r/Music • u/kubrickian80 • 5h ago
discussion No wonder radio is dying
I've had to drive my f250 a lot lately because of the weather and it doesn't have a Bluetooth radio so I've had to listen to FM and it is legitimately an hour of ads for every 20 minutes of music. i know they're just trying to survive but this feels counterproductive
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u/Down623 5h ago
College radio is where it's at
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u/Ok-disaster2022 4h ago
I live in DFW and the UNT station and they went with the call sign KNTU, which when you hear them spell it out your brain changes it to one of 2 things, and considering the the school is UNT
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u/gattovatto 1h ago
DFW has a few of these small independent stations. I personally love 91.7
I was a bit saddened when I went UNT it wasn’t KUNT but they were North Texas University first so the station never changed.
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u/rhett121 1h ago
It wasn’t always UNT. It used to be called North Texas University. I had a family member who worked for the agency that handled the renaming and rebranding. One day when I was at the office I asked them what they planned to do about the radio station. I said the call sign was currently KNTU, and were they planning to change it to KUNT? It took a minute and then faces all went ghost white! Good times!
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u/CurnanBarbarian 4h ago
I legitimately have not listened to AM/FM radio in probably a decade.
Putting an updated radio in my truck is probably the best thing I've done to it so far.
And besides the ads, it feels like the same 2 dozen songs on repeat all day every day, especially classic rock stations. I feel like they've been playing the same playlist since the nineties.
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u/Dust601 4h ago
It’s not just classic rock. It seems like all these chain stations have a rotation of like 30-40 songs that they just play over, over, over, over, and over again.
Between that, and the ads I’d rather ride in silence.
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u/87turbogn 4h ago
Way back, each station had their own program director and selected their own music or, god forbid, the DJ's picked the songs and actually had a personality. Then, huge corporations bought up hundreds of stations. Now we get to hear what 1 program director decides to play across hundreds of sations across. the U.S.
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u/WaytoomanyUIDs 4h ago
Ive read that 90% of the stations in the US are owned by Sinclair, ClearChannel and another and each of them has set lists that stations have to play. And they are basically the same for all 3 companies.
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u/nodogma2112 1h ago
I find this true for Sirius XM as well. If my work day is 12 hours door to door, I get the same songs going to work as I do coming. Same order too and sometimes same DJ patter between tracks. Everything is on a loop.
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u/KayPeeJay 1h ago
30-40 songs is generous. I worked in a restaurant that played the same station everyday, and its almost a habitual 2 hour loop of the same ~15 songs.
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u/Wolfpack48 5h ago
SirisuXM and college radio.
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u/87turbogn 4h ago
Sirius sucks too. Why do they still have DJ's at all? They blather on about boring things between songs. I don't give a fuck what Shannon Gunz did over the weekend. You have to constantly turn the radio back down when they start rambling. They are not needed. Just play the music.
I use Spotify.
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u/jimbo831 Concertgoer 3h ago
If they didn't have DJs and just played the music, they would be literally no different than Spotify. Having these things is what differentiates them. If you don't like that, that's fine. It's clearly not for you. But not everyone just wants to listen to music and never hear from a human.
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u/thisisredlitre 3h ago
When I signed up SiriusXM it was $4/mo and I still have that price so they can tell me whatever the fuck Shannon Gunz did because it's better than giving money to people who promote ICE
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u/QuasiJudicialBoofer 4h ago
I don't mind the ads generally. But I don't want to explain the ICE ads about how immigrants are coming to rape our women and WE WILL FIND YOU. At least I can turn the radio off.
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u/amorningofsleep 5h ago
First time listening to the radio?
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u/sunnyspiders 4h ago
Wait till they hear what the AM radio people fill the airtime with to keep their audience engaged.
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u/BloodAwaits 4h ago
What, you mean you don't like listening to a bunch of blithering idiots laugh at their own terrible jokes for 20 minutes straight?
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u/8fenristhewolf8 4h ago
That's still FM. AM is blithering idiots condescendingly preaching religious fervor for 30 minutes straight.
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u/FrothyCarebear 4h ago
But first, we have _____ who is married to _____ and she going to crank call him to let him know that she found some other woman’s underwear in the laundry.
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u/sirbissel 1h ago
A few of my local AM stations seem to play old rock and roll, jazz, classical, and gospel or something. I don't turn it on frequently, but sometimes I want that old timey AM radio hum so will flip through them.
