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[–] [email protected] 156 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I hate this idea. FM channels have more advertisements than they have music. And there's no technical way (yet) that I know of to automatically block said advertisements. Advertisements have driven the world into madness, as now anything that requires them to stay profitable either jams them into everything, or has a huge focus on rage-bait in order to get people to listen/watch/click. This rage-bait has made our world more angry, more divisive, and more chaotic than ever. Fuck advertisers.

[–] [email protected] 156 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The point of the article is to have them there for emergencies since we already have systems in place to broadcast emergency info over radio, and it's a lot simpler to implement than satellite for when cell signal is down.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

And it's way better than the xitter.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

It's not like you have to use it. My phone has it, I've used it to listen to local football games while camping. Worked great. Some people like to have the option to use it though.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There are some channels that aren't like this if you're lucky enough to live in an area with something like NPR stations, college/highschool stations, or donation funded music radio.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just built a website that makes it easy to find and stream community radio stations (which you refer to as 'donation funded') There are over 100 stations listed. Just choose from a drop-down and hit 'play'. Looking for more beta testers https://AlternateAirwaves.com

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that's awesome, thanks for doing that!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you live near a University, tune in to the local student radio.

It's usually run by the University without ads.

I rock out to WPTS radio in Pittsburgh and both WUOG and WPPP in Athens, GA.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I love our local university radio. They actually play jazz sometimes. It's basically mindless pop, frozen in time 90s, or you can pick between new country and even newer country where I live.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Our local college has an alternative rock station that radio students come on air. Minimal ads with great music and personalities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There is also WSOU in northern New Jersey. Seton Hall's Pirate Radio.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The emergency channel has no ads...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Imagine being forced to have the option to listen to another form of communication!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I hate it when this hypothetical radio app downloads itself and turns itself on every time there's a radio ad break!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What, you don't like watching two 15 second advertisements before each youtube video, which has a minute+ dedicated time to talk about today's sponsor?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ublock Origin and SponsorBlock makes youtube bearable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Forget all that. Just use LibreTube (with Piped API disabled) and FreeTube

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I could use public radio.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The reason they had FM in the past was because broadcasters lobbied for it to be a requirement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's not all radios for sure. For example the Bulgarian Radio 1 seems to be almost exclusively music. Sometimes there are advertisement blocks that are long, but usually it's just music. Then there may be local stuff like college radios (e.g.: KGRG) that won't have as many advertisements, if any. In Slovakia there used to be Rádio Anténa Rock that was also mostly music as well, but they shut down as it wasn't profitable. They are now owned by Bauermedia and operate as "Rádio Rock" with only 3 low-power FM transmitters which barely cover 2 cities. At least they're in DAB+.

Anyway, there are some radios that do not have as many advertisements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’d like to listen to my local NPR station. It’s not an advertising nightmare.