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FM Radio is dead ....R.I.P

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Has internet radio and streaming services like Rhapsody, Pandora, Spotify and MOG killed FM radio? Does FM radio via tuner and HD radio have a future in home audio?
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Mitch4t (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-29-12

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02-29-12 My local fm station just went hd. i have hd capable tuners. ... Rok2id

02-29-12 Internet streaming has killed fm for me. Brf

02-29-12 I no longer listen to fm radio because of poor fm reception ... Hgeifman

02-29-12 Question for you guys: what do you listen to on streaming in ... Bombaywalla

02-29-12 Depends. obviously there are as many fm stations as ever if ... Mapman

02-29-12 . bombaywalla, you need to subscribe to rhapsody music serv ... Mitch4t

02-29-12 well, this is exactly the point of pandora, i.e. to play si ... Cruz123

02-29-12 Seems like it should go just due to its terrible formating. ... Jsd52756

02-29-12 Fm dead? maybe, kinda, sorta. i've always enjoyed fm and th ... Onemug

02-29-12 Streaming radio certainly provides a much greater selection, ... Unsound

02-29-12 I basically only listen to one fm station, chicago's wfmt. ... Richardfinegold

03-01-12 Not even close to being dead for me, i listen to my local ... Philjolet

03-01-12 . cruz, you nailed it. pandora has introduced me to sooo m ... Mitch4t

03-01-12 Maybe not dead but definitely not in the best of health. i w ... Theo

03-01-12 At what point do you think fm radio will be replaced by inte ... Peter_s

03-01-12 A while back i was getting ready to pull the trigger on an o ... Nonoise

03-01-12 Ok, thanx for the feedback. i've learnt a few things here - ... Bombaywalla

03-01-12 I use an old tape source switching box so i have enough inpu ... Mapman

03-01-12 I can select internet radio stations from anywhere in the wo ... Hgeifman

03-01-12 . hgeifman, does your magnum dynalab internet tuner play ser ... Mitch4t

03-02-12 Mitch4t: my magnum dynalab md807t can access the following: ... Hgeifman

03-02-12 Fm = free music. long live free music. Tbromgard

03-03-12 Tbromgard: all of the internet stations i listen to today a ... Hgeifman

03-04-12 . hgeifman, thanks for the scoop on the md807t tuner. have ... Mitch4t

03-05-12 Mitch4t: the magnum dynalab 807t was the only internet devi ... Hgeifman

03-05-12 Mitch4t: magnum dynalab reports that rhapsody is not availab ... Hgeifman

03-05-12 Perhaps i am just behind the times, but fm radio still has a ... Glenfihi

03-05-12 No it's absolutely not dead to me, i listen to fm jazz 91.1 ... Dev

03-06-12 Thread name should be am radio rip. :p Singleendedsingle

03-07-12 . am radio died 35 years ago. you've got guys here on the ' ... Mitch4t

03-07-12 Mitch4t, i beg to differ: http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/tu-680n ... Unsound

03-07-12 . am radio? really, you can't be serious. unsound, you may ... Mitch4t

03-07-12 Mitch4t, that was an older product, they sold out the entire ... Unsound

03-07-12 I listen to fm in metro nyc every day: wfuv(90.7)(folk rock, ... Nglazer

03-07-12 I listen to fm radio every day. sometimes in the kitchen, al ... Donjr

03-22-12 Just a quick update: as omemug suggested, i used the thumbs ... Bombaywalla

03-22-12 Glad it's working for you. the "thump up/down" is ... Onemug

03-31-12 I have been spoiled by wfmt in chicago. it is the finest rad ... Quietcity

04-01-12 We listen to npr probably nine hours daily. there is no othe ... Tbg

04-01-12 Depends where one lives...i am blessed with jazz,classical,c ... Phasecorrect

04-02-12 . quietcity, i have found quite the opposite of your opinion ... Mitch4t

04-02-12 Quietcity +1. i also use the md 106t, signal sleuth & st2. i ... Isochronism

04-04-12 Mitch4t, you may be right about the variety that pandora can ... Quietcity

04-12-12 Fm radio is very popular in ny. alot of these fm stations ar ... Doug99

04-18-12 Doug99, do you mean throughout the state or just in nyc? i l ... Tbg

04-18-12 Xm (and to a lesser extent pandora) completely ruined fm for ... Loomisjohnson

04-21-12 Even though i have a high quality cd player and turntable, p ... Rontoolsie

04-21-12 Agreed rontoolsie. but, if you don't have that kind of fm s ... Realhifi