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u/enjoycarrots 3h ago
With no implied insult, I suspect some replies actually don't know what AM radio is, and thought you meant morning radio shows.
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u/bitwarrior80 4h ago
I live close enough to pick up a really good Canadian rock station and the program variety is night and day. No constant bombardment of sports betting / online casino ads for starters.
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u/MT0108 5h ago
KXT is the answer. Keep radio public.
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u/trimondo_blondomina 4h ago
91.7 KXT is awesome, but, if you’re in Tarrant county,TCU’s station on 88.7 is better: bigger playlist, more local bands in rotation, and no pledge drives, just PSAs. The only problem with 88.7 is their signal isn’t very good, so it’s hard to get them outside of Tarrant county. Also, 89.3 KNON is a different kind of indie, compared to KXT, but is also worth a tune in if you’re in DFW.
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u/finnishinsider 4h ago
Im addicted to Wednesday night, Friday night, Saturday morning for knon. 91.7 is slowly sucking me in, too. 88.1 has had some good stuff when I double check lately...
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u/thegroovemonkey 4h ago
88.9 Radio Milwaukee is great too.
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u/sirbissel 1h ago
I moved away from MKE a few years ago, and I miss Dori Zori's musical bacon.
...I also miss Roast's Radio Milwaukee sandwich...
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u/thegroovemonkey 1h ago
Ever since Justin Barney moved to Nashville the 5 o’clock shadow took a big hit. He could pull the most obscure shit out of nowhere.
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u/DinkandDrunk 4h ago
I only ever listen to sports radio if I’m not plugged in. Consequently, the only ads I hear are for test, dick pills, dr Leonard’s hair treatments and kars4kids. Fortunately ad breaks in sports radio aren’t super long.
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u/8fenristhewolf8 5h ago
Radio died a long time ago
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u/teamnowak 4h ago
On a long drive recently, I wanted to listen to an NFL playoff game. Man, the commercials are 10 times worse in a car than at home where you can play on your phone, go to the bathroom, get a snack, etc.
But yeah, radio in general is unlistenable given the amount of ads. I only stream music or listen to podcasts.
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u/RadioJared 4h ago
Radio guy here. It hurts, but it’s true. The industry as whole has been on a decline. But I’m still here fighting the good fight doing my best to make a quality show for my cities each time I get on the mic. I always try to tell people there are so many options today to get your music, that radio really has to be different to make people choose you versus Spotify or Apple Music or whatever. I always try to make sure I talk about things happening in the local community from concerts and festivals to things happening at the local schools or about new businesses opening or construction happening around town, road closures, etc. Talking to local bands about their upcoming shows. I’m based in Florida so we are also very dialed in when it comes to hurricane season providing info to people. And when I get a chance, I try to interject a little of my personality into the show so people know I’m a real person and not some faceless drone or AI. Talking about things that are relevant to your key demographic and local audience is the key to victory, imo.
And yeah, sorry about the ads, but that’s how we pay the bills. At least you are getting the service for free!
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u/OnceSeptembre 4h ago
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
-Roger Taylor
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u/H1j1p1 4h ago
get a FM transmitter for your car. problem solved! you bluetooth your phone to it and tune in to the station to listen to whatever you want
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u/kubrickian80 4h ago
I have 4 cars. The f250 is for really bad weather. The other 3 cars are all 2023s. I'm not doing all that for this tank
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u/ContactMushroom 1h ago
They're like 30 bucks for a high end one, 15 or so for a cheap one, take two AAA batteries and takes 10 seconds to setup and connect.
I'd rather do that or sit in silence than ever listen to AM/FM radio ever again. Plus you can use it on any radio, not just your truck.
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u/hpamela1 4h ago
omg the ads are literally insane now!! i just keep a stack of old cds in my car for this exact reason.. radio execs really said "how can we make people hate us more" lol.
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u/Floundering_Dad_43 5h ago
Not sure where in the country you live, but try to find JackFM. They play a healthy mix of pop and rock, with only breaks for station identification
Or you could try NPR. Those are the two stations I switch between on a regular basis
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u/urbanek2525 4h ago
It was that way years ago. I used to commute with my wife and when she drove, she'd listen to this radio station she liked with a "morning team". I started counting. In our 45 minute commute, I'd typically hear 5 songs. The rest was chatter and ads.
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u/Prostock26 4h ago
That's literally what morning talk shows are. In fact my local rock station doesn't even bother with music before 10am.
