Guest Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 What are the best talk radio stations? Ones about news, current affairs, good opinion. I want something with no music and less adverts. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Radio WM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AVFCforever1991 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 9 hours of talk radio 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 What are the best talk radio stations? Ones about news, current affairs, good opinion. I want something with no music and less adverts. Cheers You'll probably be wanting 5Live or Radio 4 then. Or Radio 4 Extra on digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 5, 2014 Moderator Share Posted August 5, 2014 What are the best talk radio stations? Ones about news, current affairs, good opinion. I want something with no music and less adverts. Cheers You'll probably be wanting 5Live or Radio 4 then. Or Radio 4 Extra on digital. This mos def. Anything commercial is a) full of commercials and full of presenters trying to be controversial, guests that are controversial and idiots on the phone being controversial, so people get wound up and stay listening to… see a) or dialling in on revenue earning numbers. Stick to the beeb and stick to national beeb, parochial beeb is generally dreadful with the odd exception (Radio Wales is reasonable but it has a bigger budget than most) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Well I wouldn't listen to Alex Jones Infowars. When I had a better phone I had the tunein radio app and found lots of talk radio through their search categories. I used to listen to a lot of NPR and shows on specific conversations but you can access some stations that broadcast the same shows over and over again. Edited August 5, 2014 by itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Turn on Radio 4 now and you'll hear Sinead O'Connor being interviewed - She sounds like a bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 5, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2014 Average age of the Radio 4 audience = 55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Podcasts are the best form of talk radio. There are hundreds of them on every subject you could possibly want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 BBC Radio 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Podcasts are the best form of talk radio. There are hundreds of them on every subject you could possibly want. I challenge you to find me one about bumming foxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 (edited) Turn on Radio 4 now and you'll hear Sinead O'Connor being interviewed - She sounds like a bloke David Sedaris was on earlier and he sounded like a woman. Edited August 5, 2014 by coda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Podcasts are the best form of talk radio. There are hundreds of them on every subject you could possibly want. I challenge you to find me one about bumming foxes. Why? Are you into bestiality or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Yes and no. I like to stick the tip before I start crying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 David Sedaris was on earlier and he sounded like a woman. The other half likes him. I remember the story of Sedaris visiting Anne Frank's house being funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 He's on This American Life a lot. His stories are always funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I've looked at podcasts, I can't find many. I'm staying away from anything BBC related right now too. I have beyondpod on my phone but nothing on there I stick to. The problem is, anything I do find is full of annoying adverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'm a big fan of this series. http://smodcast.com/channels/fatman-on-batman/ He has some brilliant guests on, he's very knowledgeable and there are only adverts at the very beginning you can bypass with a quick skip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I toggle between 5 Live & Talkl Sport* usually when going to/from work with the odd CD. Keeps me up to speed with events in the world I never listen on the way home as Adrian Durham is a complete and utter word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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