I listen to FiveLive on AM in the car.

I listen to Radios 1, 2 and 4 on FM in the car (depending on what's on)

I listen to 6Music (and the aforementioned others) on DAB when at home.

Amongst my podcasts for dogwalking duty I take Kermode & Mayo, Fighting Talk and In Our Time. Also the occasional XFM special.

I listen to all sorts of radio over the web whilst at work (live and listen-again). This includes the main stations along with things like Radio London and TripleJ from Australia (I live in North Yorkshire).

When Swindon Town commentary is available from Radio Swindon, then I'l listen to that on my laptop at home.

In addition there are various web-only podcasts, but I don't really count that as radio - that's audio-blogging. Radio is something that's on all the time, which you tune in-and-out of. I haven't found any decent online radio stations. LastFM is the nearest you'd get, but that doesn't count either.

I had no idea DAB+ was on the way. I'm off to find out about it....

I listen to alot of radio via my free view box. ironically my digital radio is sat on top of tv set. The freeviews good because of the remote so swap back to the footy etc if they are playing James Blunt. I also listen to fm on my phone.

As to stations BBC Radios 2,4,6, London and five occassionally. More likely to catch the local footy commentary via the website. I have never listened to commercial radio apart from XFM before it went rubbish.
I do listen to a lot of podcasts, mainly BBC, not found any others I like, they tend to be rather pleased with themselves Americans gushing about their favourite tunes.

when I'm out and about on foot or on a choo-choo.

Radios 2, 3 or 4 via the Freeview channel on the telly, as it's piped through to speakers in the kitchen, which means I can hear it in there without having to rattle the windows in the lounge.

Random bursts of noise and static interspersed with the occasional snatch of Radios 2 or 4 via the wind-up Goodmans thing in the dash of the ancient vehicle on my way to and from work.

News on "Today" in the am, and on "PM" in the pm. Music from Radio 2 whenever the news is too dull or depressing, usually Mr Evans at "Drive Time", or, even better, Mr Maconie when the ginger one is off somewhere.

I always look out for "Material World" on Radio 4, on Thursdays at 4.30 I think from memory, but I can't always escape from work early enough to enjoy that pleasure. There's also a good book programme in the 4.30 slot with Mariella Phwoarstrup that I like to catch.

I can't bear any of the commercial radio stations, they all seem pretty dire to me, and the actual sound they make, irrespective of the playlist, is offensive to my ears. Too compressed?

DAB Radio doesn't work well in this neck of the woods, even though we're only 12 miles from Bath; something to do with line-of-sight and the lie of the land. I can't say I lose any sleep over it. We had to get a bloody great mast which looks like it came from a NATO surplus store just to get an unbroken digital telly picture, so DABs probably buggered round here for the foreseeable.

In a 28 Months Later scenario, I don't think I'd miss much except Radio 4.

The rest of the time the CD changer gets hammered; it's often full of Word CDs.

I live outside the UK, so all my UK listening is done by internet.This means i can get my Danny Baker fix. The BBC listen again thing is a godsend
Also listen to a lot of US stations and some UK stuff by using a Proxy when content(football) is not allowed outside UK.
.When i'm in the UK i usually have a radio in at least 3 rooms and use my Mp3(Zen) when i'm in the street.

Give it 5 years max. and Radio for music will be a non-entity. The reasons for this being that accessibility and diversification have never been more prevalent. I can now listen at home via the PC, connected to the hifi, to my itunes library consisting of 11.3 days(and growing) of MY music.
I never bother with the shops these days, everything is available and often before it is released via the web. In fact shops are more content to push the DVD market and relegate the music to the more customer unfriendly parts of the store.
Kids are seeking out their own tastes, often without ever listening to music radio.
I feel fortunate to have grown up with the popular music of the Fifties, Pirate Radio, Beatlemania, Soul, Disco, Progressive Rock and the rest. Old enough to make choices based on a sound musical judgement - which certainly means avoiding Commercial Radio where musical choice is a based on playing the safe route and maximising advertising revenue.It was not always that way but with each takeover music choice has diminished.
It should also be noted that DAB, in whatever form, has the makings of being redundant in a few years. I understand from my contacts in the Industry we should have gone down the road of Digital Radio Mondial, as they have in Sweden. This system broadcasts by converting an AM signal into Stereo.
Just remember technology will always change and the quicker it does consumer coice is widened.

