AM or FM radio

I don’t listen to radio as much as I used to but the radio that I do listen
to tends to be more talk radio than anything else. Back in Chicago I would listen
to a sports station called 670 the score. It was a clear channel radio station and
I used to listen to it for hours on end. Whenever I’d have any free time or if I
was driving to work I would listen to that particular station.

FM radio used to interest me when there was music that I enjoyed on it. I think
radio has gotten so commercialized that content is not important. The songs they
play on the radio today are mostly songs for people with short attention spans. I
enjoy hip hop music but not what they play on the radio. There are some very
talented artists who have a tremendous vocabulary and rap with purpose about issues
and things going on around the world. Although they occasionally play these artists
on the radio, they never play their best songs. They play whatever is most catchy
and whatever is safest for audiences. Even though I do enjoy the occasional “fun
song” where it’s just something that puts you in a good mood I feel the FM stations
today play songs that you might enjoy while at a club or working out. They play
songs made by artists with no talent whose only claim to fame is a decent beat and
an image created by the record label. I suppose the days of requiring talent to be
famous are long gone.


As stated earlier I really enjoyed listening to 670 the score in Chicago. I
think the reasons why are simple. I enjoy sports and the radio show hosts don’t
take themselves too seriously. There are plenty of radio stations who talk sports
but they’re too analytical. They spend hours talking about stats and facts. On the
other hand there are radio shows who try too hard to be funny and not talk enough
sports. This particular radio station has a perfect balance of both. One
particular show “Boers and Bernstein” are a couple of wise cracking radio hosts who
combine intelligent debate with goofy sometimes childish antics. It’s difficult to
explain. They don’t throw softball questions to guests but they also don’t try to
trick their guests for the sake of ratings.

One particular segment that may seem sophomoric but is a lot of fun to listen to is called “who ya crappin.” If someone has lied or exaggerated the truth you may call in the radio show and express your anger towards that person. You can call about writers, athletes, politicians even the radio hosts are not safe. It’s not a yelling fest however you actually have to put some thought into it. There are some really witty people who call in the radio show. If you go to 670thescore.com under podcasts, click on Boers and Bernstein and then click on the who ya crappin’ link. It doesn’t make sense unless you listen to it. It has good and bad weeks but it’s mostly clever in an immature way. I highly recommend listening to an entire segment before any judgments are made. It’s an acquired taste.


Today I tend to either download the music I do enjoy or listen to talk radio.
In Orlando I started listening to 104.1 when the election was going on. I’m not a
big fan of FM radio but I think that there’s not much they can do to compete with
satellite radio and the popularity of iTunes. When I first heard about high
definition radio I thought it was a joke. I really don’t think people will pay
extra for edited, watered down music in high definition. The reason people don’t
listen to the radio in the first place is because of the poor selection of decent
music so why would you want to listen to poor music in high definition? I do listen
to FM radio when I’m in my car at times but a lot less than I used to.