I'm finally too old for Radio 1

[HorneyMX5]

6Music since my late 30s but I do download some of the R1 stuff like Btraits from time to time.

I like Moyles and Vaughan on RX but I can't stand the limited playlist so don't tune in that often.

[marcosgt]

Funk said:

I'm still surprised people listen to radio!

For a tenner a month on Spotify I have an uninterrupted stream of brilliant music variety on any device I want and no inane guff from any 'presenters'.

Not much of a replacement for R4

As you point out, radio is £120 a year cheaper than Spotify, too - Depends how valuable you find it - For many, it's just background noise.

M

[Ranger 6]

bigmowley said:

Well I'm 55 and I listen to Radio 1 every day!
.... I love Scott and Chris.

54 here and CBA with Radio 1 these days, the drivel from Grimshaw and repeated playlists just bore me.

My solution is the podcasts - Scott Mills, Greg James, Chris Evans, Chris Moyles - all the entertainment without the sh*te 'choons' repeated ad nauseam.

[tankplanker]

I haven't listened to Radio 1 since I was in school just not for me as there is too much of the rubbish sort of pop music on it, as you'd expect with its focus on yoof.

6music is for musos? The majority of the content outside the specialist shows are only cutting edge if you think The Killers or Kasabian or The Gallagher brothers are cutting edge. Its for the sort of person who goes to the Lattitude festival (with its pop up Waitrose) because Glastobury is too mainstream.

I have listened to Radio 3 for a long time but only for In Tune and its usually fantastic concerts. Old before my time!

If the BBC did a decent metal station I'd be all over it, but most likely it'd be garbage like the new Machine Head album or Trivium.

[Zoon]

Badvok said:

Welshbeef said:

Then bones her in the anus

And the other lyrics?

And the mandem got it crackin' again = bone her in the anus?
But I love how your ass be clappin' = bone her in the anus?
Don't raise their yout but they will raise the suttin' = bone her in the anus?

[BigMon]

I listen to mainly 5 Live for the current affairs and sport and the local commercial radio station before work as it is 'local' so they have decent travel news and info about what is happening locally (which helps me put up with the adverts every other song and same list of songs played for about the last decade).

Not listened to Radio 1 for about two decades. I pretty much switched over when Moyles became popular. I'd rather saw my ears off with a rusty butter knife than listen to the unfunny fat bd and his tribe of sycophants.

I used to enjoy 6 Music a lot, but I haven't listened for a few years and I suspect it will have changed and probably not for the better.

[AndStilliRise]

Bit of topic, but when I went to the local restaurant last night, a guy with a portable radio came in and listened to it whilst having his meal.

[anonymous-user]

The younger staff put it on and it is unadulterated clap-trap. From the noise to the affected estuary English bellowed by the halfwit degenerates that lurk in the studios, it is without redeeming feature.

[gmcman]

Still miss Gerry Ryan, Ireland's 2fm

[NickCQ]

AndStilliRise said:

Bit of topic, but when I went to the local restaurant last night, a guy with a portable radio came in and listened to it whilst having his meal.

[Funk]

marcosgt said:

Funk said:

I'm still surprised people listen to radio!

For a tenner a month on Spotify I have an uninterrupted stream of brilliant music variety on any device I want and no inane guff from any 'presenters'.

Not much of a replacement for R4

As you point out, radio is £120 a year cheaper than Spotify, too - Depends how valuable you find it - For many, it's just background noise.

M

R4 has as much crap on it as any of the other stations... I have Spotify on my phone, 40Gb of data a month allowance and stream it straight to the car. Job done as far as I'm concerned...

[Yipper]

If you're in London, there's so much choice, nobody listens to R1. But If you're under 35 and out in the provinces, R1 and R1X are often the only decent game in town when you're in the car, van, truck, tractor, taxi, etc. That's where they still get their millions of listeners from.

[Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah]

40 year old here. Still listen to R1 as I enjoy current and mainstream music, but I have been thinking of jumping ship for a while. It's the presenters that irk me, Scott Mills in particular, cringe worthy childish.

[Patch1875]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

40 year old here. Still listen to R1 as I enjoy current and mainstream music, but I have been thinking of jumping ship for a while. It's the presenters that irk me, Scott Mills in particular, cringe worthy childish.

Didn’t know he was still on he must be double the age of the average listener!

[Funk]

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[soad]

I recall the days when Dave Pearce was playing Dance Anthems...

[marcosgt]

Funk said:

R4 has as much crap on it as any of the other stations... I have Spotify on my phone, 40Gb of data a month allowance and stream it straight to the car. Job done as far as I'm concerned...

Quite possibly, but Spotify doesn't have News, Current Affairs, Comedy, Science and Drama, does it?

My point was that Music isn't all Radio offers.

If you'd said I don't know why people listen to crap music interrupted by mindless wittering by idiot DJs, I'd agree - And that's been true for as long as I can remember, on the whole.

M

[Gary29]

AndStilliRise said:

Bit of topic, but when I went to the local restaurant last night, a guy with a portable radio came in and listened to it whilst having his meal.

I hope it was a McDonalds or a rough chippy?

Since when is that deemed acceptable?

[BigBen]

42 here and gave up on Radio 1 ages ago, in fact pretty much when Mark and Lard finished. Sometimes listen to Moyles now and often Vaughn but Radio X seem to have about 5 records so not really good for discovering new music.

[Skyedriver]

Planet Rock
Absolute Rock
Radio 4

Gave up on R1 years ago and R2 now as well since Whisperin' Bob has gone from Ssaturday/Sunday, although Paul Jones still there fore a few more weeks

I'm 65 in April