Here's my plug for WEVL 89.9 in Memphis, an add-less, all volunteer independent with amazing variety and a 40 year history. Consistently rated Memphis' best station, I access it from the web and Bluetooth it (via a Macintosh receiver!) into my Pass INT-60 here north of Houston. The knowledge base of their on-air contributors can be astonishing, and it's up to you to select what type of fare you enjoy. It's nice to have WEVL going in the background when doing something other than have a blaring TV there all day like so many people. Radio itself is the genesis of many of our hobby interest in music. I remember as a kid listening to the sandwich box one-transistor-earphone radio my engineer dad made with me, under my pillow when I was supposed to be going to sleep, listening to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly back when it was fresh. Now radio for me is in the shower or car pretty much, but back then that was how you grew up, and the DJ''s on your local station were your instructors. Things were simpler. Whether better or not is for you to say. The music, however its focused distribution,, probably was better.