What is your favorite radio show?

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

Besides Old-Time Radio (OTR) and local shows, I already made thread about my favorite, but I want to know what yours are?

[bandit957]

I listen to old 'American Top 40' rebroadcasts from the '80s.

[vdeane]

The only one I really seek out is Throwback 2K, which I aim to catch the last half hour of by streaming Wink106.1 on Sunday mornings after the morning news/political shows are done.  I've even streamed it via myh phone when on the road on Sunday mornings and out of radio range of my presets.  I've also enjoyed Acoustic Sunrise when I happen to be in range of Mix104.1 when it's on.

[hbelkins]

For years, it was Rush Limbaugh. Then it was Dan Bongino. Now, I don't have one.

[Henry]

I listen to old 'American Top 40' rebroadcasts from the '80s.

Me too, although I also like to dig up some late 70s and early 90s stuff, in addition to the 80s.

[LilianaUwU]

Most of the "radio" I listen to these days is actually in video games... so basically my playlist in radio format.

[NE2]

Thick as a Brick on repeat

[bandit957]

I liked Carmine Guzman who was on some Cincinnati talk stations in the mid-'90s.

[TheCatalyst31]

[kurumi]

KFOG in San Francisco (album-oriented rock, not sure what it is now) had the "Ten at Ten" show. At 10 am and 10 pm they would pick a year (usually 1967-1991 or so) and play 10 tracks -- usually stuff you hadn't heard in a while, and sometimes, stuff you'd hear for the first time.

I also listened to the King Biscuit Flower Hour as a kid - concert recordings from rock and new wave artists

Example of a Ten at Ten discovery: D.I.Y. (1978)

[kphoger]

Thick as a Brick on repeat

Sometimes I get the feeling Thick as a Brick is ALREADY on repeat.  Not that I'm complaining...

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

When I was a teenager, Gary Burbank's afternoon show on WLW-AM, out of Cincinnati was habitual listening for me.

[Flint1979]

To anyone growing up in Michigan from about the mid 50's to the mid 90's it was J.P. McCarthy on WJR's Morning Music Hall. At one time he hosted both the morning and afternoon drive shows.

[02 Park Ave]

The Garden Club on WCBM in Baltimore.

[akt85]

The only radio show I regularly listen to is 20 The Countdown Magazine, a Contemporary Christian Music countdown show.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Probably "Breakfast with the Beatles" on SXM. I think there's also a terrestrial version for the LA market that airs on the weekends.

[Rushmeister]

Current: Tony Kinnett Cast, WIBC
A Few Years Ago: The Mr. Obvious Show (a frequent feature on the Bob & Tom Show), WFBQ
Back in the Day: Chickenman, WDNL, [a Back-in-the-Day Honorable Mention goes to Animal Stories (Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards), WLS]

"He's everywhere! He's everywhere!..."

[elsmere241]

Probably "Breakfast with the Beatles" on SXM. I think there's also a terrestrial version for the LA market that airs on the weekends.

WMGK in Philadelphia used to have one on Sunday mornings.  The DJ who hosted it was laid off a few years ago, so I'm not sure what they have now.

[Flint1979]

Probably "Breakfast with the Beatles" on SXM. I think there's also a terrestrial version for the LA market that airs on the weekends.

I love listening to Chris Carter. I've listened to that show numerous times on my morning road trips.

[gonealookin]

I like "Meg Griffin's Disorder" on SiriusXM's "The Loft".  It's a weekly 3-hour show; the first run is on Saturday and then it's repeated a couple times in the next few days.  Meg had some health problems and didn't do new shows for a couple years, but she returned earlier this year and does probably 3 new shows per month (other weeks are repeats).  I usually listen "on-demand" on the SXM app.

It's mostly rock/pop, some jazz and reggae and an occasional curveball (big band or show tunes).  Eclectic selection of songs, but accessible.  Meg loves the Rolling Stones, but I don't think she would play "Satisfaction" or "Start Me Up" on this show; it's going to be something from deeper in the catalogue.

