Radio Station

Littigator
Littigator Posts: 1,262
edited February 2009 in Commuting chat
Can anyone recommend me a new radio station cos I am sooooo bored with the same tunes and adverts on Absolute. Doing jobs around the house with no one to talk to and I going out of my mind!

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  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Radio 2, XFM, or if you have the Virgin broadband thingy they have various music streams, so no adverts, DJs etc.

    Better still, get out of the house and into the Surrey Hills with the MP3 player on shuffle - the weather's fantastic. 8)

    Good luck with the job search btw
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  • nedzzz
    nedzzz Posts: 7
    rather partial to a bit of Q radio
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    If you've got a DAB kerrang radio is good or its on sky and t'internet.

    I spose there's one advantage of living near brum it's on FM up here.
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  • Dog Breath
    Dog Breath Posts: 314
    If you have a DAB radio, then I would recommend The Arrow. There are no adverts, no annoying DJ's, no news reports, no weather, just music of the rock variety. About the heaviest it gets is some Led Zep & Jimi Hendrix though. Makes a refreshing change from listening to DJ's who have got too much to say for themsleves.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I really like a DAB station called ourkindofmusic, no irritating talk, old (like 30's and 40's) music, no ads. I find it excellent accompaniment for pottering around the house, and/or cooking!

    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...
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  • knight2k
    knight2k Posts: 119
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...

    I'll have nothing said against the Vine - he's turning into a good host on the Eggheads.

    +1 for Q and I'm a closet TYG in the morning (dammit just outed myself).
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  • fonty1978
    fonty1978 Posts: 101
    If you have internet radio give Lastfm a try, just enter an artists, tag or genre and listen. I listen loads and have have found some really good music this way
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...

    :twisted:

    My colleague-no-longer always gets in before me, puts Radio 2 on, which is fine, then goes for lunch just as Jeremy F**king Vine starts up. Two hours of people phoning in and getting in a tizz and screaming at each other is not my idea of entertainment.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    kROQ on the internet is good too, the breakfast show is great but it's on at 9pm ish over here booooo!
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  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    Is it Jerermy Vine I'm listening to now? Nooooooooooooo, cannot bear this.

    Q was alright, and will also give some of the other suggestions a try.

    Cheers all
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    I need DAB. My digital radio at the mo is the radio channels on the freeview box. Not ideal.

    But I've not got much money and prefer to spend what little there is on bike stuff. Dilemma!
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Littigator wrote:
    Can anyone recommend me a new radio station cos I am sooooo bored with the same tunes and adverts on Absolute. Doing jobs around the house with no one to talk to and I going out of my mind!

    :x

    Have you tried Radio Weallhateyouforgettingagreatsoundingjobawayfromthissh!ttycountry?

    I hear it's quite good. Never listened to it myself.
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    If you have internet radio give Lastfm a try, just enter an artists, tag or genre and listen. I listen loads and have have found some really good music this way

    +1

    Last FM is great.
  • nedzzz
    nedzzz Posts: 7
    A new search for songs and build playlists has come out called Spotify, need to register and all that, and after every 5/6 songs an advert pops up. But pretty impressed so far
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Spotify?
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    prawny wrote:
    kROQ on the internet is good too, the breakfast show is great but it's on at 9pm ish over here booooo!

    Is that Kevin and Bean? I used to listen to them on my commute when I lived in LA. Pretty funny especially when one of them said live on air that he thought the Crypts were a bunch of pussies!
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Thats them flippin hilarious! They did I fake Michael jackson call a couple of years ago I nearly wet myself I cant believe what they get away with, made the ross and brand incident sound like the prank calls from the simpsons.

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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Visa ran out so had to come back or marry someone. Plenty of v pretty girls down in Hermosa where I lived but they were nearly all mad as a box of frogs hence here I am!

    As you say it was a good place to live for a while, surfing was 40meters from my front door and in 1.5 hours I could be snowboarding at Big Bear or Snow Summit.
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Any of the GTA vice city radio stations, they're a great laugh to listen to. They can get a bit repetative though :wink:
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Feltup wrote:
    Visa ran out so had to come back or marry someone. Plenty of v pretty girls down in Hermosa where I lived but they were nearly all mad as a box of frogs hence here I am!

    As you say it was a good place to live for a while, surfing was 40meters from my front door and in 1.5 hours I could be snowboarding at Big Bear or Snow Summit.

    I was really tempted to marry someone out there, the mrs wasn't keen on that idea :roll:
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  • Feltup
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    Was it one of the Budweiser girls who rollerbladed up and down the Strand? :D
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Nah a hooters waitress called jessica *sigh* (dreamy emoticon)
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  • bornagainbiker
    bornagainbiker Posts: 127
    Hi,

    I'm quite partial to Chill on DAB not sure if its available everywhere .
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Radio 2 for Wogan when he's not on holiday then Radio 4 and more recently BBC 7
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...

    The money's already raised..

    Just looking for a shooter willing to do the job

    :wink:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    don_don wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...

    The money's already raised..

    Just looking for a shooter willing to do the job

    :wink:

    knock him down with your bike the repeatedly ride over him until he's no more :evil:
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Choice FM, Kiss FM, Magic FM, LBC and the all mighty Vibes FM
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    itboffin wrote:
    don_don wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...

    The money's already raised..

    Just looking for a shooter willing to do the job

    :wink:

    knock him down with your bike the repeatedly ride over him until he's no more :evil:

    Impossible to remove all traces of blood from the chain apparently. Thanks for the suggestion tho'

    :lol:
  • Mapman
    Mapman Posts: 254
    And one vote for planet Rock ,great banging tunes ,with minamal dj twaddle
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    don_don wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    don_don wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Radio 2 in the daytime is out for me. I spend hours plotting just exactly how I'm going to murder Jeremy Vine...

    The money's already raised..

    Just looking for a shooter willing to do the job

    :wink:

    knock him down with your bike the repeatedly ride over him until he's no more :evil:

    Impossible to remove all traces of blood from the chain apparently. Thanks for the suggestion tho'

    :lol:

    Take the chain off then just hit him with the bike.
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