radio

[redbird]

If I say I listen mostly to non-commercial radio, an NPR station, that sounds vaguely elitist.

It's not, in this case. Nostalgic, possibly. I'm listening to WFUV-FM (Fordham University, 90.7 FM out of the Bronx) for what I used to get on WNEW: a good mix of music, including things I know and like and things I've never heard before. They even gave a home to a lot of the DJs who made WNEW "where rock lives" when I was growing up: Dennis Elsas, Pete Fornatale, and the inimitable Vin Scelsa and "Idiot's Delight."

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[liv]

Thank you very much for this. I had the idea that one has to pay for commercial stations because I (obviously) listen to them streaming online, and quite often that is a paid for service. You've made things very clear here.

Public Radio & TV have a reputation for being educational - which, in most people's minds, translates to 'boring'
Well, I found this comment of yours very educational, and not at all boring. If that makes me an elitist, I'm delighted with the epithet.