Who still listens to the radio (regularly) as a music source, at home & during the day? I try to stay too busy to sit and listen to music, but when the radio plays a favorite song it can serve as a ~3-5 min break. No Internet needed, no streaming required, no cookies on the broadcast. Brief current news update at the top-o-th-hour. Old tech survives.

I worked in radio all my adult life beginning in college (was I really an “adult” then?). Top 40, free-form, album radio and finally public radio. Top 40 in the 60s was an interesting mashup of styles, from James Brown to Tammy Wynette. If it was a hit we played it. Free-form, radio in its brief heyday (I worked at KDKB in Phoenix) was a glorious, self indulgent joyride. Loved it. Once in a while when I’m traveling, I come across a really great community supported station, but we don’t have anything like that here, so I just play whatI want to hear via an iTunes subscription.