Essay 3

Isabel Astorga
MMC 1000
Essay 3

RADIO — Are you primarily a commercial AM, commercial FM, or non-commercial FM radio listener? When do you listen to the radio most frequently? Which are your favorite formats? Why?

Nowadays, there are three different categories that radio divides into, like commercial AM, commercial FM and non-commercial FM. If I had to place myself into a radio station, I would say that I am a commercial FM listener. This is because commercial FM radio stations are constantly playing music of different genres instead of news 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Plus, I find radio shows in commercial FM more entertaining than commercial AM. Nevertheless, I believe I have listened to AM radio more than twice because of a Spanish radio station that often narrates international soccer games.

Since many different music devices have been created along with radio stations, people like me prefer to listen to their mp3 players, CDs or iPods when they are in their cars. A reason to that is because they do not have to go through commercials and this way they listen only to music of their preference with no interruptions at all. Therefore, I am not a frequent radio listener, unless my iPod’s battery died, or I left my iPod at home. Only then, I listen to the radio. However, I must admit that sometimes I get tired of my own music and I turn off my iPod to listen to some show on the radio. Which is the only time and place I listen to the radio.