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elzbardico | on: I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station
I miss the experience of having career professionals 100% dedicated to the music world curating a list of what I would hear. Of course, it was not perfect, there were ads, most stations played pop slop, but most of the time there was a few stations for your taste, your knew your preferred DJs times and there was a certain sense of community in being a regular fan of a show.
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dewey | parent | next
How much of that do you think is rose tinted glasses and nostalgia? On paper that doesn't sound too different than Apple Music Radio for example where there's radio shows with local DJs or hosts that talk, play music and have curated play lists by a human editor.

I'm sure other streaming services have the same and curators can pick from a much larger set of music, from any part of the world. More than they ever could at a radio station where they had to order and ship CDs around.

There's also many independent internet radio stations or music podcasts these days which can be launched for little money, don't require a broadcasting license and can be listened to from any place in the world.

I understand the nostalgia angle, but objectively it seems like what we currently have is better and more open on all counts.

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teroshan | parent | next
What fills that void for me: https://www.nts.live/

I have a list of "Shows" I follow, with regular updates from star guests (Tim Reaper for jungle music [1] , Lena Raine for video game OST [2], ...)

Their "NTS Guide to..." [3] is really great to peek into a new genre as well.

I highly recommend.

[1] https://www.nts.live/shows/tim-reaper

[2] https://www.nts.live/shows/lena-raine

[3] https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to

sockaddr | parent
I miss that as well but more than likely (at least in the US) that "curated" channel you use to listen to was probably owned by Clear Channel and probably the same exact content played in every other city where everyone else felt like it was for them as well.
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