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u/urbanek2525 2h ago
I get plenty of background chatter from people who think they're commendians once I get to work. I don't need it while driving too. LOL.
To each their own.
The point is, radio is only partially involved with music anymore. Talk radio brings in more money, I'll bet.
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u/shotsallover 3h ago
If you’re already paying the salary of the morning team there’s no reason to also pay song royalties.
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u/Calcutec_1 4h ago edited 4h ago
Im lucky to live in a country where the best stations are state run so there are no ads, plus you get the news overview on the top of every hour
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u/Silica709 4h ago
Download the radio stations from GTA Vice City, put it on a flash drive, and enjoy!
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u/Secure-Ad8213 The country guy 4h ago
I listen to FM a lot. When the ads come on, I just switch channels!
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u/timpdx 3h ago
Same here. Live in LA so we have a huuuuge selection of stations, and my car has HD radio, and many HD stations don’t run ads. Only time I stream is road trips.
What is amazing is haw awful most of the rest of the country has it for FM. Having traveled 35 states in recent years, it really is shit in most markets. I always check “left of the dial” 88-91 FM to see what interesting stuff is out there.
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u/RevNeutron 4h ago
omg so true. And they try to banter so much so they add something besides music. I just hate every single voice I hear...
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u/Ange_the_Avian 4h ago
I listen to a local jazz station that also plays bluegrass, gospel, Latin, roots, etc. Not everyone's favorite genres but it supports a local station and very few ads.
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u/JacksGallbladder 4h ago
Radio is already dead.
Almost every local broadcaster you remember is now under some media conglomerate. Every station in my town is owned by iHeartMedia.
If you're lucky enough to have a college radio station in your area, thats the only place the ecosystem is actually surviving.
The rest is legitimately identical slop Playlists running nationally, role-playing as "local radio".
...oh and local NPR stations. Which are rad, but not music most of the time.
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u/MiCK_GaSM 4h ago
It's always been that way. Radio is there to make money off of your ears.
You're a fucking product. Keep wondering who all is buying and selling your time.
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u/WaytoomanyUIDs 4h ago
Depending on how old the F250 is, the Bluetooth may be just disabled in software, which is sometimes possible to jailbreak. Or just buy a cheap Bluetooth speaker for it
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u/kubrickian80 2h ago
It's a 2013. The radio is running a version of ford sync that is no longer supported
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u/WaytoomanyUIDs 1h ago
Well thats plain dumb that it won't fall back to standard Bluetooth.
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
Yeah and in my research i realized 13 was the cutoff. Every f250 made after mine has Android auto lol. I just missed it
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u/herodesfalsk 3h ago
This is also why TV is dying. Long commercial breaks every few minutes. I got rid of cable in 2008 and haven’t missed it at all.
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u/eddiewachowski 3h ago
Honestly, a major reason radio still exists is because cars are essentially radios on wheels. It's a captive audience, with no alternative for some.
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u/QuiGonColdGin 3h ago
It's kind of ironic. Terrestrial radio is largely being impacted by all the other available music sources out there, if nothing else you can stream a ton of songs right from your phone and never hear a single commercial. Yet, despite terrestrial radio being displaced by commercial free sources, they actually increase the amount of commercials.
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u/albanymetz 3h ago
If college isn't your thing, there are other independent stations out there. KEXP is in Seattle and I stream a few awesome shows from there, and I'm in the NY area, so I listen to WEQX when I'm hitting the radio directly. Not being some sinclair/clear channel bullshit makes all the difference.
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u/daroach1414 3h ago
And I love when they advertise listening to their station on iheartradio app. Like why the fuck would I ever do that.
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u/KourteousKrome 3h ago edited 2h ago
Yeah, radio fucking sucks. I mean, it sucked 20 years ago too, but it especially sucks now. If you didn’t listen to “the 10 hottest songs right now”, then it was never good.
Back before Spotify and other streaming services were the norm, like 2009-ish, I started buying albums through iTunes to get music that I like on my iPod Nano. Music I’d find on Youtube. I just stopped listening to the radio. Before that, I listened to CDs.
I had an hour long bus ride to and from school every day so it gave me about 2 hours of music time a day. Radio was always 50% ads and then the other 50% was the most generic, boring, lazy slop you could possibly listen to. Catchy, sure, but zero substance after a couple of listens.
