Kat, and others, try what I did. Take time to go through all your old LP's and 45's (and yes even the 78's, if you have any) and record them onto cassettes. Then carry them with you in the vehicle and you will never have to listen to anything you don't want to hear on commercial radio! I have several tapes made up this way with songs from the 60's such as Puff The Magic Dragon, Blowin' In The Wind, etc. Other tapes include some of the early C&W I like. This way I avoid all the commercial advertising that is found on the airwaves. It is also a good way to preserve some of the records that may have seen better days.
I can't pinpoint exactly when the decline of our PR station began' but it seems to coincide with several of the volunteer DJ's leaving. One whom I knew personally was told "she would play no songs by a certain group, play more more songs of another group which she didn't think really fit in the format of the show, and was also told to cut out the chatter," (in which she would tell about the background of the song, which was very interesting and made her show unique). She also did this neat feature, playing music from her private collection where she would play all the songs in a series such as The Great Speckled Bird, I Didn't Know God Made Honky Tonk Angels, It wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, etc...Nettajeane moved back to Alabama and last I heard from her she was doing another show on the local PR up there. Our loss was their gain!