unbiased news?
I listen to talk radio every now and again. Sometimes I listen to NPR, sometimes I listen to other stations. It just depends on my mood and the time of day.
The Sinclair shenanigans are cringe-worthy, but unsurprising in this "fake news" world. All these stations/networks are all basically a bunch of Holden Caulfields running around calling everyone else a "phony" while they unwittingly play the role of the hypocrite.
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