I found a very old small transistor radio when cleaning out my garage today. I put in some new batteries, turned it on, and put on shelf while I kept cleaning garage.
It was fun not having to worry about streaming or internet connection or anything. I just keep the damn thing on 24 hours a day now while turned to a low volume. Gives some good “old-time gas station in middle of nowhere” vibes.
Personally I can’t stand the ads or the endless top-40 stations. The overwhelming majority of stations are owned by Clearchannel and they just play the same shit everywhere.
That said, sometimes smaller colleges have a radio station that is run by students. That tends to at least have variety.
Yep, that’s exactly why I had to fiddle around until I found my local community college station. Great variety and still have human DJ’s live. Hell, I’m damn near tempted to actually take some college courses here so I can maybe get a chance to be a radio DJ at the station!