Are you a passive or active radio listener?

mike65

So you are in a room be it at home, work or in the car and you realise "X" is not on today or that the next three songs is a chatter free triple play from an artist you just hate, do you just leave it or make lunge for the dial? Is radio just background noise or something that you are engaged with?

Poly

over-active:D

I seem to spend most time on newstalk, I would usually jump over to the PK show in the morning, but I avoid it when dungheap is on.

Others I switch over to avoid would include Finnucane,Duffy, Tubridy, Blannad, Mooney, Neena ni nawna, Bobby kerr, Ray Darcy, Mary O'Rouke, Orla barry & anyone with a D4 accent.
Anything by Boyzone, westlife or any other of the Louis Walsh puppets would see a rapid change in Frequency also.

ger vallely

I tend to favour Newstalk,well until George Hook comes on, then I switch to today Fm.So the chance of Rhianna or Katie Perry coming on and disturbing my ears is very minimal. I would text and call into radio also so, yeah I am an active listener in that sense..

Kojak

Very active listener - I would change the dial numerous times while driving so as not to have to listen to certain songs/artists or presenters.

Unfortunaly can't do that at work as its piped in through speakers in the wall. How I hate listening to 2fm in the mid-morning.

Derryleigh

More passive now thanks to the demise of good talk on local radio especially early morning or lunchtime.

Still actively listen to national radio but only on Sundays for sport, Morning Ireland/Newstalk and Drivetime now and again.

Music radio is all the same. Indistinguishable.

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Thomas828

I'm often an active radio istener. I often enter little quizzes on Radio Ulster and Downtown Radio. And I like it when they mention me on air.

I listen to various stations, from BBC Radio 3 and Radio Ulster to 2fm and Raidio na Gaeltachta. And if I hear something I don't like, such as a boring "comedy" on BBC Radio 4 Extra or a Beyoncé record on U105, I'll just switch over.

goingpostal

My trigger finger is ALWAYS on the volume button, whenever I listen to any station on the FM dial in Ireland. I am quicker on the draw to the mute button, than John Wayne ever was.

G_R

I'd be pretty active. There is some Radio Presenters that I despise, like HECTOR! and that idiot Colm Hayes (he has somehow managed to be more patronising than Joe Duffy!) and then there is one's that I hate to miss like Ray Foley and sometimes, Rick O Shea.

If Hector or Colm come on I will dive for the Radio dial, crashing the car in the process would be more favourable than listening to either of em.

When I'm just listening casually, I will skip between stations depending on what is on etc.

Bard

Definitely active - and very much so... but then I work in a fairly large commercial station, so I definitely have an active interest.

Catherine!

Quite active, especially with BBC Radio 1 and other 'hit music' stations here in Britain, as there's a lot of current hit songs that make me switch to other stations such as Absolute 80s on DAB. Music from slightly before my time tends to appeal to me more than current music.

petals

mike65 wrote: »

So you are in a room be it at home, work or in the car and you realise "X" is not on today or that the next three songs is a chatter free triple play from an artist you just hate, do you just leave it or make lunge for the dial? Is radio just background noise or something that you are engaged with?

I would say active. I tend to listen to those I know and have met over others and if they aren't on air I'd turn off the radio. I think the only presenter I listened to regularly for years that I haven't met was Andy Clarke on lmfm. I don't listen to radio that much at the moment though as I've no time. I tend to listen to podcasts of Dermot and Dave from 98fm now.

jonniebgood1

Glad to see i'm not the only one. I would switch on average 5-6 times a day.
Morning ireland or newstalk till 9.
News talk till 10 (cant hack that fella on RTE).
RTE at 10 (cant hack tom dunne on Newstalk).
Kiberd at 12-1 on newstalk.
News at 1 on RTE.
After that it can be a mixed bag- usually end up on Radio Nova until 4.30 when it is flick between Newstalk, Today FM and RTE. If I am travelling anywhere after 7 in the evening its off the ball show.

Actually it could be more than 5-6 changes somedays!