First World Irritations

[tiggymalvern]

It's so annoying the way that radio stations change. You've been listening to Star 101.5 The Best of 90s to Now in your car for years, and then one day, surprise! That preset button is now a country music station called Hank FM.

There's no announcement. Star don't tell you, 'Hey, we got outbid, sorry, we'll be gone next week.' It's just sneaky. And then you have to try and find another decent radio station for that preset button.

Comments

[bymyverytoes]

so ridiculous :(

[tiggymalvern]

It's weird. I can't imagine any other entertainment industry where a service provider would just vanish without saying goodbye!

[tameiki]

That's weird that they didn't even say anything about the change before getting replaced, and very frustrating. When I got my SUV, it came with a free trial of Sirius XM. It's stupid expensive but has stations I like without ads so I paid when the free trial ended. The regular FM stations I listened to now play more ads than music so it's worth it for me. Some of the stations I like are 60's Rock, 70's Rock, 80's Rock, 90's Rock, some news channels like BBC, AP, MSNBC, NPR, etc. I don't know if this is an option for you or if you'd even be interested, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

[tiggymalvern]

It always happens that way - I've seen multiple radio stations vanish over the years and never a squeak about it beforehand.

I don't listen to radio stations enough to pay for them (the only radio station I pay for is a local one that has no adverts and is all funded by donations, so I donate). If I'm on a long journey I listen to my mp3s, but I like the radio in the car for when I'm just going shopping or whatever, it keeps me up to date with new music.

[tameiki]

Not pushing it on you but you can also listen to Sirius XM on you phone or laptop/computer, it doesn't have to be in the car only. :-p