Will the Internet Kill Traditional Car Radio?

NY Times ^ | JOHN R. QUAIN | JOHN R. QUAIN

[5Madman2]

I would pay to lose the stupid commercials and babble of even more vapid DJs

[6SJ7]

Track One.....fade.... .....ka-chunk..... Track Two.....

Ah yes. The joys of 8-track. Cross-channel talk. Low-fi. Channel drop-outs. Songs interrupted half way thru by a channel switch (ka-CHUNK). Mangled tape. What a crummy format!

[SamAdams76]

Well maybe I have tin ears but I can't tell the difference in sound quality between satellite and FM. Even if I could, I'd rather have more music with lower quality than suffer with a bunch of commercials in higher quality.

Speaking of terrestrial radio, I wish they would dump the "morning Zoo" format already. You know, when they have a male and female DJ bounce a bunch of lame scripted jokes at each other and make fake phoney phone calls.

And they can do away with the "Get the Led" out segments (where they play three Led Zeppelin songs in a row). Also, there is no need to play that idiotic "I Want To Bang On The Drums All Day" song every weekday day at 5.

Lastly, it is time to remove the following three songs from all terrestrial radio playlists immediately. I think a million airplays is enough already:

"100 Years" by Five For Fighting
"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla
"This Love" by Maroon 5

Thank you and good night.

[metesky]

Google “FM Modulator”

[Sybeck1]

http://www.wmc79.com/

I can recommend this station in Memphis if you are at home.

[Cyber Liberty]

I can always pick a song or singer I like instantly on Pandora via my phone.

I should heck that out. My car has bluetooth, and I can get Pandora on my phone that has unlimited web access.

[KevinB]

Well maybe I have tin ears but I can't tell the difference in sound quality between satellite and FM. Even if I could, I'd rather have more music with lower quality than suffer with a bunch of commercials in higher quality.

You're right, of course, about the benefits of having all of the music even if the sound quality isn't the greatest. And, of course, there's the news, talk and sports for which sound quality is irrelevant. If you're happy with the sound quality that's all that matters. I'm a little spoiled because I've had a custom "carputer" for years and have access to 32k mp3s with bitrates of at least 128k, Internet radio, Shoutcast, etc. I did have XM for a while, but found that there was little value added to me. If it was pristine sound I would probably resubscribe. I will admit that I am an unusual case.

[rightly_dividing]

OK, thanks. Looks like it plugs into power outlet, accepts and reads thumb drives and broadcast the signal to an FM point on the dial.

[GSWarrior]