Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the Radio?

Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by danjc on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @03:48AM (#12077405)

Agreed. You don't realize how invasive radio and TV advertising is until you don't have it.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by kuschku on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:20AM (#12078719)

To be honest, I haven't heard a radio ad or seen a TV ad in almost 4 years.

And I use radio daily, and watch some TV every now and then.

But I only listen to N-Joy (part of the German public broadcaster NDR).

Seriously, foundation-funded and tax-funded media are probably the best at the moment, considering how ad-ridden and biased the private media are becoming.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by nibs on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:59AM (#12079584)

The only ads I see now are billboards, which leads to weird distortions in what products, cars, TV Shows, etc. I am aware of.

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by flubert on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @12:35PM (#12080451)

Maybe not for everyone, but my local Christian station doesn't have ads.

http://www.klove.com/music/radio-stations/radio-station-down...

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by danjc on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @04:31PM (#12082081)

Thanks, I'll try it

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Re:Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the... by nannal on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @03:56AM (#12077441)

what's more, it's remarkably annoying, being subjected to adverts on someone else’s TV is absolutely infuriating.

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