Prompted By The Previous Thread Here..

[ferlew]

How much of a place in your life does radio hold?
I love the radio, and from the moment I go to bed, to the moment I wake, I listen to R4.
It is always on my dial in the car too.

[RATTER15]

I never have the radio on, it irritates the life out of me!!

[DaisyNonna]

Sometimes it is lovely to sit in silence and just read.

[237SJ]

I`m currently listening to my favourite station Radio Jackie playing More More More by Andrea True Connection (remember that)? Reminds me of the hot summer of 76. Fab.

[Baldric]

Ratter, what a sad statement, there is so much talent, variety on there, there must be something for you!

[gettinblurry]

But Daisy, sometimes it's lovely to just sit and listen.

[ferlew]

I think I do, Scrivens :)

[RATTER15]

Baldric, I have quite a varied taste in music that I like to listen to, unfortunately there is a lot of music I dont like to listen to. Having the radio on means I have to listen to someone else's taste in music.

The other problem I have with music is a dyslexia issue, It happens to some dyslexics but not many. I can only listen on a one track basis. If music is playing that is the only thing I hear, everything else is not heard, so if someone wants to talk to me I need to turn the music off or all i hear is music and some mumbling.
If someone stands in front of me so I can concentrate on them instead of the music I can switch channels and shut the music out. All this is hassle to me so I rarely have music playing anywhere near me. At work I can cope with it because I never hear the music as I am so focused on work. I'm a strange one I know, just the way I am.

[SpikeyBush]

Radio 2 is on in the office all day, something for everyone there and I do enjoy cracking the whip to Ken Bruce by shouting at my minions "Popmasters is on already and we've done *** all'
I wake up to Absolute Radio, the music they play is right up my street. I first started listening to them when they were broadcasting the test transmissions for Virgin Radio back in 1993.
Friday night when I'm driving home after being away all week, as I don't have DAB in the car I'll have Absolute on for as long as I can endure the AM reception and as soon as I am close enough to the Irish border I'll pop Today FM on for their Friday Night 80s show.

[tamborine]

My dad wired up his semi with ext speakers throughout. We were wakened by Jack de Manio at 6am. For radio caroline, dick barton with that haunting 'keynsham' advert we had pocket transistors, coz dad thought those too low-brow for his setup.

I wish my house was wired up likewise coz I hate earphones....

[Baldric]

Ratter, Ah, ok understood.

[maggiebee]

If I could only have one - TV or radio - radio would win hands down. Fall asleep to it and wake up to it.

[tamborine]

Very enlightening Ratter, that explains my son's issues....thnx

[gettinblurry]

Anyone else fall asleep to the shipping forecast?

[RATTER15]

Tambourine, dyslexia is a greatly misunderstood and fascinating subject, people think it is just about getting letters and numbers backwards, I don't do any of that. Dyslexia affects people in many different ways, reading and writing is probably the least of my dyslexic problems.

[Old_Geezer]

My first thought was not much, but in fact it's more than one realises. Near necessity in the car (or seems so). Also on at showertime. Plus other occasional use. Still, not as much as in my younger days.

[murraymints]

LBC late 11 onwards and early 4-6, radio 2 for Ken' s popmaster at 10.30 , vine in the garden...prefer chat to music...

[DTCwordfan]

I wake to R4 and often fall asleep to it.

[Cloverjo]

I listen to R5 live extra in the car when tennis or cricket is on.
I used to listen to Absolute Radio in the evenings and R2 in the car, but don't any more. I must get back into Absolute. Are Pete and Jeff still on? Must check.

[mikey4444]

Life in Britain for me would be unthinkable without BBC Radio, and unbearable without Radio 4. Summers would also be unrecognisable without the Proms. Thank God for the BBC !