AOA crowd car radio presets
If there was a "crowd radio."
Last week, Capitol to Capital asked about the stations people had preset on their car radios.
A bunch of people answered, so we thought it'd be fun to count responses to see what stations the AOA crowd is listening to...
Before we tune this in: Yep, this is completely and totally non-scientific. Every time a station was mentioned, it got counted. Multiple frequencies for the same station were grouped (example: WAMC 90.3 was counted with WAMC AM 1400). Ratings rank from Radio Online, based on Arbitron ratings. (Non-commercial stations such as WRPI are not included in the ratings.)
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It's heartening to see WGNA so low on that list. I love living in the northeast.
... said Craig Patik on Dec 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM | link
hardly surprising considering the types of people this page caters to.
... said Karner Blue on Dec 19, 2011 at 6:36 PM | link
nice data
... said Barold on Dec 19, 2011 at 7:48 PM | link
I hope radio lovers here appreciate having WEQX and WEXT. You won't find excellent radio like that in major cities.
... said Jiminy on Dec 19, 2011 at 8:08 PM | link
This is an amusing combination of self-selection and self-reporting.
But then, my presets are (in order) my iPod transmitter, WAMC, WEQX, WEXT, and *hangs head* WGY.
... said LB on Dec 19, 2011 at 8:17 PM | link
I am a huge fan of the Crush.
... said Robert on Dec 19, 2011 at 9:09 PM | link
I was honestly thinking of suggesting the information from that post be charted - thank you AOA!
... said Jessica R on Dec 20, 2011 at 9:24 AM | link
WEQX
... said xina on Dec 20, 2011 at 9:26 AM | link
Last week I went to a costume birthday party with the direction to "dress as a rock star or favorite artist--be creative!"
Apparently representing both myself and the Capital Region AOA readers accurately, I attended as NPR - the best thing on the radio.
... said Capitol to Capital on Dec 20, 2011 at 9:33 AM | link
I know this poll refers to local radio, but would be interesting to see what percentage of local listeners tune in to satellite or internet radio instead of the local offerings.
... said Shamus on Dec 20, 2011 at 10:10 AM | link
The pre-sets in the graphic? That's exactly what I have in my car... except I don't have four others, 'cause there aren't any other local stations I like.
... said Ellen on Dec 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM | link
This is interesting, although not surprising. AOA seems like an artsy/creative/liberal crowd and that's pretty much in line with those stations.
Musical tastes are very telling.
... said Kristi on Dec 20, 2011 at 4:14 PM | link
I haven't felt so predictable an unoriginal since I discovered "Stuff White People Like."
... said Jackers on Dec 20, 2011 at 4:58 PM | link
typical!
A website for liberal bleeding heart liberals, vote for a liberal bleeding heart liberal radio station catering to them. Thats like asking Christians to rank their favorite holiday!!
whats the point?
... said astor on Dec 20, 2011 at 5:15 PM | link
Don't mind astor, he hasn't had his daily quota of puppy kicking and is a bit testy. If we're lucky, tomorrow he'll get a chance to yell "get a job!" at someone and all will be right in the world.
... said B on Dec 20, 2011 at 11:24 PM | link
Well, I have WAMC, WCDB, something, WMHT, and... something. yeah, I don't listen to the radio much. Especially since got my iPod adapter installed in my car. It only took me, oh... 7ish years after I bought the car... ;)
... said Andy on Dec 21, 2011 at 2:57 PM | link
ahhh so I'm mean and unbalanced for making an observation! I'm glad you told me that.
I thought I was just making an observation about the unsurprising results of a survey conducted by a member of a subculture, of that same subculture, then everyone being so surprised and happy of course that no one listens to the "evil" WGY
... said astor on Dec 22, 2011 at 5:58 AM | link