I wrote down her playlist for the 8/15/2026 show:

Warren Zevon:  Disorder In The House (opening theme song of the show)

(talking break)

Low Cut Connie:  Can't Be Wrong
Squeeze:  Cool For Cats
Toots & The Maytals:  Monkey Man
Jon Batiste:  Freedom
Bonnie Raitt:  Cure For Love

(talking break)

The B. Christopher Band:  I'm Drunk
Alejandro Escovedo:  I Was Drunk
Lucinda Williams:  Drunken Angel
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:  Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
Billie Holiday:  You Go To My Head

(talking break)

Steve Earle & Los Lobos:  Volver A Celaya
The Beach Boys:  Sloop John B
Crosby, Stills & Nash:  Dark Star
Black Dub:  I Believe In You
Beth Orton:  Sweetest Decline
Randy Newman:  Marie

(talking break)

Sierra Ferrell:  Trying To Love You
Patty Griffin:  One Big Love
Chuck Prophet:  You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
Tom Waits:  Emotional Weather Report
Wilco:  Falling Apart (Right Now)
Rolling Stones:  19th Nervous Breakdown

(talking break)

Rolling Stones:  Divine Intervention
Tonio K:  The Funky Western Civilization
Roxy Music:  Do The Strand
Jim Carroll:  People Who Died
Plastic Bertrand:  Ca Plane Pour Moi
Duke Ellington:  Take The A Train

(talking break)

Jon Cleary:  Zulu Coconuts
Henley Douglas RnB:  Little Bit
Jorgan Trio+1:  Minor League
Weather Report:  Birdland
Joni Mitchell:  Twisted

(talking break)

Improvement Movement:  I Do
Daniel Lanois:  Shine
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams:  Silent Revolution
U2:  Street Of Dreams
Black 47:  Fire Of Freedom

(talking break)

Allison Russell and Devon Gilfillian:  Love Is A Golden Lion
Bob Dylan:  You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Aretha Franklin:  See Saw
John Hiatt:  Thing Called Love
John Hammond:  Mellow Down Easy
Susan Tedeschi:  Little By Little

(talking break; Meg mentioned the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death in 1977, so the next couple sets are a tribute to the music of that era)

Elvis Presley:  Jailhouse Rock
The Showmen:  It Will Stand
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers:  Roadrunner
Elvis Presley:  I Got Stung

(talking break)

Big Mama Thornton:  Hound Dog
Arthur Crudup:  That's All Right
Robert Gordon:  Someday Someway
Stray Cats:  Rock This Town
Buddy Holly:  Not Fade Away
Grateful Dead:  Not Fade Away --> Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad

(talking break)

Harry Belafonte:  Jump In The Line (closing theme song of the show)

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

I like "Meg Griffin's Disorder" on SiriusXM's "The Loft".  It's a weekly 3-hour show; the first run is on Saturday and then it's repeated a couple times in the next few days.  Meg had some health problems and didn't do new shows for a couple years, but she returned earlier this year and does probably 3 new shows per month (other weeks are repeats).  I usually listen "on-demand" on the SXM app.

It's mostly rock/pop, some jazz and reggae and an occasional curveball (big band or show tunes).  Eclectic selection of songs, but accessible.  Meg loves the Rolling Stones, but I don't think she would play "Satisfaction" or "Start Me Up" on this show; it's going to be something from deeper in the catalogue.

