Woah, thank you for this. I’ve wanted to learn more about torrenting and how music files work anyway so actually sitting down and needing to study for this is a big plus.

Potash…potash is forever. I can never escape my dark past.

As with most things, when big corporations take over it becomes bad. Definitely agree with you that using it as your only way of getting info is bad, but it’s not much different from relying on one influencer or podcaster for all your info other than it being more likely to be more well researched. I will say at least with my local one it’s a pretty diverse method of entertainment. They’ve got all kinds of weird and quirky shows on.

Really depends on the station. Some of them (especially the bigger ones) will have ads quite frequently, but others will have a few every now and then and there are some that don’t have any at all.

Crosley CR3036D

Thanks. Got mine pretty recently and I’ve been enjoying it a lot. It’s nice when you want background noise but don’t wanna curate a playlist on a streaming platform. I have ADHD so I need some kind of background noise to be able to focus on most things. All I have to do is turn it on, sweet deal.

That’s very unfortunate. You can always stream other stations in NC or around the world, though. I promise there are some really cool ones out there.

I’m involved with a radio station in my area and it’s soooooo cool to sit in on shows. All of the stuff you hear is done by live humans. They go in and manually put CDs and curate the playlists and control the levels of everything. Sometimes they talk in between with some context for the song or random musings they have. Sometimes whoever is hosting will dedicate a particular song to somebody they know. It’s so endearing and human. Occasionally they’ll have a prerecorded show but most of them are live.