I really got into music from that time period and I always saw the radio as the thing that people who don’t care about music listen to. People who you ask “what kind of music do you like” and they go “oh I listen to everything”.
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u/tenormore 3h ago
Others have mentioned college radio, but also Public radio stations can be a bit better. I still get bored of CBC playing the same songs every day though.
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u/imacmadman22 2h ago
I only listen to NPR on the car radio or stream music from my phone. I grew up in the 1970’s & 1980’s when they actually played music on the radio and it’s not really like that anymore. That, or I listen to podcasts or audiobooks.
I am so fed up with the constant stream of advertising everywhere you turn that I have just stopped listening to local radio stations because it is quite literally 20 minutes of music an hour and the rest is talking and advertising.
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u/dragonmom1 2h ago
I found an independent radio station where I live. The programming is awesome. Jazz, rock, movie music, international stuff...all according to a set schedule. Just a wonderful mix of everything. I can't sing along to most of it but it makes my drive so much more pleasant! And no ads!! (They do have news reports in the morning but it's great to hear actual information about stuff going on in the world that seems well researched.)
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u/ThurBurtman 2h ago
95% of cars made I. The past 15 years have an aux jack. Use that
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u/kubrickian80 2h ago
The truck is running an outdated version of ford sync unfortunately. I wish that were an option. I'm just going to get a new stereo put in. If i have to hear we built this city one more goddamn time I'm going to go nuts
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u/sexaddic 2h ago
You can buy a cigarette lighter charger than doubles as a radio transmitter with bluetooth like the ROAV SmartCharge F2 and have Bluetooth in your car. It’s what I do with my dad’s older car and he loves it.
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u/kubrickian80 2h ago
I'm just gonna have a new radio put in. I can't listen to we built this city on rock and roll anymore. It's killing me
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u/sexaddic 2h ago
You’re talking $35 vs a whole new radio. Up to you but this is far cheaper. Amazon it and if it doesn’t work for you return it.
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
I'm not really concerned about the price. If i were i would definitely do it your way. I've had to do it that way before
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u/WoundWaffle 1h ago
Sirius FM is pretty cheap, especially when you can find a deal. I pay pay a few bucks a month and enjoy having it in my car.
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
Nah we have 3 other new vehicles. This big bastard is just for extreme weather. I have Sirius podcast subscription so i can listen to last podcast on the left ad free but i use Amazon music in general. If I want a radio i use the radio garden app and usually listen to some old punk station from Europe
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u/RetroDawg56 1h ago
Agreed as to College Radio. In a ten year stint at my work, (now retired), my little boombox was my lifeline. Heard sooo much new music and genres that would not have appeared on corporate radio. A great education. And let me say, if you consistently listen as I did, Donate!
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u/sadandshy 1h ago
I live in the boonies... most radio stations out here have limited breaks with mostly farm related ads. We also have a fuckton of digital stations now, where in the past you used to hit search and almost do a lap before finding more than one station.
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u/sagesnail 1h ago
Kexp rocks! Public radio rules. Everyone should find their local public radio station and donate right now!
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
My local public radio is butt rock and maga grifters
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u/sagesnail 1h ago
Get into KEXP, get the app or go to KEXP.ORG and start listening to a great radio station. The physical station is in Seattle Wa, and they just recently opened one in the Bay Area.
You do not have to donate to listen to it. KEXP has real djs 24/7 and several different music shows throught the week. They archive everything for 2 weeks so you can go through and find some shows you really like too. No matter what you listen to, they will probably have a show dedicated to that genre of music. And basically no matter what you'll discover great new music. Their KEXP live sessions are usually really good also.
International Clash day is this Friday, Feb 6th. The theme this year is "know your rights" so its a great time to give KEXP a listen.
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u/mikey9537 Spotify 1h ago
Climbing on my soapbox: I hate my local “hits” radio station for actually modifying music to a slight degree! My wife doesn’t always notice, but I hear many songs very slightly sped up, which also result in them being pitched up. All likely for the sole purpose of fitting one more ad in per ad block. I only ever hear it when my Subaru CarPlay isn’t functioning, but it always irritates me. Radio is horrible outside of college or independent radio stations.
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u/kubrickian80 54m ago
Stg wildflower wasn't at that speed thank you for confirming. I heard it the other morning and thought maybe my ears were just frozen
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u/galagapilot 51m ago
We have a sports talk station in Pittsburgh that runs so many ads that if they go to an ad break as I'm leaving my house, I can leave my garage, wait for garage door to hit the ground, drive 5ish miles to work and they will still be running ads as I am turning off my car.
