Help please....
An expat reader has asked me, given how untrustworthy the BBC and Sky News are now, which radio stations I'd recommend as being the least biased.
It's a very good question, but I'm too focused on the BBC's output to be able to answer it other than to very tentatively suggest, say, LBC or Talk Radio.
Unfortunately, I don't listen to either of those anywhere near enough to say how fair their news output is. It could easily be just as bad (or good).
So where should we turn?
Can you offer any suggestions?
I just bought a DAB radio from Lidl in the sales for the kitchen. I stream on my PC working. Currently rock classics with about five awful Army ads an hour but no chat or 'news'.
ReplyDeleteVery good. In quality and choice.
I am working through the channels now.
Most of course are ad supported. Fair enough.
However all so far seem determined to have a daft DJ as filler and... 'news' So far all of them beyond BBC are served by Global or Sky, and are identically awful.
I think we've mentioned before that Radio Swiss Classic is a good alternative to the BBC. Unless they are propagandising in German (I wouldn't know!), you just get some fairly tuneful but not dumbed down classical music.
ReplyDeleteI did try Radio New Zealand a couple of times. Seemed OK but others say it's just as bad as the BBC.
I tend to switch between LBC and Talk Radio to create my own pro-populist balance, making sure to avoid nasty, unpleasant and plain wrong James O'Brien and Sheila Fogarty.
Classic FM (avoid Global News) and the rock classic stations mentioned by Peter are also generally PC-free environments.
Generally, I just listen to less radio now, knowing that whatever time I switch on Radio 4 (my favourite channel of old), I'm pretty much guaranteed to be getting a hot dollop of PC virtue-signalling in the ear.
I tend to select my own programming these days, mostly via You Tube. It's particularly good for finding out what's really happening in the USA and other foreign countries. But it's also brilliant for keeping up with science, technology and the arts generally. For those of us no longer in the first flush of youth, it's of course ideal for a trip down the old musical memory lane... which can easily turn into a very long lane indeed.
Yes, I need to update my technology - get an internet radio and one of those devices that enables you to listen online around the house.
I also need to investigate the world of podcasts which many of my friends favour. But I am more of a random listener, rather than a series listener...I used to enjoy just turning on Radio 4 and expecting to be entertained or informed, often by very interesting and intelligent individuals, rather than, as happens now, being preached at by some singularly thick and unimaginative persons.
I start with Radio 4 Today, then move on to YouTube :-}
ReplyDeleteCatch up with last night's Farage, Iain Dale, Tucker Carlson, maybe Ingraham.
I also listen to a fair bit of sensible lefty stuff - UK Column News (21st Century Wire), Jimmy Dore, some gorgeous George if he's around.
Also The Corbett Report (James Corbett) and Atheism Is Unstoppable.
And all of that while productively working !
...and for Podcasts, The No Agenda Show is very entertaining - Adam Curry and John Dvorak.
DeleteYou can get a free app for "Conservative Talk Radio"from the Apple Store. You get a wide variety of different stations (my preferences are for "WAAV" and "Fox News Talk"). There are also sections for individual hosts such as Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. It's great for the middle of the night to escape the achingly PC World Service.
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