Why do you like or dislike talk radio?

I despise political talk radio. Before I retired I had a very long commute I listened to crap that I learned to hate. The sports talk radio was bearable.

Love it... but only ESPN...

I listen to the Washington journal on CSPAN radio every morning...Love those callers!

I only like paranormal Art Bell talk radio I just find it very entertaining

I was walking down the street one day and someone was sitting in their car listening to talk radio. I couldn't tell who it was or what they were saying. All I could hear was tone of voice. The voice dripped with derision and outrage. At that moment, I realized that if THIS is what we consume on a regular basis, it's going to bleed into everything we do and how we interact with each other.

Ever since then, I've felt we'd probably be better off if we lined most of these infotainer, "personality" types up against a wall and executed the lot of them.

I stay away from it mostly because the participants are unprofessional, talking over each other all the time. You have to go to the BBC to get decent discussions.

I used to listen to talk radio before I retired. I spent a lot of time in the car traveling between clients and it was like having someone in the car to talk with (and I talked back even when they couldn't hear me). In the early days of KABC Talk Radio in Southern California, they had a nice mix of light early morning news, left/right/middle commentators, a psychologist who took questions from listeners, and sports talk. It got boring when it went to almost full-time political talk.

Now that I'm retired, I listen/view PJTV.com every day. It's a mix of political and other topics provided by a stable of very good hosts. The money I've saved by stopping newspaper delivery (print media news is deplorable since it became all ideological propaganda) pays for my PJTV subscription.

I get ready for work every morning listening to Mike and Mike!! lol.

I used to listen to politics, but the just make me mad now. :)

Howard Stern make me laugh unstoppable- the callers make me question humanity. really?! why do people put all their business out there?! Oh well, I get a chuckle out of it.

CH (MAJ) William Beaver, I rarely listen to talk radio shows while driving. I'll almost always opt for music, whether it's an oldies station or classical music. Most of the talk shows just take my blood pressure up, they (whoever they is) don't know much more about the subject than me, and I figure, "Who needs it?!" SGT Jeremiah B.

yes I am....I'm somewhat older, and used to drive trucks over the country with over 2.5 million safe miles. I think the reason I like it, cuz it like putting someone else in the cab with you. Going down I-70 or I-80 get kinda bored and lonely.
I can't really listen to this kiddie country or wiggy wiggy wiggy music....so unmanly...plus I like to get a different point of view than My own.