Is it sad that one of the fantasies I harbor closest to my heart is to be on NPR someday? I LOVE…read moreNPR, and Charlotte's station is as good as it gets. When I'm traveling, I get really pissy when I get out of range...all NPR is good stuff, but I know when all the programs will be on my local one, and I'm familiar with all their voices. Their coverage of local issues is top-notch, like all the recent information on the bailouts, the Wachovia failure, and the impact on our local economy. I haven't found anywhere else to get this kind of detailed, nuanced information in the Charlotte media. Charlotte Talks is awesome. They also do a great job of covering local events. I hear more about what's coming up in the community from the little mentions in NPR than anywhere else on television, print, or online...and certainly more than other radio stations. I know I'm becoming an old lady when I don't know what's hot on the radio, but I can tell you what's hot on NPR...Sigh.

Capable NPR outpost. If the tape deck isn't on en mi carro, 90.7 is…read more SciFri is awesome. Weekday morning announcers and pacing is great, tightly run, Sunday and late night schedules are appropriately weird (This American Life reruns I could do without, but Echos is decent). By the end of a pledge drive it seems most have trouble hiding their exhaustion but that just makes me giggle at their slip ups. Cute that they recently came to "meet the people" at a Revolution Pizza trivia night and brought coozies, window decals, awesome. So why the three stars? Because listening to Charlotte Talks for longer than 10 minutes inevitably increases my blood pressure. How many times can one anchor laugh at his own jokes, while mispronouncing some key name, while ALSO managing to cut whoever he's interviewing off mid-sentence, before he get's tossed out on his toukas? Ditch the dork, FAE! I wanna listen, but he makes my ears hurt.

"The best music ever recorded."…read more Tooling around Charlotte this morning to get my errands done, I realize that I've never reviewed my favorite radio station. Rare on the breaks and the music in between is excellent. Bob Seger. The Police. The Eurythmics. A Sunday morning "Deep Cut" radio program and a Saturday morning "acoustic recordings" program. Excellent stuff. Keep it up. "Our friends call us... The Ride."

a very good station one of my favorites is a fan of deep cut vault style classic rock. however I…read morenoticed over the last year or sohas Iraq with the ride many times do a lot of stuff down around Gastonia Trucking in and out of there Trucking across 85 a lot we're doing this Trucking gig for almost 30 years now Long haul Rock and roller... there's been a little bit of a change in the format and the music selection is kind of not quite what it was. don't get me wrong it's still rocks balls to the wall for the most part just a little bit of change though can be noticed as a long time listener for Monday first came on the air back in the early 00s I believe. compared to if you look back when the station first began some more pop stuff is starting to seep in slowly. I mean Duran Duran really?? although being from Chicago I cannot deny the fact that my home station 97.1 The Drive is the same kind of way.. it all depends on who owns the station nowadays. But as a long-haul truck driver I could say there are three great stations and indeed that I love to even just log on to sometimes and listen live to. I have trouble with radio apps so a lot of times in areas where I am but if I have a Wi-Fi I will just go right to the station and listen live even like somewhere around the country. the ride, the drive, and the original 50 year old powerhouse that's never change format never Back Down been through changes but never stop rocking 94.7 The mighty KSHE 95 out of St Louis. being from Chicago and people ask me what would you listen to those are the three I would choose but the ride is still very enjoyable and has a good strong signal you pick it up quite a ways away and your rack with it for quite the way so it's still a good thing compared to a lot of the garbage that you can choose on the radio but personally for me I have just noticed that more and more though some of the format changes to the pop kind of stuff of the 80s that you really wouldn't consider back when it first started and they were more heavy deep cut. Just classic rock but the good Vault stuff

WBAV 101.9 carries smooth jazz for the Charlotte area on their HD 2 channel. My wife's car tuned it…read morein and I've kept it there for a while. WBAV has a broadcast tower in Gastonia, the next town over from Charlotte. It is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, The studios are located on South Boulevard in Charlotte's South End. Few commercials, light transitions and station identification breaks. Yep, it helps me relax when I'm fighting Charlotte traffic.

Tone's segments had the effect of a good therapy session. Your heart was always less heavy after…read morelocking into his sessions. He will be missed. Tone deserved a goodbye show. His listeners deserved it. When you make changes like this without regarding your faithful listeners or employees, you begin to perfect this awful habit of discarding good people. And if these are the principles that govern this stations business decisions, we will never be willing to support your business again.

Well, I can't believe nobody's written a review about Access21. CMPAC (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public…read moreAccess Corporation is a non-profit local access channel where anybody in the public can go and make a show after they complete a series of nearly-free, very educational classes and seminars. You may have seen it while channel surfing if you have Time Warner Cable (if you don't then you don't get it) and probably saw some lunatic preaching so you kept moving right along. Next time you're gonna sit in front of your TV check out channel 21 because sometimes they have some really cool, interesting and, best of all, local shows with a wide range of interests. Some of the cooler shows I've seen here are Z-axis, Crazy Late with Johnny Millwater and Scotty's Drive-In Theater. But there are quite a few other diamond sin the rough out there, check out their schedule http://www.tvaccess21.com/froms/4th_quarter_2011.pdf. The best part is that for a small membership fee, $25, you can take some of their most involved TV production classes such as Basic Studio and Control Room. Other great opportunities to learn television production include Final Cut Pro X, Green Screen Lighting, Chroma Keying and Webcasting. CMPAC provides a great opportunity for Charlotte to display a wide range of opinions, voices and interests, unfortunately, the channel is mostly being overrun by religious programming.

This place is right across the street from the Bank of America stadium. It's a great place to stop…read moreand pregame before a football game. There were food trucks in the back and lawn games like corn hole or bags depending on where you're from. They had stands outside where you could purchase liquor in addition to the regular indoor bar. There were even free liquor samples this day. There were porta potty's for your bathroom needs. It was pretty packed up until about 30 minutes before game time.

A great place for Panther's game day or for any concerts at the Bank of American stadium. It's a…read moremultipurpose venue. It's hard to categorize what it is but it is a great tailgate spot, hangout, radio and bar. It can get pretty crowded after games and close to game time. The beer bottles are reasonably priced at $6. They can have some serious lines but it goes by quick. It's a great spot to meet up with friends before a big game. They frequently have raffles going on during game day for autographed Panther's merchandise. I check it out almost every single game day! It was even a great place for a mixed drink before the Elton John concert.

The Primo VIP spot at the NC Music Factory. Friday Live!read more