Radio Paradise

I’ve been listening for a long time and I like the idea that I can choose a mellow channel if I want to or the main mix. The first review is by a person who is a lot like me. I know all the songs of the 60s and 70s and love them, but I’m learning so much more about global music and I’m hearing a lot of music I never heard before. I learned so much. I like the skip ahead feature in the ratings feature. That allows me to have my favorites channel of songs over the years that I have rated highly. I listen to the main channel. I find the music to be very high class mixes, slow together seamlessly and I will never change! The station was recommended by Naim and was placed on my stereo. The discovery was delightful! I feed feral cats in the evenings and they and the racoons and love the music and come and sit not so close every night. sorry this is so long.!

Longtime RP listener here and I’ve donated at least twice. I’ve always loved it. But all of a sudden the groovy hippie dippy red and green interface that lets you rate songs on an amusing 10- level scale has been replaced by a hideous black and white thick block letter list of channels and you can simply rate songs with a heart if you like them. I never thought the visuals would matter to me — I’m here for the music— but it’s so aggressively ugly it ruins my mood for at least 10 seconds every time I see it. Plus, there’s a huge difference between a sicko barfo song and a tolerable one and the rating system no longer lets us register that difference. Please bring back the old Radio Paradise experience! This is Radio Purgatory! Update (the next day): so I went on RP the next day and didn’t like any of the music on any of the channels (sometimes the DJ is fire but today, meh) so I looked for my mix and it was GONE! So then for some reason I reloaded the app and my favorite groovy interface with 10-point rating scale and my mix is BACK! I’m happy again! It looks like we can still have both interfaces, though I’m not clear what makes one or the other appear. Very happy camper. I’m about to listen to my mix til the DJ gets a new burst of genius inspiration — thanks, RP!

...all over the US, since 1968, I can tell you for sure, that Radio Paradise is the best adult contemporary AOR station I have EVER heard. It knocked Sirius/XM from that top spot, something I never thought could happen. I attribute this to RP’s “DJ’s” and owners/ operators of this station....and to the internet, which allows and sustains the format. I would call this “free form” radio, but really, it reflects the deep, rich, musical tastes of the DJ’s in a very personal way, that gives us musical segues and trails of complementary tunes that, at times, take the listener on a musical journey. Sometimes it is just SO good I cannot turn it off...to sleep! Once located in Paradise CA. When I heard of the horrible wild fire there, I called immediately and was relieved to hear the reassuring words from the DJ, that “They had moved shortly before the fire, to a nearby, but safe location.” Phew! With the costs involved, and priceless music collections, such a disaster could have knocked them off the air forever. This also brings to mind that RP listeners should NOT take the station for granted. Run by two people, you cannot expect RP to last forever. This may be the golden days of internet radio, so cherish it while its here. The QUALITY of RP, is unique, and almost miraculous nowadays. ❤️ GE Wamser