...since I got my first iPod. All the choice I want and need without any inane chatter.

I still discover, and experience, loads of new music - but, bizarrely, mainly by reading about it in the first instance rather than hearing it. Which is quite disturbing really.

But rather that than trawl through the oceans of inaneness that pollute the airwaves.

And while I'm on, can someone please explain the attraction of 'Fighting Talk' to me? It does my head in. That random bloody bell dinging while desperately unfunny people try desperately to be amusing!

But I've found that DAB seems to be more horrors than hits..

http://channelmondo.blogspot.com/2008/02/never-mind-quality-feel-bandwid...

Please feel free to delete, if this isn't relevant.

You couldn't have a better topic. Put a radio on the cover instead of a mugshot and see if it works. (easy for me to say)
The thought of listening to new guitar bands, or music radio broadcast by a presenter who was a teenager in the 80's holds no interest. So, if I want to listen to old Rn'B, Americana, or quality music that interests me, I'm generally f*cked. Charlie Gillet gave up his Saturday night BBC London show, although he's still on the World Service, Gerry Lyseight wasn't allowed to carry the flame by the management dullards, so that's a gone pleasure. What do I listen to 'live'? Radio 4, occasionally Radio 3 and quite often Classic FM (aka Smug FM) if there's a good concert on. Danny Baker's essential if in the car (I'll often arrange a journey at that time). Sounds of The Sixties on R2 as well. The greatest invention ever though, is Listen Again when I'm at a PC.
Sean Rowley's Saturday midnight show for good old and new, and when it's quiet in the office, a blast of R2 /R4 music or comedy.
I have a complete inability to listen to radio on the TV, though. It's not right is it?

I listen to Radio 5 in the car on the way to and from work.

Podcast, often at night if I am struggling to sleep (Word, Fighting Talk, Kermode and Russell Howard/John Richardson). Haven't found any others I like - a good podcast guide may be a great idea for an article if nothing else as there is too much choice and mostly its crap.

At home Radio 5 or 6 in the kitchen whilst cooking etc. However this may be habit as R5 is not as good as it used to be. Will also listen to football on R5 but again less so (Leeds are just never featured anymore....)

Almost forgot to add R4 comedy if in car (and I do get the R4 Friday Night Comedy podcast as well).

Our area has crap AM reception so we went DAB to get decent quality 5Live for the news and the sport. R2 gets a lot of airtime - FM on the DAB portable 'cos the sounds better and the batteries last longer. DAB also gives us R7 and all that old comedy - including the genius that was Kenny Everett on a Sunday evening.

The commercial stations on DAB seem to be mindless formulaic wallpaper. Internet radio is fascinating because of the range and variety of stations. However, for me it is still more about curiosity and exploration than developing station loyalty.

Bottom line is when I want to listen to music I have 11017 songs on the iPod - 60.7 days seeing as you asked - and between playlists and the randomiser I am royally entertained. Lots of Word tracks of course - 41 CDs so far!

Gavin

I listen to Mark Kermode's film reviews religiously on Five Live via the podcast. I try and catch Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour on XM Deep Tracks, usually included free on AOL Radio -

http://music.aol.com/radioguide/bb

-and I sometimes listen to Jeremy Vine and Chris Evans in the car.

Monday morning drive to work made bearable by five live's Fighting Talk

Also regular listens:

Word podcast obviously

Football Weekly from the Guardian on Monday and Thursday with James Richardson and pals

Stuff from the incrediblly posh sounding Economist.com pod on a Sunday. Particularly like their preview of the week.

Buzz out loud from CNET. US based tech pod, very informative and fun.

Just started, Stephen Fry's podgram although his first one is a bit depressing as he broke his arm and is feeling sorry for himself.

Stuff podcast. English tech pod from Stuff magazine, reassuringly unprofessional (sound familiar?!)

This week in tech, similar to the Buzz out loud but a weekly round up which is a bit more cynical

Any more from others?

