balmofgilead | (no subject)

I listened to it off and on before that, but never seeking it. I'd flip it on when they would play a lot more classical and I wanted to hear that (KQED used to play a mixture of classical and NPR/PRI, etc., now much less music), or I'd seek out Car Talk after I discovered that.

Now, it's the default on my car radio.

NPR was on *constantly* during my childhood at home (with music saved for the car). Now my folks just turn it on first thing in the morning, but don't listen over dinner. I have it on in the car, on my alarm each morning, and get the podcasts of This American Life -- but don't listen to All Things Considered religiously anymore. I still feel like I know Noah Adams and Michele Norris, though!

I've been listening to it since I was in the womb. My parents turn it on first thing in the morning and leave it on all day through dinner. I started listening voluntarily in 1992 while I was an intern at TNC in Arlington, VA where I fell in love with WAMU and Diane Rehm.

I started listening often right on and following 9/11, because the NPR station was the only one on the radio that would provide constant coverage. And then I found that the NPR coverage was so much more thoughtful than what was found on TV. I learned that NPR was the best broadcast source for news. Hearing BBC News on my local station is also a nice change from time to time. And then there a good number of programs I have come to enjoy quite a bit, even if none of them are quite "appointment radio" for me: Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me; Fresh Air; Splendid Table; This American Life; a few others.