• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why? Have you heard radio? Every station is just a glorified shitty playlist that they cycle through a dozen times a day

    • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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      Because if the cell networks fail, right now there’s no backup method to get crucial information to everyone’s hands.

      Radio are an easy secondary, really long range mechanism to get information INTO disaster stricken areas when normal means of communications have failed.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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      That’s what happens when we “removed regulations” and allowed Clear Channel (aka iHeartRadio) to buy up most every major station in the country.

      However you can still do short range FM transmissions yourself, as a lot of people do with elaborate Christmas light displays, plus it’s useful in emergency situations.

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        plus it’s useful in emergency situations.

        Yes, in case of emergency, tune to a Clear Channel station so they can tell you how the emergency is the fault if the Woke Left.

        • NTNU@lemmy.world
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          Probably the US, since they just assume everyone would know they’re talking about the US.

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      Emergencies that would normally sever other means of communications. Think natural disasters that interrupt internet access. Usually radio stations are the first to come back up, and priceless at times where information is key.

    • Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Where I am we’ve got the BBC local radio network and they’ve got some amazing local music shows for each region granted all is available via their now locked down sounds app

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      In Atlanta we have a pretty nice jazz station (WCLK). The station that NPR took over (Album 88) was a university station and they still play stuff in the evening I think. There can be good content but it is heavily reliant on where you live. Come to think of it, WCLK is a university station as well. So I guess you have to have universities around.