My girlfriend and I were in Hubble (my car) driving somewhere recently, listening to 99.9 Virgin radio. Not since I had a blank tape in my "ghetto blaster", listening to 92.5 KISS FM, waiting for a song to come on that was cool enough to anxiously run over and press "record" have I really listening to the radio. I got my first iPod in 2004 or thereabouts and suddenly the radio seemed irrelevant.
[SIDENOTE: I saved up for my iPod mini for months! $400 for a 4gb iPod... hilarious!]
But it's really not irrelevant, or at least it's still entertaining. Now that I commute around 400 km a week I quite enjoy the radio. I was inspired by my sister who regularly listens to Top 40 radio and therefore can sing to every song that comes on. So, I began to tune in to 99.9 mostly, with a side of 103.5 and 93.5.
So my GF and I were in the car and she says something along the lines of: "Do you think we could take a break from this? It's too much!" With that she switched over to CBC Radio 2. Immediately I felt a tension released; the calm voices of the DJs, the generally mild music selections, the absence of advertisements and the two-song stretch before you hear any human voices.
I haven't switched my car radio from CBC Radio 2 in weeks.
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