But more informed about the election? Huh? How does traffic help that? Oddly enough living so close to LA, I have yet to find a radio station that I can listen to in the wee morn' hours when I am 1/2 asleep, making that drive to the gym, and on the way home from work, when I am in bumper to bumper traffic. So, my constant has been listening to NPR. One radio station I have found...and stuck with.
I will admit, up until a few years ago, NPR never tickled my fancy. I always thought the people that listened to it were much more intellectually superior than myself. It always sounded so cool when I heard someone say "on NPR this morning I heard....". So I began to tune in on the NPR station back home in Colo. And surprisingly enough...I enjoyed it. Although because I grew up in Denver, I knew which radio stations to listen to for music too..so NPR always took a back burner to laughing with the Masters on the Fox (103.5) or Larry, Kendal and Kathy on 107.5.
So now, with no other true options to brighten my music loving ears, I have been tuning into NPR night and day. And surprisingly, loving how much election coverage I have been able to listen to. It helps living in California (which was a highly contested state during the primaries) and for once, when I vote later this year, I might actually know more about the candidates, their stand on key issues, and make a conscious decision, rather than just who "I happen to like" that day.
And I have nothing but slow moving traffic to blame! Who knew traffic would lead to something positive?
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Funny you should mention this because just this morning, I realized that I had finally found my Colorado station.... uhm make that my non-default NPR station because I too went through that phase (Just ask Pete).
After more than a year, I'm proud to say that as a more settled Colorado (from California) resident, I listen to KBCO.
But now I miss NPR ...
Becky, your comment made me laugh, because at some point my dad was extremely proud of being a KBCO listener. Don't know if they still run the commercials, but remember them interviewing people, who would tell about themselves, what they liked to do, if they had moved from out of state, etc. And at the end, all would say...I AM KBCO. My goofy father, said that a LOT. Was so proud he too was KBCO. So glad you have joined the ranks! :)
That isn't to say CA radio stations are bad. Found the famous KROQ I listen to every now and again, in between NPR hits. :)
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