On awakening, I turn on Radio 4 and have a competition with myself to guess how many times John Humphreys can annoy, irritate or interrupt someone whilst interviewing. I can't stand "loudmouth" Moyles on the drive to work (or the dire playlist) so normally it's just Wogan wittering on while he stuffs his face with muffins and bacon sarnies and his producer selects the same records he played the previous week. For lunch, it's half an hour of Jeremy Vine which always holds my attention and he knows his music.Depending on the traffic and my mood, it's either Classic FM, Radio 3 or Evans drivetime for the journey home. I didn't think Radcliffe and Maconie would work together, but I love their show now and they always play something which you haven't heard and feel you must investigate further. I was sad to hear that digital station "The Jazz" is soon to head to radio heaven as it just seemed to be finding its feet.A real shame, we won't see another new jazz station in a hurry. 6music still plays an interesting mix but it seems to be struggling with its presenters at the moment. For late night listening there's nothing better than Radio 3's Late Junction or if I haven't had time to listen yet, The Word Podcst.

got one for christmas. Somehow it's better than through TV and am listening to Tom Robinson now on 6 music. He just played Absolutely Sweet Marie, which I hadn't heard for some time and it sounded great. I like his show. He's an affable chap and plays a good variety of tunes, old and new. Must admit I keep it on 6 - would try other stations but no remote you see. Just too far to reach to browse.

Otherwise also go for Jonathan Ross - good for when do overtime at office on Saturdays am. I know he is universally derided here (meaning a small number of people have expressed a strong dislike), but his radio show is fine by me.

Can't get into internet radio - just not quite yet ready to get my head round that concept, but no doubt it's worth it. As for listening to my own self-made internet show, I would miss the sense that it is a shared experience I reckon. Not keen on the idea that we all create our own sort of selfish world of entertainment all the time. Obviously you want to play your own collection too, but I still like the company of certain radio personalities and the unexpected selection of track, which is not that common I know but still can be found on certain shows - that are not Radio 1 or Wogan (who I can't abide on radio).

it seems untrue that Zeppelin used to use this place as their stomping ground for new tracks. State-owned radio is one notch less than utter rubbish in its' playlists. Commercial radio is no better with the usual mix of mid-stream rock and comfortable hip-hop. DAB doesn not have the national reach so difficult to pick up stations outside of those on FM. Internet offers some haven tuning into BB6 and the US college stations. I do miss Steve Lamacq and Mark Radcliffe's shows.

I actually bought the DAB radio (or had it bought) for Mojo radio, but found, bizarrely, that it was only available on Freeview. I turned the dial to Radio 6 and it got stuck.

As others have said, weekday mornings on 6 are not as good as they used to be when Phil Jupitus was there. Chris Hawkins is OK but the fellow on after him at 7am (Keaveney?)is dire.

Weekends are delight with Adam and Joe, Stephen Merchant and Stuart Maconie (though he tends to get shut off by the wife after the first atonal masterpiece from Sun Ra or some such)

Otherwise, apart from the odd live radio 5 commentary, its podcasts for me too - the Word, the Archers, R4 Friday night comedy, KCRW and (just returned, hurrah!) Tom Ravenscroft's New Music Download.

Radios 2 and 4 mostly in the car - particular favourites are Sounds of the Sixties on Saturday morning car journeys and Sunday's Pick of the Pops (tho' Dale Winton's lack of t sounds can be a bit weird sometimes - 'The Beadles' anyone?).

Sometimes late night Radio 1 can be quite good, on Monday night last week Colin Murray was really interesting and had a great spoken word piece by Polar Bear that was Fab.

At home it's 6music in the kitchen and bedroom and Radio Norfolk for the football (that's the Mr, not me).

Thank goodness for Air Tunes and Airfoil, both software packages send iTunes, web-radio and ‘listen-again' programmes around the house.

The default setting is ‘shuffle' of the rather extensive library. We call it ‘Radio iPod'. It contains 31 days of everyone's favourite music from High School Musical (we have a 10 year old) to the most obscure rock snob classics, and even includes ‘When A Child is Born'…but that is only played at Christmas time.

The actual radio station of choice is the web-based Radio Paradise from California - just the occasional station ident. and plenty of ‘eclectic' music. Of course there is listen-again for the odd BBC programme: Johnnie Walker, Bob Dylan - when the latter is available, and maybe a music documentary I may have missed.

