I can only listen to talk radio in my car, so it’s on AM only. I have profound hearing loss and simply cannot hear voices when there is any background ‘noise’ at all. (some call it music, I call it noise) I haven’t heard the lyrics to songs since they stopped playing Bing Crosby. Even then, for instance, when the news reports that the stock market was off, (or up), all I hear is that the stock market was ‘uh’. I wouldn’t buy a car unless it has AM radio.
Podcasts are useless in a car. The software to listen to them is generally written by some Gen X (or Y, or Q) geek sitting in his underwear in his mom’s basement. It requires constant detailed attention to actually produce sound, which cannot be done safely while driving a car, or even walking. I nearly got run over a couple of days ago fiddling with a podcast while walking on a trail.
Thank you for your thoughtful post.
I haven’t heard the lyrics to songs since they stopped playing Bing Crosby.
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The music on Serius has gotten worse. Lower bitrate, so fidelity is gone for some stations or artists.
“No Ads” is attractive, but now they have ‘hosts’ who comment about the songs and themselves.
And bring back pre-sets and a couple of knobs.