slo’s WEDNESDAY 4/26 poll - Car Entertainment

[Meriweather]

out and about locally a local FM radio station

long road trips, books on CDs

 

[Colleen27]

Mostly playlists and podcasts on Spotify or FM radio on NPR or the local alternative-rock station. I tried Sirius since my car came with a free trial, but the rotation on each station feels very shallow - it doesn't take long to start hearing song repeated - and the genre stations are so narrow that getting any sort of mix takes more channel surfing than I care for, so I didn't continue the subscription when the trial ended.

 

[MIGrandma]

Mostly Sirius XM - 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, also the Blend, and Escape. Occasionally my own playlists.

 

[Skywalker3]

2 or 3 local FM stations (not in the AM tho, 1 is just talk radio in the AM, and I hate that!), my phone play list (very much need to update this, add more tunes, ) and sometimes a CD. One vehicle still has 1 CD holder, new car doesn't even had a CD player. Currently alternating between Tom Petty's greatest hits, and Last of the Mohicans soundtrack.
But more often than not, I"m listening to youtube videos/vloggers (mostly Disney and Star Wars, but there are a few other I watch.)

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Local radio FM. I'm always the passenger so I don't really get a say in what's played. My aunt listens to B101.1 out of Philly. Now that I think, my sister has Sirius XM and plays the 80s channel.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I really would love to listen to my CDs and we do have a portable CD player for long trips. Mostly though, it’s SeriusXM.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Nothing. I don’t drive often but when I do I like doing it in silence.

 

[soccerdad72]

Mostly XM, but occasionally Spotify / Amazon Music or (more rarely) a podcast or audio book.

 

[fla4fun]

For short errands, local FM radio. For longer trips, CDs. My car does have a CD player and I keep a case with some favorites in the console. The music relaxes me when I drive. I would be very tense without it.

 

[lovin'fl]

Mostly Sirius. First Wave, Lithium, Alt Nation. Occasionally I’ll go with 70s on 7 or 80s on 8 for a day.

Maybe twice a year I’ll play a CD.

This is me too. Except no CDs for me, all XM.

 

[CynBeth]

A mix of local FM and AM plus XM.

 

[mumto3girls]

Mostly my own playlist and podcasts I’ve downloaded with a mix of fm radio and the playlists of other family members.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Mostly Sirius. A wide range of genres.

 

[nene0182]

Amazon music from my phone

 

[jo-jo]

Our radio no longer works in car. 90 % of our driving is under 30 mins, so usually nothing. But DH drives to grocery store, stays in car while I shop and listens on phone to spotify. Most times also reads a book.

 

[Mysterian]

I have a paid YouTube account, I typically play from a downloaded playlist.

 

[NAB]

680 am to hear the traffic on the highway.

If not on the highway fm local stations that play a lot of older stuff.

 

[easyas123]

A combo of Sirius and a AM talk radio channel out of Baltimore.

 

[kanerf]

I have been using Satellite Radio since it came out. I have often lived in rural areas and/or driven long distances and I like being able to listen to the same programming without having to search for another station.

 

[amcnj]

Mostly a local FM station. Occasionally a local AM station for sporting event broadcasts. I don’t really drive a lot anymore though.

On longer drives I find I often zone out and don’t really listen to the radio; at best it becomes background noise. When the kids were younger I mainly listened to the soundtracks of their dvd’s. There are still some I know the dialog for but have never actually seen!