I wrote down her playlist for the 8/15/2026 show:

Warren Zevon:  Disorder In The House (opening theme song of the show)

(talking break)

Low Cut Connie:  Can't Be Wrong
Squeeze:  Cool For Cats
Toots & The Maytals:  Monkey Man
Jon Batiste:  Freedom
Bonnie Raitt:  Cure For Love

(talking break)

The B. Christopher Band:  I'm Drunk
Alejandro Escovedo:  I Was Drunk
Lucinda Williams:  Drunken Angel
Elvis Costello & The Attractions:  Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
Billie Holiday:  You Go To My Head

(talking break)

Steve Earle & Los Lobos:  Volver A Celaya
The Beach Boys:  Sloop John B
Crosby, Stills & Nash:  Dark Star
Black Dub:  I Believe In You
Beth Orton:  Sweetest Decline
Randy Newman:  Marie

(talking break)

Sierra Ferrell:  Trying To Love You
Patty Griffin:  One Big Love
Chuck Prophet:  You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
Tom Waits:  Emotional Weather Report
Wilco:  Falling Apart (Right Now)
Rolling Stones:  19th Nervous Breakdown

(talking break)

Rolling Stones:  Divine Intervention
Tonio K:  The Funky Western Civilization
Roxy Music:  Do The Strand
Jim Carroll:  People Who Died
Plastic Bertrand:  Ca Plane Pour Moi
Duke Ellington:  Take The A Train

(talking break)

Jon Cleary:  Zulu Coconuts
Henley Douglas RnB:  Little Bit
Jorgan Trio+1:  Minor League
Weather Report:  Birdland
Joni Mitchell:  Twisted

(talking break)

Improvement Movement:  I Do
Daniel Lanois:  Shine
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams:  Silent Revolution
U2:  Street Of Dreams
Black 47:  Fire Of Freedom

(talking break)

Allison Russell and Devon Gilfillian:  Love Is A Golden Lion
Bob Dylan:  You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Aretha Franklin:  See Saw
John Hiatt:  Thing Called Love
John Hammond:  Mellow Down Easy
Susan Tedeschi:  Little By Little

(talking break; Meg mentioned the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death in 1977, so the next couple sets are a tribute to the music of that era)

Elvis Presley:  Jailhouse Rock
The Showmen:  It Will Stand
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers:  Roadrunner
Elvis Presley:  I Got Stung

(talking break)

Big Mama Thornton:  Hound Dog
Arthur Crudup:  That's All Right
Robert Gordon:  Someday Someway
Stray Cats:  Rock This Town
Buddy Holly:  Not Fade Away
Grateful Dead:  Not Fade Away --> Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad

(talking break)

Harry Belafonte:  Jump In The Line (closing theme song of the show)

Sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out sometime.

[hbelkins]

Dan Bongino is coming back on the radio. That will become my favorite radio show when it happens.

[Scott5114]

Dan Bongino is coming back on the radio. That will become my favorite radio show when it happens.

Dan Bongino? No, bong and I!

[ZLoth]

One of the shows that I enjoyed through highlight reels was NPR's Car Talk. Here is one of their more.... unusual calls....

Another show that I, unfortunately, lost track of, was the locally-produced on NPR's KXPR in Sacramento called At The Opera, but it was cancelled on September 1st, 2023 due to financial challenges at the station.

[gonealookin]

KFOG in San Francisco (album-oriented rock, not sure what it is now) had the "Ten at Ten" show. At 10 am and 10 pm they would pick a year (usually 1967-1991 or so) and play 10 tracks -- usually stuff you hadn't heard in a while, and sometimes, stuff you'd hear for the first time.

I like "Meg Griffin's Disorder" on SiriusXM's "The Loft".  It's a weekly 3-hour show; the first run is on Saturday and then it's repeated a couple times in the next few days.

God speed Pennywise the Dancing Clown. May you find that sesame cake in the sky...

Seriously though, my wife is probably going to take this one more personally than Dolly Parton.  She wanted to see Rocky Horry Picture Show at the Las Vegas Sphere later this year.

I listened to Meg Griffin's show this week, and while most of it was a tribute to Dolly Parton, she also got Tim Curry references in there.

Along with "I Do The Rock", Meg also played this one, which I'll forever associate with Don Pardo introducing "Ten at Ten" on KFOG: