Do You Listen to A.M. Radio Anymore?

[Mike 03]

Yesterday morning I went online to listen to my favorite all-news station in Los Angeles (KFWB) and discovered they have gone to paid programming on the weekends. There were shows for colon cleansers and fish oil.

I DO listen to A.M. radio, but--now that I have XM and Sirius--the list of reasons why is growing shorter and shorter. The only thing I listen to nowadays are local news reports: Los Angeles stations (although I live in AZ, I used to live in L.A. and have friends there, so I keep up with those stations), and about one or two minutes a day to catch up on local news.

I used to listen to KGO radio out of San Francisco religiously, but just lost interest over the past few months. It's a great station, but I just am not listening to it much lately.

If I'm too lazy to turn on XM, I sometimes listen to "Coast to Coast AM" on A.M. radio, and sometimes for fun I listen to the health infomercials. There is one program out of Albuquerque that I listen to that is "Wall Street Journal This Morning" or something like that.

That's about it. 80% of what I listen to now is on XM or Sirius.

[ogneopasno]

1. Yes, but only sports.

[mediaman007]

7. me too! Mostly sports programming.

[demokatgurrl]

2. I listen to ESPN radion on the AM

I also listen to the all news station every morning to get the traffic and weather reports.
Coast to Coast: my husband listens to that and says it's whacked.

[jtrockville]

3. I still turn to the AAR AM channel, but more often than not it's paid programming.

Very disappointing.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

4. Other... What is A.M?

Just kidding, I remember back in the 80's(?) someone was messing around with AM Stereo, I don't think it lasted.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. I listen to a dash of AAR but mostly FM, as in our NPR affiliate.

It isn't perfect, but the snake oil ads on AM - it must be 15 min of actual content and 15 minutes of annoying ads per half hour - drive me crazy.

[20score]

6. During the day, Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann are my favorites.

But 1150 AM seems to want to diminish their ratings on weekends and nights. It's a coin flip on what will be broadcast.

[tanyev]

8. Tried it for awhile when we had Air America here, but it drove me crazy.

The ads were awful, but I don't deal well with talk radio in general. Even my couple attempts at a book on disc didn't go well. It feels too distracting from my driving. Now I always have a music CD playing on low volume.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Never

The stations in my area carry only repugs, and I refuse to listen even out of prurient interest. The last time I listened regularly was back during Bill Clinton's first term: 1/2 hour of OxyRush, followed by 1 hour of Alan Colmes.

Even if there was an Air America affiliate within range, I doubt that I'd listen that often. I can no longer tolerate the format: 5 minutes of talk followed by 2 minutes of commercials (the SAME commercials repeated ad nauseam, no less. It's just too dismal for consideration.

[tabbycat31]

10. only for Yankees games

the rest of the time it's my ipod that I play through my car's tape deck (I drive an older car that has a tape deck). It's either music I like or podcasts of progressive talk shows.

[SPedigrees]

11. I don't listen to radio

at all, AM or FM. Since Clear Channel took over the airwaves my radios are sitting on shelves in the cellar.

Never did listen to talk radio. Only listened to music which is gone now from the airwaves.

I do listen to sirius radio on directv.

[Nitrogenica]

12. AAR AM 950 Minneapolis Every Day

Since Al Franken started Air AMerica, it has been on the air here in Minneapolis.

I especially like Steph & the Mooks, Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

Same here! n/t

[diane in sf]

13. Air America, Green 960, other than that fm, Pacifica, KALW (SF public station), classical music

[CatholicEdHead]

14. Sometimes, mostly WCCO 830AM in the Twin Cities

When I do not have 91.1 KNOW on (Minnesota Public Radio News).

Edit: The only time I have KSTP-AM 1500 on is during Twins games as their fare is a moderated right wing talk format.

[Warpy]

15. There are 2 AM stations worth listening to in northern NM

One is a Navajo station that plays music from all the local tribes. The other is a Spanish station in Santa Fe that plays a great selection of Spanish music.

[Demeter]

23. Oooh! Sounds Great!

If it weren't so much winter there... (and that's funny, this year. We're going down to zero tonight, they say.)

[DKRC]

16. 6 - Noon M - F

Stephanie Miller & Thom Hartmann every day. I'd listen to Mike Malloy at night, but AM1090 powers down about dark and I can't pick up a good signal out here in the foothills.

[wtmusic]

17. The snake oil infomercials are overwhelming. nt

[Captain Hilts]

18. OTHER: Only for sports. nt

[FLAprogressive]

19. Would listen if there were any decent stations....we have RW talkers mostly

[backscatter712]

AM760 in Denver/Boulder is still up.

