Get an internet/dab radio much wider choice.

Radio 6 music. Some excellent shows on there.

Edit: now I have actually read your post I see you have already discounted R6

im in the same boat. cant stand cricket or any other sport broadcast in a similar volume but generally enjoy the 4% of BBC5live that isnt f’ing sport. And Chiles… man alive. why am i listening to it again?

I listen to Radio 4Extra a lot, though may depend on your age as there are lots of classic radio shows from days gone by on it.
It also has some excellent drama, for example last Saturday afternoon the story Leni Riefenstahl and her filming of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It may not sound very exciting but was really well done.

Radio Scotland, zero mentions of cricket.

I like the 6Music music, but the breakfast chat I find way too self-indulgent and too much of it, not so bad at drivetime.

LBC.

I switch between R4 R5 (although can be like the audio version of the DM when there’s a phone-in) and R6.

not much help, sorry.

If you want to feel like killing soft, trusting puppies with your bare teeth then listen to Radio 2.

Jeremy Kyle Vine flips me over the edge. I could crash the car. And he knows he’s doing it, the little shit. And Steve Wright? Agh. Agh. He’s so chummy it’s a shark-fest in my head.

Ken Bruce still around? ‘Ahll juus’ saht here wi’ ma wee pape an’ slappaz’.

Music can be OK though. If you only like Steely Dan. Otherwise not.

Podcasts?
Audiobooks?

What is this heresy of which thou dost speak? Dost ye takest us for fools? The originator of this thread has clearly laid out his need of a radio station.

Shall he deviate from prescribed doctrines? Shall he disregard that which his betters have sought fit to tell him? Begone with this talk of “audio books” and “podcasts” lest ye be a traveler in time, or minion of satan who, on his own volition dost summon noise of his own choosing?

RTÉ 252

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/radio-garden-listen-to-worlds-stations-aleppo-havana-london-korea-a7479031.html

In the morning radio 1 (easy listening, R4 is too much when I’m not awake), 6-music in the afternoon and R4 in the evening!

Or…world service. My brother is one of the journalists so started listening more in the last year and it has some really interesting stuff and provides a more balanced view of the news.

Not much love for Chiles so far – and I don’t aim to change that.
If at home, get an internet radio – thousands of stations.
If in car, audiobooks as ^^^

Or because it’s got it’s own station and is on over night?

Radio Paradise for music if you are an old fogey.

Can I be the first to say Radio 3? Seriously. It may seem like a steep learning curve, but once you’ve been listening for a few days, you’ll appreciate the cycle of programs and concerts. It’s great in the background for work too.

Radio 5 is Bloke Radio, it just gets tiresome. Radio 4 is great, but needs attention. 6 Music isn’t so bad, but not as good as it used to be. So I tried Radio 3. Saturday mornings are particularly good, “Building a collection” plays multiple versions of the same piece and it is the best music lesson you can hear.

R4 for the comedy stuff in the evening. Gets a bit deep or obscure in the mornings for me.

I struggle with the rest, especially limited to FM in the car. Constantly flicking between stations to settle on something that isn’t crap but it doesn’t last. Especially commercial stations. Garage, garbage, advert, garbage, advert, garbage, maybe okay song so listen to that, advert, more garbage, etc. Switch between them and it’s the same, plus they sync the adverts so you can’t avoid them.

5 Live is too much sport chat for me.

LBC occasionally I can cope with, more in the evening. Utterly despise James O’Brian though. Given up with Radio London other than Eddie in the evening. I prefer most of these when the presenter has interesting stuff to talk about but then switch over as soon as some idiot phones in.

R2 is an odd mix of a lot of stuff can’t stand and sometimes decent things.

The rest is garbage, especially R1. Sure we listened to cheesy pop in the 80s, but the crap kids like today is, I don’t know, it’s not music (definitely turned into my parents).

Only because you posted before me 😉

I’m a creature of habit:

Radio 4 in the car going to work
Radio 6 in the car going home/in the kitchen making dinner
Radio 3 late at night (Late Junction)

Radio 5 is very rare and only for listening to a sports broadcast.

I now have a car with DAB. So obviously have taken to downloading content from R4 Extra to play in the car….