Do people stlll have radios In the house ?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120395297#Comment_120395297

Officially the figures show that listenership amongst the youth is holding up alright but I believe that there's something very smelly about these figures https://www.adworld.ie/2023/02/10/radio-listenership-figures-remain-high-but-mixed-fortunes-for-some-broadcasters/

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120395110#Comment_120395110

What is your opinion on the way that listenership on "new" style devices like phones and smartspeakers are rather low here according to the jnlrs but over in the UK their rajars are showing about 25% of listenership via such devices?

dxhound2005

What does very smelly mean? Do you have any numbers from other sources?

Ger Roe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120395524#Comment_120395524

I haven't been directly involved radio for a while, so am not sure what specific questions are now being asked on the survey about listening on new devices. However, my direct experience on working with a considerable range of young people is that they are certainly listening to other 'new' devices, but they are not using them to listen to radio stations. They are using them to listen to streaming music playlist services or viewing music video on youtube.

That is only my opinion based on my most recent and current experience. Those who manage the survey can explain their findings and those that pay for it can ensure that they are happy with the approach it takes. The only people the JNLR has to satisfy are those who pay for it to be undertaken.

Sgt Hartman

I bought a big Phillips Hi Fi system back in 1999 thinking it was the coolest thing ever, with a 3 deck CD player and two cassette tape players. My Dad has it now, installed in the dining room. He listens to RTE Radio 1 news on it religiously at 1pm every day.

AlanG

Yes,

Without the radio on during breakfast in the mornings my kids wouldn't have a clue what was happeing in Irish news. What they listen to the rest of the time is controled by algorithms.

Larbre34

I have a Roberts AM/FM radio that I bought about 20 years ago, I still drag it around with me if working out in the garage or to listen to the sport while taking a shower. Its a good strong unit, fairly kind on batteries and I like the analogue functionality of it, especially when Android Auto in the car is glitching and giving me the pip!

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120395335#Comment_120395335

I thought Creative pulled out of ireland but they still have a presence here apparently..they ‘should’ be able to advise.

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Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120394470#Comment_120394470

Working ok here, maybe needs an aerial ? I’ve one of those small loop style ones, think it came with it.

theteal

I had a fairly basic Roberts yoke in the old house but it didn't survive the move 5 years ago. When looking to replace it, I was dead set on getting a WiFi connected version so I could pick up radio stations from all over (for my sins I wanted some Irish radio here in the UK). Then I saw the price of them, £60-70 for starters iirc. The Echo Dot yokes were around £20 at the time so that was an easy decision. It's still working a treat and when refurbing the kitchen last year we put some Bluetooth speakers in the ceiling which work great for upping the volume when needed.

The Continental Op

I think we have about 15 radios mostly roberts, about half regularly used but almost every room has at least one radio that receives long wave for BBC Radio 4.

dxhound2005

Roberts radios have the By Appointment logos, or at least they used to. The R900 which I have is probably the last "proper" Roberts, before they went Chinese. It is from the time in between where the names of stations e.g. Athlone were marked on the dial, and the modern time when there are memory presets. There are always a few R900's on eBay, with lots of other vintage radios. If buying an old one, watch out for ones which only have Long and Medium wave, or where FM coverage does not go up to 108 MHz.

The Continental Op

Yes have a few of the old R900's but tbh they have mostly had their day with problems with the pots and switches - basically worn out.

Yellow_Fern

I much rather a traditional radio than a radio on a phone. My phone is so heavy with apps which are run a lot that a conventional radio makes more sense more sense for me. I am convinced it is more cost effective to as my phones seem to wear out fast as it is. I enjoy using the radio on the TV as well. Radio on a laptop/desktop is ok too.

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120399701#Comment_120399701

Bit of switch cleaner might be all that is needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX_7mhcrZlk

Suckler

I have had an Amstrad CD/radio for years but recently dropped the power adaptor and it stopped working. Was dismayed to see it listed as 'Vintage' when I went to try get a new one.

https://www.google.com/search?q=amstrad+MC2800&rlz=1C1GCEA_enSA1043SA1043&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM7sHssPf9AhUZVKQEHfgUA6QQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1920&bih=947&dpr=1

windowcills

Its unbelievable that some posters are using the radio channels on their TV

That must use 10 times more power then a radio, maybe even 100 times

Plus shortens the life of a e300-e2000 TV

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120399963#Comment_120399963

I'd be surprised if the cost on the electric bill of runny a Telly v a Rado was more than a couple of cent, aslo there are radio stations on the TV that aren't on FM, RTE Gold being the most popular apparently.

lillycakes2

yep , we keep radio on at all times in Kitchen, Makes it homely. We are a couple in our late 30s

Riddle101

Radios are great and very handy I find. You can just have it playing in the background while you're working in the house or outside in the garden. In summer times when it gets hot and sunny, I usually sit outside in the back garden with a few cans and the radio turned on. So yeah, my family absolutely swears by having a radio.

Cody montana

I have an app and a Bluetooth speaker.

Mullaghteelin

Many of those tuners had atrocious quality, especially the alarm-clock radios with a thin wire hanging out the back for an aerial.

Modern chinese-made tuners with digital processing blow anything from that era out of the water.

Ironically you still have basic old school analogue tuners on sale at the same prices range as latest radios designed with 21st century digital technology. Similar to how mp3 players ended up cheaper than cassette Walkmen.

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120400353#Comment_120400353

Some us aren't tuning into stations that you can't even get on most modern chinese-made tuners. Try getting BBC Radio 4 on Long Wave on a modern chinese-made tuner with digital processing?

French Toast

We've a basic LED clock radio in the bedroom. Handy to glance at the time without having to click a phone etc.

We also have a radio speaker on the window above the sink. We listen to the radio every morning. Fine background noise.

Ozymandius2011

I have the second type of radio from the first post on this thread.

Hyperbollix

Yeah a few of them. A bedside digital alarm clock/radio, a mini HiFi for casettes or CD's should anyone need to play them (they don't) and a while back I invested in a cool little boxy 80's style ghetto blaster expressly for the bluetooth speaker in it. I listen to tonnes of radio, but the incessant repetitive ads do my head in, so I mainly listen to the show highlights in my own time on this speaker.

Bricriu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120386181#Comment_120386181

Jaysus, look what I did in that message of mine recently: I used that modern , Yankee word 'radio'.

I should have called it a 'wireless' - like all my people before me!

I'm off now to ready a cup of coco, and stick my feet into the back of the wireless to heat them up.

dxhound2005

In order for there to be a Wireless, there had to be a Wire before that. Which was wired or cabled telegraphy, sending messages by Morse Code, originally overland, then undersea as well. That is reflected in the company name Cable and Wireless. Wireless (Telegraphy) only came into the language near the end of the 19th century. What you have warming your feet is a Wireless Set, later on people dropped the Set bit. TV's were also called Television Sets early on. Wireless has made a comeback for describing mobile phone communications.

Radio is derived from Latin, so no need to fret about it being too modern.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=wireless%2C+radio&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3

andy1249

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120414294#Comment_120414294

For most , its simply Battery vs Mains , "Wireless" meant batteries and portable vs mains and plugged in .....

TheIrishGrover

I (50) have a clock radio for the bedroom. More because of the ruggedness of the clock radio (Easy to hit a button to snooze). But other than that, smart speakers around the house (Apart from office)