This is fascinating to me that radio could be so strongly your preference. I never listen to radio voluntarily, and if I could never listen to radio again in my life I would be DELIGHTED.
For me, I get earwormy songs stuck in my head too easily and then they drive me bonkers and I start hating the song, so if a radio station plays a song like that then it's just ruined the next several days for me. So I have a strong need to be able to skip any songs I don't want to be listening to. (and even then having personal control doesn't always work. Two nights ago I listened to a fun folk song I enjoyed that I'd never heard before, but it turned out that it was VERY earwormy and now the inside of my head has just been "I'm bound for Valparaiso in a rowboat" forever and I can't get away from it and I'm ready to murder the song even though I liked it at first)
Also I get embarrassment squick listening to people talking on the radio too easily: either interviewers for being bad at interviewing, or guests for just being awkward or embarrassing, and audio is not my preferred form of getting news anyway.
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For me, I get earwormy songs stuck in my head too easily and then they drive me bonkers and I start hating the song, so if a radio station plays a song like that then it's just ruined the next several days for me. So I have a strong need to be able to skip any songs I don't want to be listening to. (and even then having personal control doesn't always work. Two nights ago I listened to a fun folk song I enjoyed that I'd never heard before, but it turned out that it was VERY earwormy and now the inside of my head has just been "I'm bound for Valparaiso in a rowboat" forever and I can't get away from it and I'm ready to murder the song even though I liked it at first)
Also I get embarrassment squick listening to people talking on the radio too easily: either interviewers for being bad at interviewing, or guests for just being awkward or embarrassing, and audio is not my preferred form of getting news anyway.