Starting tomorrow, they're airing Thom Hartmann in Randi's old spot.

As long as they're doing halfway listenable progressive talk, I'll listen to them.

I'll be damned if I'm going to listen to any of the right-wing stations. I refuse to give Limbaugh, Hannity or the other righttards my ears.

[Demeter]

20. I haven't listened to AM since Canada's classical AM station switched formats

Remember when transistor radios came out? In Detroit you could hear CBC Classical, with radio plays and everything, on AM....I'm dating myself, aren't I?

FM all the way, baby. Except when the kids and I put a crystal radio together for a project.

[napi21]

21. I listen to KPOJ from Oregon all the time! Litterally all day & all night.

I sleep a fairly interupted sleep pattern, and actually wake up if my radio broadcast gets interupted.

Many of the AAR folks are on that station, and I love listening to all of them.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

22. I voted other

I listen to a lot of sports-talk on A.M., but never anything political. It's all right-wing hate radio around here.

[fascisthunter]

24. It's all Right WIng in my Area

[TripleKatPad]

25. While getting ready for work and in the car on the way to work

I listen to the Detroit semi-progressive AM station in the morning. That would be Bill Press in my neck of the woods. I remember fondly when we had Nancy Skinner, a local heroine. I find Bill Press marginally acceptable. He's a little too inside-the-beltway for me. But it beats sports talk and the right-wing talk station. On the way home, it's that Schultz guy, again marginally palatable to me. Unfortunately my local "progressive" station wanders into religious and right-wing territory to be "balanced" on the weekends, and into local college sports at any moment. We are not well-served in Southeast Michigan, but are more fortunate than others.

[madrchsod]

26. am820 and am670 chicago

[liberal N proud]

Too many dittoheads on AM

[AndyTiedye]

27. Traffic Reports When I'm Driving

And since KCBS has picked up an FM station that broadcasts the same stuff, I listen to that because it sounds better.

[Webster Green]

28. Daily

KKGN 960AM San Francisco

Stephanie Miller
Thom Hartman
Ed Shultz
Rachel Maddow
Rhandi (?)
Mike Malloy

[Malikshah]

29. AM 940 in South Florida for Stephanie Miller only, though.

They have Imus on before her now....disgusting.

Randi's gone from 3-6 in the p.m.---

So if I'm in the car at 9-12-- rarely, but it occasionally happens--

940 it is

[mirrera]

30. ipod loaded with This American Life Podcasts...n/t. small town Maine no AM

[Stevenmarc]

31. Sirius and if I want to listen to AAR it has to be on an internet feed

The NYC AAR station would work better if it was a tin can and a string, so I use the Chicago feed at home or if I listen to AAR in the car I use the WunderRadio App on the iPhone

[AllieB]

32. If I drive, I listen for the traffic reports. Otherwise I listen to XM radio.

[last_texas_dem]

33. No

The only local AM station's lineup consists of Rush, Hannity, Dr. Laura, Michael Reagan, a local conservative guy, and a local largely apolitical guy. Right-wing crap just about all the time? No thanks... And this is despite the fact that the station is located in Beaumont/Jefferson County- which voted for Gore, Kerry, *and* Obama.

Oh yeah, they do play "Coast to Coast AM"- which isn't really liberal or conservative as far as I can tell- just weird. haha

[Dervill Crow]

34. Hartmann and Wolfson in the morning, BUT . . .

there seem to be more commercials than talk, so I switch to music. I miss Heidi Tauber. In the afternoon I always listened to Randi during my drive time.

[Motown_Johnny]

35. News only

[chollybocker]

36. Other. I Haven't listened to any radio in ten years,

except as a car passenger. Radio as we know it will disappear completely within 10 years.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

37. Only for sports

And sports talk. Occasionally I listen to Coast To Coast, but that has become a bore too.

[spanone]

38. 650 am wsm nashville, tn.

[Arkansas Granny]

39. I never listen to AM radio anymore. Around these parts it's either

country, Christian or right wing talk.

[Captain Hilts]

42. In DC it's Spanish or right-wing ranters. nt

[MrSlayer]

40. I listen to AM radio more than FM radio.

I listen to sports talk and coast to coast on AM and occasionally I'll punish myself and listen to some RW talk. If I want music I have Sirius or my .mp3 player. FM radio absolutely sucks.

[dembotoz]

41. wmcs in milwaukee

about as liberal a station as my poor little kia radio can get.
other than that
traffic and sports.

[B Calm]

43. Hell no! Thanks to my MP3 player and Mike Malloy downloads!

[stillcool]

44. I listen to it when I'm doing serious driving..

and want the traffic reports..all news radio. Otherwise it's tunes for me.