The only truly unmissable programme is the Monday R3 Kershaw show (obviously in recent times this has been the Charlie Gillett version) - this is programmed into Sky+, and is enjoyed whilst reading the weekend papers. Other music radio shows are fairly disposable and are grabbed in the car, or at work, for a short periods of time. Increasingly these programmes seem to feature lots of people talking over a very narrow selection of programmed music.

Wasn't it Kershaw, Peel or Walters that spoke of ‘broad'casting? At the moment only my ‘Radio iPod' comes close.

According to media guardian;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/guardianmediagroup.radio

Not sure what it will play - the previous Jazz FM seemed to be pretty anodine whenever I listened to it, at least in it's latter days, while people seemed quite pleased with The Jazz's content. Have to wait and see, I guess...

Like many others who can't be bothered, I tend to stick to Radio 2 in the car... I can't stand Chris Evans though. When the inoffensive crap gets too much for me I go for the MP3 or Tom Ravenscroft's (another fan here!) Slash Music / New Music Download podcast thing from Channel 4 Radio. At home it tends to be 6music - Adam and Joe just get better with age - or Radcliffe and Maconie... A great show that I'd love to have on every afternoon - it would get me past that post lunch lull without a problem.

...go to http://speechification.com/ where a bunch of enthusiasts are archiving and making available for further listening lots of the best speech radio from around the world. This is the kind of stuff you miss because it's on Radio Four during the day or broadcast by NPR in the States or ABC in Australia. Gems I have discovered this way include the Kitchen Sisters excellent ten minute shows for NPR, Will Self seeing if it's possible to walk into Manhattan from the airport and "Don't Hang Up", four brilliant documentaries which involve ringing phone boxes all over the world and talking to whoever answers.

Radio 2 tends to be the station of choice, followed by 5 Live, because you don't tend to get the same old stuff over and over again - a subject close to the Word Magazine's heart.

However, whisper it quietly, I've also developed a liking for Smooth Radio London - simply because its choice of music is far wider than any other London-based commercial station.

We have a mixture of DAB and regular FM/AM radios in the house, which is irritating when you walk from room to room, because the digital signal is delayed by those few seconds.

I also listen again to some of the BBC's shows online and download things like Mark Kermode's podcast.

Used to love 6Music's breakfast show, as well, until Shaun Keavney took over - jut can't deal with his voice in the morning.

Well, for me anyway.

Most of my music listening is cd's in the car. The radio does not get listened to very much and certainly not for music. The choice of radio stations in Ireland (in relation to music) is abyssmal. Great for talk show radio.

So if I want to listen to any BBC shows it has to be on the internet and unfortunately I don't get any time to do that. I was happy to see the Jonathan Ross show (edited version) added to iTunes which I am now downloading - any suggestions on otherr good BBC shows to download are more than welcome by the way.

Aside from that - The Word Podcast is better than any radio show. Whether I'm walking around Tesco's, out and about or lying in bed it entertains no end. Of course, I get some funny looks in Tesco's but I'm ok with that!

If only Word had a music podcast we'd really be in business. How about a good 2 hour music and chat filled show - you know you want to!

As not in UK, listen almost exclusively on internet - 5Live, Robert Elms, Danny Baker, Sean Rowley, Charlie Gillett and the odd podcast.

I used to listen to DAB in UK, but the format is held back by its lack of use in the car. Overseas they seem to be a bit more advanced with DAB+(or AAC+) which is higher quality and should prove more car-friendly.

Don't have radio on much for general programmes. Cannot stand to have someone wittering. Use CDs if I want music in the house or car. Use my Pure Bug DAB to record radio programmes (usually concerts or documentaries) onto SD card, then listen to it later or convert from recorded MP2 to format for iPod for mobile listening. Sometimes use a stream recorder on the PC to record similar programmes from the internet from overseas stations. Occasionally listen to the Arrow on DAB - it's like listening to shuffle of a sub-section of my music collection. Listen to Radio 4 for News at 10 pm.

You use your what to do what with a what?!

Can't miss Kermode on a fri but also love the Four Colour Podcast (comics) and the excellent Classic Albums Podcast www.classicalbums.libsyn.com.

