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Are Receivers still relevant?

Receivers are alive and well over here in the USA, personally I love the look of big vintage units.

We have several very good stations up here in the Midwest but yea, 1996's deregulation killed competition and as far as I'm concerned, new rock music. A youtuber commentator just posted this story, again, but I think there's more when you tie in our government purposely trying to kill rock music coming out of the 80's when PMRC kind of failed so they rewrote how many points each play got, 2-points for urban stations, 1-point for Midwest. With rap dominating the cities, the extra point pushed it to the top of the charts and deregulation kept out competition.

Professor of Rock also stated that doing his weekend syndicated radio show, he can only play something like 100 classic rock songs which is crazy, our local classic rock started tossing in some 80's guitar driven alternative music last year which helps but unless it's an indie station, deep cuts are rare. It makes it hard to listen to the same three AC/DC, Journey and Van Halen songs over and over. I know the pop-tart stations have always had a very limited play-list but at least they were pumping out new music every week.

I think FM could be revitalized but you'd have to break it up and get more competition.
 
Quit listening to radio years ago except for news or weather when travelling. The DJ's today have the personality of a wet soda cracker and their hands are tied by management on what music they can play. The classic rock format is played ad nauseum and it's the same playlist on every station pretty much. Another problem is advertising and I know they have to pay the bills but sometimes it seems like music is getting in the way of advertising.
 
I still enjoy radio, I listen to FM on my receivers, but mostly I listen to radio, on radios. I've got multiple, tabletop to portable, FM, AM, and Shortwave. Tube and SS. I really enjoy them.
 
That a nope for me since 1983ish.

Edit: kind of a lie I guess, 2 recivers for HT mid 90s thru early 00's but that's all they were used for.

Have always had tuners but the question was receivers
 
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Mr Boochie said:
Notice there has been no response from the original poster? :idea:

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Well, he actually did respond. Today in fact. 1:something AM today, but still it was today. I admit to having a certain lack of tolerance for the one-and-done pot stirrers and the data miners that treat forums as their own personal tech support. But I don’t think that’s the case here.
Cheers………………….Todd
 
I have 7 stereo systems set up in my house. 4 are receiver based. The other three are separates, all with tuners. My favorite FM station in KAHM 102.1 in Prescott AZ. I live in Phoenix - 90 miles away. My rcvrs HK 630, NAD 7100x, and NAD 7020 all pick up that station using a simple T antenna or a Terk. My tuners that pick up KAHM are a Pioneer F9, NAD 4300. When I say "pick up the station" I mean channel is locked on in stereo and quiet. When the station gets alittle noisy I switch off Stereo or put in mono. Still very nice to listen to, mostly easy listening music. We listen to that and other rock stations also. Also I listen to sports and some sports talk. Besides all those , I have 2 sonos system and a WIIM and WIMM pro plus. Then there is records and CD's ....
 
Mumbles said:
Same here, plus vinyl and cassettes but not on a daily basis. When I do listen to recoded music, It's usually in the evenings when I'm tired of radio and there's nothing on the tube or internet worth watching.
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Evenings are music on the computer speakers. Either JB Radio or Undercurrents. Possibly Radio Paradise or XRDS. CDs pretty much get listened to in the afternoon if I remember to cue one up... I am also going to work on setting up a system in the basement. Might get another TV and put it down there as well since they are so damn cheap these days. Just need to head to Wally World to get a TV stand for $75. I saw one that should work today. My Technics SU-V707 needs a home.
 
Mr Boochie said:
Notice there has been no response from the original poster? :idea:

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He did see post #26. His was response was this:
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I see that I should have stated that I am in the UK, but I am pleased to see so many other countries still get use of the old wavelengths.
I do have a digital adaptor that plugs into the back of my receiver, so I could use DAB if I wanted to, but it's not my kind of music.
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Listen to FM in my truck and many times at home. Usually an Audacity "We play everything" format station sometimes the local classic rock station local entity has a classic rock and top 40 station sharing the same building downtown near the Depot. A number of receivers struggle with the classic rock signal have problem with the stereo signal interference from a Roanoke station on the same frequency but have the 5000A in the workroom right now its tuner seems to be handling it well.

The local Audacy station morning show asks for requests on Friday morning. Like to do that Holiday Weekends too some odd songs will get played. Got home from work Friday morning somewhere between 5 and 6 am had it on 98.7 morning show people had not come on yet but someone had apparently requested "It's a Sunshine Day" by the Brady Bunch hearing that I was like "What the?" had to look up their playlist to see what was playing.
 
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I took my truck out yesterday for the first time since I let my xm subscription lapse. During my brief ride I searched the entire fm dial completely twice looking for something even remotely listenable. I gave up; turned the squawk box off and did my ride in silence. If nothing else it was a reminder of why fm has no relevance to me.
 
It seems that it's just in the UK that the radio stations have disappeared. There used to be a wide range of musical tastes, but over time the stations have only been catering to younger listeners .
 
Does this count? :biggrin:
I built it myself as a means of practising my soldering skills. My wife fell in love with it on the spot and wanted to have it. She's been using it almost every day since. Every time she's alone in the kitchen she listens to it.
It takes three AAA batteries, which seem to last forever.

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Personally, I stopped listening to local radio stations a long time ago, simply because I find all of them downright attrocious. Lousy music, an awful lot of commercials, all of which are incredibly idiotic, and news which are repeated over and over again throughout the day with the exact same words, and which I couldn't be less interested in.
There's only one exception. I listen to a German classical music station in the mornings, over the internet. There's good music, no commercials (at least not at the time I listen to it), and just the right amount of news. And, as a bonus, I get to exercise my German. My uncle, a great classical music lover, used to listen to it in the mornings. It reminds me of him. But local stations... bah!
 
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There is very little as far as radio reception goes in my area and even less programming choice. I have not used my old Technics tuner since we moved here and I have relegated it to a shelf in the laundry room.

But I do still listen to a couple of US stations via their apps.
 
I listen to AM/FM pretty much every day. AM is a struggle in my area, totally weather dependent, FM is a struggle to find anything worth listening to consistently. I have 2 late '60's/early 70's table radios in my kitchen area, a Canadian built Symphonic & an RCA, Zenith in the bedroom an a Tivoli in the shop. I have antennas on both of my 'permanent' systems and a couple of portables laying around. I love radio, the concept anyway. The application was much better in the 5 push button on the dash AM days, but like most of authentic America, gone forever.
 
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