I'm not living in US but enjoy the American culture very much. My dream is to move to US one day.

Which radio station should I listen to if I like country and classic rock AND like to listen to talk shows and news?

in Michigan and Minnesota, since my family lives there. But also Arizona or Texas.


Thanks :)

Here in texas it all depends on the area if you don't have XM. Over the air stations will fade out or change thd farther you drive. For rock i like 106.7 the eagle i think. And 102.5 the bear.

Well, if you ever find you way up to the NYC area flip on 104.3 ( Q104.3) for the best classic rock... sorry not rally any country music up here.. there should be some, but there isn't.

I live in a small town so there is only 1 radio station, and sometimes that doesn't come in very clear. They mostly play country, which I'm not into a lot, and some classic rock, which I prefer. I listen to the station mainly for local news, and they play music all night so it keeps me company.

I often listen to Cat Country 98.1, but it's they just have like two CDs playing on repeat all the time.

For classic rock it's 106.9 Eagle

And Fox for "news", but that channel is very narrow and aimed at conservative hard core Trump supporters ;)

What about a channel with some news, some country/rock and a talk show now and then?

I had to google XM, so no I don't have it. I have listened some to 106.9, but it's all christmas these days.



Listening all night? Working night shift at a hospital? Did that my self some years ago, but that wasn't for me.



Not been in New York yet. Maybe NYC some day, but i'm NOT driving there :D

In Australia, Triple J, and Double J, young new music.
In Adelaide, 3D radio, different non-commercial music.

You can try searching the internet for stations that broadcast in the areas you're thinking.

Many stations now do simultaneous webcasts, so you can listen via internet. That would give you a better idea of which stations you like.

But there are so many. Where to start?

A station with some music, some talks and some news. Those stations I've found so far seem to be either one, not combined.

Generally you're not going to find one that has all of those. The closest you will find will likely be either a college radio station or a community station. But those are specific FCC licenses, and they are mandated to provide alternative programming. That means classic rock and popular country music isn't allowed under the broadcast license. They might mix a few in here and there, but the vast majority will be alternative music, news, or talk shows. Unfortunately, community stations are dying out because of lack of funding -- they aren't allowed to do commercials or paid programming, only sponsorships and public service announcements. Thus surviving community stations are turning to commercial licenses to raise funding through paid programming.

I think you'll probably have to settle for 3 different stations.

For the record, I know some of this because I was a Radio DJ for 2 years with my own show while also doing the noon news.

WBAP for talk radio in Texas, 820 on the a.m.
radio dial.

Can't recall the call letters, or location on the
dial... But, Canadian based station 'The Bear'
had decent music.
You can stream it on your computer.

Ok, then I understand. It's different from Norway, then. Here almost all radio stations have at least hourly news. Many combine talk shows with some music in between, some stations plays mostly music of particular genre. Mostly financed by commercials and a few is funded by the government (but those is quite political correct and a bit too left for my taste ;)

Thank you for a clarifying answer. Does your shows exists on the net today?

I have Bear on my radio app on my phone. Enjoy listening to radio oin my car.

You may not know this but Norway is the first country in the world that has shut down the FM net (AM has never been a thing here). Now all radio on air is digital (DAB+). The sad thing is that converting your analog radio in your car cost $500 or even more. But we have very good 4G coverage so streaming radio works quite well.

Thank you for your tip on WBAP. Might be a station for my taste :)

No, my show was on-air back in 1991 and 1992. Much of the internet was still text-based back then. It wasn't until 1993 - 1995 that the internet explosion began in the US.

Back then, my own show was classical music (the station had been looking for someone to do such a show), but every now and then I will fill in for another DJ whose show had a contemporary format.

For instance, as a fill-in, I played Crash Test Dummies (from Canada) a few years before they broke out in the US. I also played Nirvana only months before they broke it big with their first album.

I also was part of the team covering John Kerry's campaign speech during the 1992 Democratic Primaries.

My roommate tried to interview Edie Brickell in the studio after a concert, but she was so wasted on drugs and booze that she wasn't even coherent enough to answer questions.

Unfortunately, if any of this still exists, it would only be on tape, not the internet. I'm pretty sure the studio never bought the equipment to convert the tapes to digital format.

I don't know if this would be of interest but the radio station WMMR from Philadelphia was good. I don't know if it's still good. I liked the DJ's . They were on 24 hours a day with good rock music, interviews, concert info.