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I'm lovin' Absolute Radio 90's on DAB at the moment.
Minimally intrusive DJ's and ads. Music from my prime years.
What's not to like?
This has been something I have had issues with for absolutely ages now. I can go my entire drive to work without hearing one song played on the plethora of stations tuned into my car radio, granted my commute is only 20 minutes but that truly is shit.
Mind you, when they do play some music it's absolutely terrible, usually something barely understandable by some talentless ear rapist like Justin Beaver or Miley 'batshit' Cyrus.
Oh and Nick Grimshaw is every single irritating **** on earth rolled into one massive super ****.
I just don't get the whole "they play no music" argument. There are some stations that promise to play a certain amount of music per show/per hour, with a bit of searching you can generally find some to your taste in music and if not there is always Spotify. But why complain at Moyles not playing music or Grimshaw being annoying? Moyles has never played much music and Grimshaw has always been annoying, they're not going to change so just don't listen to them.
It's the same as "Radio 1 play crap music" argument. Well, yes, if you're over 25 they're not paying music aimed at you so of course it's crap, try listening to something else, 6 Music, Radio 2, whatever.
I just don't get the whole "they play no music" argument.
XFM prided itself as being music led. Indeed the strapline for the launch of Radio X has been "Get into the music". So when the DJ spends most of his time talking it kinda goes against how the station evolved and what was promised. There were some good Manchester based DJs on the station who have been replaced with, well, Vernon Kay.
Radio 3. Honestly.
Radio Caroline is still broadcasting online, their ship is currently moored in the Blackwater Estuary not far from where I live.
Radio 3. Honestly.
+1
Also Radio 4 in the afternoon if you're into plays about people with messed up sex lives.