Count yourself *very lucky* katwoman! Our local PBS radio station no longer plays music OF ANY KIND! About 18 months ago, they went to an all talk all the time format, after years of providing what was considered around here to be an excellent variety of very good music.

I no longer support them with money contributions for two reasons: (1) because of the advent of corporate advertising hidden behind the 'supported by' announcements before/after the programs, and (2) the absence of any local shows (talk or otherwise), with the exception of one talk show. And that's in a market of about 2,000,000 listeners -- that's right, 2M! I no longer consider this 'public' station to be 'public' anymore. It is a national radio outlet without (hardly) any local input whatsoever.

Them's my two bits on the subject, and boy, do I feel better now. I've been wanting to tell somebody how I feel about that for a long time now (my hubby's tired of hearing about it!).

-- Áine