Radio Ga-Ga

I had a call yesterday from one of these advertising companies asking me about what radio stations I listen to. I’ve stopped listening to the radio almost completely in the last six or so months. I have close to 400 cd’s, and my iPod – this allows me to listen to the music I want to listen to, when I want to listen to it. Ironically the radio station I listen to most is the classical one, mainly because I’m more likely to hear Led Zeppelin or the Doors there (even if it classical versions!) then on the local contempary station.

So the guy asked me to listen to some clips and rate them as to whether I liked them or not. It was a case of No, no, no, no, no, maybe, no, no, no…. Out of 30 clips, I probably liked 2 or 3. Which pretty much sums up why I don’t listen to the radio any more. I’m young, single, have plenty of disposable cash, and yet there is no radio station that plays the music I want to listen to. The times that I do turn onto the local station they will play one of the big hits at least 20 times during that day, it will be mainly dance music, and the occasional classic hit. It gets a bit annoying.

So what would make me listen to the radio again? Simple, more rock, more classics including stuff from the 60s and 70s (the station only plays music from the 80s onwards), and fewer adverts. Which basically means I won’t be listening to the radio any time soon.