Do you listen to Public Radio?
By vega83
@vega83 (6342)
Bahrain
August 31, 2007 8:22am CST
Well, I live in a country where there really is no public radio, or many talk show radios going on here. So the place I got hooked on Public Radio is an odd one.
Yes, it the game, grand theft auto. In all of the series, there is always at least one Radio Station that was just chattering and it was public radio. Of course in the game, it was all just funny and untrue, but so much fun to listen to, but actually most public Radios are like that truly. In Vice city, it was VCPR and in GTA San Andreas it was the chitter chatter of people talking about silly issues on WCTR that kept me entertained throughout the game, I think that was the one of the best parts of the game too.
I just recently got into listening to some of them on the Internet, I found some preset tunes on Windows media player, and I quite enjoyed listening to people rant about nothing at all, and secretly wishing I could do that too. I guess it's one of my dream jobs, to just talk for a living. I do love to hear myself speak, but I realized that I enjoyed listening to random people speak on this Public Radios as well.
So what about you? Do you listen to public radio?
How did you get hooked into it?
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12 responses
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
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3 Sep 07
we have no public radio at all here in England but what we do have are talk shows which are entertaining in their own right
blessed be
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@bravenewworld (746)
• United States
31 Aug 07
I enjoy National Public Radio (NPR). It's an oasis of sanity and intelligence, it seems to me. I recently bought a Sony walkman radio, so that I could listen in places other than the car. It's been great to scan the airwaves, finding random cool stuff.
This recent interest was piqued by a book called "Radio On", by Sarah Vowell, in which she keeps a radio listening diary for a year (1995, it's an old book). I recommend that book highly to those that enjoy the radio.
Finally, the actress that does the voice of one of the GTA San Andreas radio DJs was temp'ing for a while at my previous company (Mary Lou, I think was the name of the DJ in the game). How's that for a brush with greatness?
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@bravenewworld (746)
• United States
31 Aug 07
Actually the DJ's name is Mary-Beth Maybell.
And btw. I find the coolest stuff on the local college stations.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
1 Sep 07
"Radio on", sounds good, I might look for it online. Yeah, Mary Beth Maybell, the K-Rose DJ, I remember that station was all country music, I never listened to that station that much, since my sister really doesn't like country music and she would constantly bug me to change it, but since it's such a huge game I got a chance to listen to all of the radio stations completely.
Yeah, I guess College radio stations must be good, young minds speaking their mind, so to speak. I wonder if I can get any college radio stations online.
@wondericequeen (7876)
• Hong Kong
1 Sep 07
No I don't listen to public radios. I think it's because either I would listen to my CDs or I would need to have that total silence in the house so that I could write or work on my own stuff. I cannot have "sound" and work at the same time (it's my weakness). Besides, the public radio here has nothing really interesting and therefore I am not interested in what they say.
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@wondericequeen (7876)
• Hong Kong
1 Sep 07
*laughs* No, that's not your weakness, I think that's a good thing to multi-task. I can't but I wish I could. Like I am typing here now but my mom has the TV on and sometimes I am confused about what I am typing! Ah!
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
3 Sep 07
Well yeah, that's happened to me too. But not with the TV ever. More if I'm listening to the public radio and really listening to what they're saying and at the same time typing a my lot discussion. It's not that bad, but sometimes the words get confused.
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@michaeldadona (5684)
• Malaysia
31 Aug 07
YES while on myLot for news and amusement songs. If you like to be DJ, that is a good job and why don't you apply for that job at Public Radio and make some changes to radio programs. In my place there are a lot of radio channels and just one channel is my priority....hitzFm. Its good to listen because many young ladies as DJs. Ummmmmmah!!! I like them all.
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@19ewf84 (461)
• Austria
1 Sep 07
I listen to public radio yes. But in the past I did more. Nowadays I often don't listen more than.. maybe an hour - I really have no idea why.. I'm talking about "public radio" from MY country!
Wondering what you mean with "talk show radio".
Since I *know* the internet, which is already 11 years, I listen to radio stations which are online. Mostly from other countries like Canada and New Zealand. I like the music and they often play songs people will know here some time later and I like to be "up to date" *lol* No... I guess I'm not such a big fan of the music our radio stations play.. also the topics aren't that interesting.. dunno.. lol
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@Shatterstar (123)
• United States
2 Sep 07
Wow, shows how much I listen to the radio. I've never even heard of Public Radio. Though thanks to you mentioning the Grand Theft Auto example I know what you are talking about. I always hated that stuff on the game though, mostly because it got repetive if you played the game for along time. I'm sure its probaly better in real life though.
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@vega83 (6342)
• Bahrain
3 Sep 07
Yeah, of course, but then if you played GTA long enough all the radio stations got repetitive, and you'd pretty much hear it all.. The game can be over 20 hours minimum, just with the game missions, and yet I think the music would be less than 5 hours, so I'm sure it would get repetitive less than half way through the game. But still I found myself hearing it over and over again.
@8ctavarium (552)
• Australia
1 Sep 07
Yes, but not that much. I am more into metal, progressive rock and guitar music so there isn't much programs that play these types of music, and hence radio isn't too attractive in my opinion. But internet radio, there do exist channels which will play these type of music all day and hence I do listen at times, and do end up discovering new bands and such which is great for both myself and the bands. It's a win win situation in the end.
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