When you’re driving down the road, do you enjoy just being with your thoughts — no music or other electronic distractions? But maybe your thing is talk radio or podcasts. . . Or do you prefer conversation with your companion? Boy, there sure are a lot of options these days.
Let’s see what RVers out there across the vast North America continent are listening to. Go ahead and make two choices if it’s hard to pick just one.
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We used to love listening to the CB on the road. Unfortunately we love our wife more…
I still take a CB with us when we travel with our trailer. While some of the ‘content’ has gone downhill in the past decade or so, it’s still the best thing going when emergencies crop up.
Anything without commercials – preferably SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction or Fox Business News
Used to enjoy the radio, but anymore, all I can hear is a whiny noise coming from the right side of the coach. It just keeps repeating… Go faster, slow down, pay attention, where are you going?
I really need to get that looked at !
Sounds like you’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’, Rich. 😆 —Diane at RVtravel.com
the wife……I can use the radio when traveling alone in all the vehicles!
Satellite radio locked on CNN 80%….Music 20%
Sirius / XM ….Oldies-60’s, country & the comedy stations
Satellite radio ,40’s, 50’s ,and 60’s
The radio, GPS and my wife in that order…as the latter two don’t always agree on direction or timing of instructions.
The wife… slow down, speed up, stay in your lane, watch out for this that and the other thing!
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Is there that much going on on the “Hello” freq? I haven’t taken my Yeasu along in years.
SiriusXM radio- usually the Radio Classics station. Also “60’s on 6″and “70’s on 7”
Golden Oldies, 70’s, 80’s, Country Hits, Singers and Swing (Big Band and Singers of the 40’s) from Music Choice on my iPhone connected to the radio in my trucks USB port.
I prefer the local NPR station when I can tune it in.
It changes from day to day. Country music, oldies, talk shows but when traveling we like to listen to local radio so we can keep track of weather conditions.
Sirius sat.- anything but today’s crap posing as music. Classic rock mostly- 70’s thru early 2000’s. I am now an old fart.
XM satellite radio 50s and 60s rock and roll and preferably old time radio drama
Sirius/XM: PBS, BBC, classical music,
Sirius news- US, Cdn, BBC and 60/70 music
My wife!
My wife :O)
Satellite Radio…. Phlash Phelps, Sirius/XM 60’s on 6.
NPR!
CNN, BBC, NPR, and some music…the world is a very interesting place with much happening 24/7. I appreciate satellite radio when on the road.
Agree. Same channels for me too
Sirius satellite radio. Either Classic Country, or when that gets too nasally, I go to 50’s on 5. Have you ever listened to Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb? I’m not too sure if it’s really Ernest or Elmer Fudd singing. Either way I do switch once in a while to something different as I think a lot of the music on Sirius is on a loop repeated daily.
I stream using mobile Internet and listen to any radio station I want. Also, can listen to my own music playlist via Android Auto to the RV’s sound system (no Internet required for that). And, many times, don’t listen to anything.
We listen to the GPS. I listen to my wife!
I listen to Sirius radio, switching between sports, news, comedy and music.
Surely as a journalist you’re not okay with the conflation of “talk radio” and news, but by not including a “news” category in your poll, this is exactly what you have done. At least by my definitions, they are not the same thing, and, in fact, these days, are often quite opposite things.
If the radio in my rig is on, it’s tuned to NPR NEWS.
Absolutely nothing. I love the peace & quiet.
I have the radio off. All I hear is wind noise. I drive a 2011 Chevy supercab. The doors and gaskets don’t seal very well, NEVER did. I’m going to start wearing my Bose noise canceling ear muffs.If there is a next truck I’ll drive it on a windy day at speed to listen before buying.
I enjoy the silence — well, except for the rig’s sounds. We’re bombarded by sounds all around us., Give me an expanse of the desert Southwest and a straight-line highway with me the only vehicle within sight, no sounds — that’s heaven.
Audio books
News stations (not talk shows)
Audible Books
We have XMSirius satellite radio which works across north America so don’t need to worry about losing the “local” signal as we motor on down the highway. Can’t stomach the juvenile left vs. right politics and religion on AM radio and FM radio has nothing of interest.