I'm a radio 4 junkie myself and my fave is A Good Read. I also will only have 6 music for tunes

Looks good. I'll check that out, thanks.

I'll be checking that out too!

I've slipped into depressingly familiar radio listening routines. Wogan for breakfast every morning - for the chat not the music. Used to be a 6Music fanatic but since the Lesley Douglas hatchet job on it's daytime output I now amuse myself with Listen Again while I'm at work - Gideon Coe and Liz Kershaw's shows from 6 - good chatter, no over-the-top hystrionics and no gang of friends in tow. Also, a good playlist, particularly Gid's show which picks up archive session and concert stuff. In fact, I think a number of Gid's listeners are also represented on this board as his show often seems to pick up on similar discussion threads ! Other than that, its Sounds of the Sixties and all of Mark Lamarr's shows on 2. An occasionally Steve Lamacq on 6.

6 used to cater for my needs as a forty-something female still interested in music but not any more (during the day anyway), so interested in other listening suggestions.

I listen to 6music a lot; Stephen Merchant, Adam and Joe and Gideon Coe are my favorites. Although they have let themselves down with George Lamb. He is the most inane idiotic person I have ever heard in my life. It's like they have asked for an even more witless Chris Moyles. I thought that wasn't possible. But it is and the prat's on 6music every bloody day.

I like the Guardian podcasts for music and comedy.

R2 has Radcliffe and Maconie (they discuss sandwich ingredients and great music all in one show - what more do you want?) and the country hour with Bob Harris.

Listen again does my head in. It is useless. Bad sound quality.

Hello. Yes. BBC Listen Again does sound a little, oooh, under par.

Luckily, I'm in charge of it - well, the technology behind it, anyway. There's a big piece here about it but the executive summary is... "It'll sound a darn sight better from the end of April".

Glad that's settled, then.

James Cridland, BBC

You've probably had the email telling you it's off the air now as well. What goes on?

I don't really like listening to radio
You can probably guess one of the reasons right off; the thing is, I like listening to music, not some total idiot who thinks he's funny. Play the song, then tell me who and what it was. End of story.
We have the local commercial station on at work, a choice which was the least painful for everyone there. It goes without saying that I hate ads too, although I understand the need for them.

Ideally, a music station should play a mixture of old and new, right across genres; it should allow me to be exposed to new music that wouldn't necessarily be mainstream, but still play stuff from the charts.

Don't want much, do I?

There's no better company than Bob Harris for the late night drive home on a Saturday night after a gig . He's equally as enjoyable at home with a glass of red.

Another thing is why do we have to have news all the time - especially on BBC, like 6 Music. OK I understand it on radio 2 for when driving but really you can get news easily elsewhere. Why does it have to intrude all the time? Similarly on BBC3 on TV - there's multiple 24 hrs news channels for chrissakes and the internet - bulletins on BBC news site whenever you want. There you are enjoying whoever at Glastonbury, then on comes the '60 seconds' news interruption yet again. Piss off!I know it's some government requirement but it's stupid and irritating. Sorry to digress.

Actually I like to hear the headlines on the way home from work so I'm glad they have them on 6Music (sorry - I'm too much of a music fan to listen to Radio 2) I must admit that I'm more interested in the music news than anything else though. A quick "what's been going on in the world" and then back to the music is good on the drive home.

Yes. I can't understand this migration to 2. The music really is rank. I tried Mark Radcliffe for a while and although I love the boy, the music just withered my glands. 4 for talk and 6 for tunes. ALL THE WAY

I used to be a 6 Music obsessive: telling everyone I knew to switch on to hear quality music and affable presenters who knew their stuff. Days at work flew by listening to the dulcet tones of the two Phills (oh and where is Welsh Phil working these days?), Gideon Coe, Vic McGlynn and Steve Lamaq. Oh how things have changed. Can just about cope with Keaveny and Nemone, but what in the name of all that is holy is George Lamb doing on the station that claims to be 'closer to the music that matters'?
Now I flit between Asian Network, Radio Scotland and (soon to be lost) Planet Rock.
Stuart Maconie, Mark Radcliffe, Marc Riley, Tom Robinson and The godlike genius of Gideon Coe all personal favourites.