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25 Feb 2022, 12:19 pm

If a radio is on in a room and no one is in there listening to it, is it playing any music?



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25 Feb 2022, 12:45 pm

No, because it's tuned to AM. :nerdy:


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25 Feb 2022, 3:51 pm

Depends on whether the radio's batteries are dead or not.


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22 Apr 2022, 7:09 pm

It might give you freedom to put the music you want. lol



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22 Apr 2022, 7:17 pm

Fixxer wrote:
It might give you freedom to put the music you want. lol


That's what YouTube is for. :lol:


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23 Apr 2022, 7:08 am

It could be on a talk radio station. If its tuned to Art Bell's Coast to Coast then no.



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24 Apr 2022, 8:44 pm

Turn the radio off because it’s using power for nothing… lol



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24 Apr 2022, 8:47 pm

It would be playing static here.I can’t get a decent signal in the valley.


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24 Apr 2022, 11:45 pm

Jetso wrote:
If a radio is on in a room and no one is in there listening to it, is it playing any music?
Depends on if the radio was left on by the band, Cheap Trick :wink:


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25 Apr 2022, 7:20 am

Leaving it on could....save your life!



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25 Apr 2022, 8:41 am

Jetso wrote:
If a radio is on in a room and no one is in there listening to it, is it playing any music?
Only during commercials.