This was usually my only opportunity to change the radio channel from my father's preferred easy listening station to WOKY, a popular Milwaukee rock-n-roll station.

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Virgin says an hour's listening to the station via mobile would involve about 7.2MB of data, which could prove expensive for people using pay as you download GPRS or 3G services.

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If you do nothing while listening, Smart Station still knows what you've listened to, how far you've listened and when you stopped so it can tell whether or not to suggest similar content in the future.

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On a sales call, Pandora can claim more than 6% of all radio listening and standing as the largest radio station in 25 markets, including New York and Los Angeles.

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The rating company pays a panel of listeners in every radio market it measures to keep a weekly diary of their radio listening habits, and jot down which station they listened to and for how long.

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Maybe some of you are listening to this in your car right now, pulling into a gas station to fill up.

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While it varies from station to station, on average you can expect that only one in ten people ever listening puts their money where their ears are.

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We've been listening to 6 Music since it started and I feel like our band's career and this station have grown up in parallel.

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