Old time radio, on satellite.
My wife.
Join the club.
Can’t hear much but the engine.
FOX News, 60s, and a little country
NPR and 50’s, 60’s, 70’s oldies.
Since our cab sound system broke 2 days into a 3 month trip across Canada we haven’t missed it so don’t think we will fix/replace it
I am on the road a lot and have Sirius radio. I mostly listen to BBC News and flip to music then back to BBC News
We listen to the Radio Classics channel 148 on Sirius/XM. It’s old time radio programs. The Green Hornet, Lights Out, Fibber McGee and Molly and the like. They also air the commercials of the day. Good stuff.
Most of the time, my wife and myself just discuss the scenery or converse. We also have a Sirius XM radio that my wife uses to listen to NASCAR races while we’re traveling.
We listen to National Public Radio via SiriusXM
Fox News or Willie’s Roadhouse on XM Radio.
Radio classics or Fox News on XM
Also if it’s Auburn game day, football or Basketball.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin
Listen to my DW telling me we just missed our turn. 😉
I guess I’m a boring guy, but when driving I listen to my motor, shift patterns of the transmission, tires, wind noises, and other vehicles. (tires screeching, horns blowing, and other flying debris. Passenger conversation is fine.
Kenneth, here is from another boring guy. Driving is driving. For me, when going thru a big city on interstates, even passenger conversation is shut down.
On XM: Fox News, Fox Business News, Willy’s Roadhouse.
Fox News , football, golf or the LTC on TV if I get my way!!
I like to listen to documentaries on YouTube.
Also, I do listen to classical music CD’s & DVD’s a great deal. its easier than trying to find
a nearby radio station, especially when you’re way out in the boonies.
I listen to my Amateur (Ham) Radio) setup. Both HF bands and VHF and UHF bands.
We use iHeartRadio with the Bluetooth connection to the truck radio. We had Sirius but the connection was erratic to say the least. Presumably it was because of the cabover section of our truck camper was blocking the satellite antenna. We’ve had significantly better reception with Verizon.
Country for the most part.
If the wife is snoozing I listen to my GPS for erroneous directions.
We listen to an iPod filled with our favorite music (mostly jazz, classic, and folk).
PGA Tour Golf Radio
We listen to an iPod loaded with our favorite songs (jazz, classics, and folk mostly). Always something we like and doesn’t fade or cut out.
We listen to local radio if we can find a suitable station. Otherwise we listen to pre-recorded music from a USB drive.
News radio by satellite
wife
I listen to my wife.
I use Sirrus XM radio for background noise while driving.
I clicked on Music, I listen to playlists that I constructed on Spotify and others I have found on Youtube. I very seldom listen to local radio because it is more talk than music. It might be interesting if they had something to say, but they are just filling airtime with yak yak yak.
I love your reader polls. However as of late I can’t see all of it. I use my iPhone to read your newsletter. Am I missing something or is there a problem.?
Sirius XM, country music stations all on preset so I can alternate between them when the host start chatting, I like the music not talk. I also have a country music playlist on my iPhone that includes 2 of King George albums, love me some George Straight.
We listen to public radio when ever it is available.
I’ll usually learn a language-on-tape or listen to 64GB chip of MP3 music when alone. With kids, I quiz them until they beg to turn music back on.
Since I’m the driver and therefore in charge of our safety, I listen to exactly what Kenneth Fuller does…the engine, shifting patterns, etc.
HAM radio, and CAP HF radio when not listening to bagpipe music or my wife.
Sirius XM Willy’s Roadhouse mostly and sometimes some bluegrass. CNN for news.
Music of course! From Aerosmith to Kim Carnes to John Prine to Billy Joel to Black Sabbath to Hoyt Axton etc etc etc
I’m mostly RV solo so I can sing as loud as I want and dance my head. Excellent way for me to travel; fills my headspace up with HAPPY!
My car connects with my phone and I have an oldies station I listen to on my phone so when traveling I listen to the oldies.