Radio outside of Australia - Whats good?

[theduytv]

@Laoma

I’d say the only serious competitor is probably podcasts. Streaming Live radio doesn’t work outside the main centres . There is also a lot of red tape to put up new towers for mobiles in Australia. I am not saying there shouldn’t be red tape but whilst we have then we need FM/AM radio.

I remember going to China in the early 00s and there was 2G reception everywhere even in some remote locations in Yunnan province. Different country more population and also if the govt want to build something they can. Most people in China don’t own a radio at home in my family circles anyway, less people own cars (only richer people in cities). Just from my own personal observations.

My last trip overseas (precovid) maybe circa 2017 (I can’t remember exactly) Malaysian people did listen to radio in the car. Android auto wasn’t even supported yet in that market. It was not so easy to buy a radio at a retailer in Malaysia. I did look, in fact I also did try to buy one in HK about 5 years ago and it was difficult. In Malaysia the mobile network isn’t so good so the good old radio is still on in people’s cars. Public transport isn’t great outside of KL and maybe JB so most people drive.

In Vietnam people still listens to traditional radio even if 4G is abundant in regionals.
Because if you exclude stations like 91FM or 95.6 VOH, their format is hardly changed since wartime days (news, information, talk (not something like 2GB), specialist, children, play, folklore life, story reading). People love that (not so for younger generations, they prefer Spotify or Tiktok instead) because it helps people transport back in time and feels that the innocence of life still exists in a crowded daily life.

91FM is basically (in format, not jingles) Australian radio of 1980s. Except people are more livelier and treat listeners like a part of a wider family. The top management let the people always choose the music that presenters wished to. People are also open to talk about daily life like wanting listeners to be relatable together. No wonder why their ratings were absolute majority, even if people hates the network of playing too much ad during drivetime traffic block…