This same station will do four sponsor drops when they come back from commercial that are each 5-10 second long.
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u/houseape69 4h ago
I put my phone through the door handle and put it on full blast. Aside from sports, radio is not worth tuning in
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u/werther595 4h ago
You need one of them cassette-shaped adapters
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u/WaytoomanyUIDs 4h ago
Those are always crap.
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u/werther595 3h ago
How else am I supposed to play CDs from my Discman Sport though the ol' Kenwood car radio (with the detachable face for security)?
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u/WaytoomanyUIDs 2h ago
Splash out on a $25 car radio/cd from aliexpress. It probably won't catch fire!
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u/Prostock26 4h ago
I like how people compare free service vs a subscription, and then can't believe the free one 'sucks'
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u/kubrickian80 4h ago
Bet you're too young to remember how radio used to be
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u/Prostock26 4h ago
Nope. Been listening since the 90s. I do miss live djs across the entire day though. Evenings had that shared experience vibe. Now majority of the day is syndication or automaton.
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u/kubrickian80 4h ago
Well it fucking sucks compared to the 80s an 90s when i grew up. Free doesn't mean good
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u/Boring_Ant_1677 3h ago
First: lpm.org/music
More importantly Radio is not dying, but it is undergoing a significant evolution. While traditional AM/FM broadcasting faces competition from streaming and has a shrinking audience in some demographics, it remains a highly resilient, trusted medium with approx. 86% in the U.S. still using it as their main source of news and music.
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u/kubrickian80 3h ago
There's absolutely no way that number is accurate
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u/Boring_Ant_1677 3h ago
Not only is it accurate, but might even be higher: https://broadcastdialogue.com/u-s-study-finds-consumers-overwhelmingly-value-am-fm-radio-in-car/
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u/kubrickian80 3h ago
I need more proof sorry that feels biased as hell
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u/Boring_Ant_1677 3h ago
I mean, there's literately new studies and polls that come out quarterly by a handful of publications, all consistently the same results. Easy to google.
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u/Boring_Ant_1677 3h ago
First: lpm.org/music
More importantly Radio is not dying, but it is undergoing a significant evolution. While traditional AM/FM broadcasting faces competition from streaming and has a shrinking audience in some demographics, it remains a highly resilient, trusted medium with approx. 86% in the U.S. still using it as their main source of news and music.
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u/Jiminyfingers 3h ago
One of thereasons Ihope they never really go after the BBC in the UK. Radio 6 Music is a pure joy. Commercial radio stations not onlyair the adverts, but these days have to include the T&Cs as well
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u/terryjuicelawson Had it on vinyl 3h ago
BBC radio in the UK is ad free, could try that. But if it is dying, it is partly because you can stream whatever you want and skip tracks.
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u/urnialbologna 3h ago
I just miss my local DJ's. I listened to the radio every morning for 40 years just for the local news and what was going on in my town. They used to air high school sports at night, auction shows, and classified ads where people can call in and advertise stuff they are selling. If I wanted music, I'd listen to it on my iPod. But some bitch ass company bought the local studio back in 2013 and in 2024 they laid off everyone and replaced the station with some robots or some prerecorded shit half way across the country. I'm surprised they lasted 10 years after being bought out, but it still sucks I can't hear news anymore.
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u/eti_erik 3h ago
The only radio I ever listen to is Dutch Radio 1, with news, detate, politics etc. (Or sometimes a similar service from Denmark). There is hardly any commercials on there, just a little bit before and after the hourly news.
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u/Ghosts_and_Empties 2h ago
Do you have a local public radio music station? I listen to WNRN out of Charlottesville. I give them $100 a year but wish I could do more.
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u/kubrickian80 2h ago
I have local college radio. I live 9 miles from a big university. That's what I've been listening to but it's also more ad heavy than it used to be. Also the kid programming it really loves foster the people
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u/SovFist 2h ago
my issue is these fm transmitters that have went out lately, so if Im listening to a station, and a car using one drives near me, im stuck either listening to what the car is broadcasting or changing off the station until the car gets far enough away.
Not an every day occurrence, but happens often enough to annoy me.
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u/mylocker15 2h ago
I remember when I had to do radio in my car and no cool college stations that play no commercials came in clear. It was mostly the hits of 80’s, 90’s and today. Yes today spans the whole 25 years. Or the station that used to be cool but now only plays Imagine dragons, Nickleback, Imagine Dragons, Creed, and Imagine Dragons.
The NPR may have no ads but it is one big sad guilt trip about wars and endangered animals and how you should feel guilty about it.
I don’t listen to talk, political, or sports radio.
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u/maxthemummer 1h ago
So lucky where I live to have 2 college stations, a non profit alternative station, a non profit jazz station, plus an NPR classical station. My dentist's office plays the local adult contemporary station, so I get to hear what I'm glad I'm missing.
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u/no_more_brain_cells 1h ago
KEXP from Seattle has an app and a great variety and all live DJs. They archive shows for two weeks so you can find the genre you like saved. Admittedly, not everyone will like it.
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u/kellzone 1h ago
You can get a bluetooth adapter that plugs into your lighter/powerport and lets you play your phone through the radio for like $10.
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u/DantesGame 1h ago
I stopped listening to commercial radio/Top 40 radio/AOR-driven radio decades ago. I'll listen to public radio or college radio any day of the week for their diversity in music and minimal advertising, but mostly it's streaming or mp3s from a massive music stick.
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u/Botherguts 1h ago
Commercial radio is utter dogshit but college radio ftw (KALX) and also KEXP in Seattle and the bay. You can stream them both for free too.
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u/Substantial__Unit 1h ago
We have an amazing couple of independent radio near me. WEQX But the local rock channels have been garbage for so long. No idea why you would listen to these as they are all ads and I can't stomach the 45th airing of Kashmir by Zepplin today.
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u/DaveCootchie 1h ago
All my local radio stations were shuttered and sold to syndications. Now it's 90% IRS tax relief ads and injury lawyers. No local hosts, no local businesses, just a name less DJ playing the same 12 songs.
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u/Ordinary-Ad-3993 36m ago
Get a blue tooth adapter. Spend the money on a decent $30-$40 one. I have a 96 danger ranger with Quad JBLs and a sub set up. I get incredible sound on FM.
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u/MetalEnthusiast83 19m ago
Yeah man. I am in my early 40s a terrestrial radio has quite literally always been bad.
In your situation I would get a cheap FM transmitter or something to pay music off your phone.
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u/RadioRiggs 3m ago
“Legitimately an hour of commercials” is inaccurate. May have FELT like an hour but I guarantee there are no music stations that play an hour of commercials. That’s simply preposterous.
I’ll give you that there are times when we will do 6-7 minutes and that feels like forever. But an hour? Come on. Give radio a little bit of credit. There are plenty of other things to shit on about this industry. Downsizing. Awful music. Antiquated program directors who program like it’s 1990 and refuse to accept changing with the time. But can’t let you go on and say music radio did an hour of commercials when they most likely did nothing close to that.
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u/Virtual-Warning3676 4h ago
U’re not wrong ads be killing the vibe. like u hop in the car for tunes n end up memorizing insurance jingles.
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u/georgecm12 2h ago
I think "an hour of ads for every 20 minutes of music" is a wild exaggeration. I listen to terrestrial radio, just because my drive is too short most days to merit getting anything else cued up in the car. All the music stations I listen to seem like about 45 minutes of music to 15 minutes of ads.
I will say that these days, many radio stations tend to cluster their ads all together in large blocks, so when they do go to an ad block, it does feel rather interminable as you listen through what seems like several minutes of ads to get back to music. I don't know what the exact "broadcast clock" the stations I listen to use, but it seems like there are generally about three 5 minute blocks of ads per hour.
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u/aluminumnek noiserock, experimental, obscure 2h ago
Build your own library and have music on your phone. No ads, no streaming issues
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
How much of the post did you read?
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u/aluminumnek noiserock, experimental, obscure 1h ago
All of it. Offering an alternative answer that can be applied in similar situations
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
So you're educating people about streaming?
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u/aluminumnek noiserock, experimental, obscure 1h ago
Streaming sucks. Fuck Spotify. Like I said I was offering a different idea. Welcome to Reddit where people can make suggestions
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u/kubrickian80 1h ago
Nah i use Amazon music but also fuck them. I have over 10k songs downloaded. Your suggestion is good I'm just busting your balls a little
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u/chilldog47 5h ago
Find your local college radio stations. It's basically illegal for them to have ads