So I turned on the radio for the first time in years

[DenverLEO]

I was in my car yesterday and for some reason it occurred to me that I haven't listened to FM radio in years. I have SiriusXM in my cars, and I even still listen to CDs, so I just don't bother with the radio. All my FM presets were still in my headunit, so I decided to switch over and see how things are going in the FM world. I perused through all six presets, only to discover that EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL was a commercial. Every frickin' one. I suddenly remembered why I had stopped listening years ago, and I quickly switched back to satellite. Whew, that was a rough ten seconds of my life that I will never get back. I really don't understand how that industry stays in business... does anyone really listen anymore? What a terrible waste of perfectly good bandwidth.

[Diesel24]

Yep been with sirius/xm for years and wont look back. Now that you mention it awhile back my sirus wasnt working and didnt have my ipod hooked up in my truck and I didnt even bother turning on FM so I just drove to the noise of my truck.

[spqrzilla]

Got no radio nor satellite in my old Jeep. Haven't missed it.

[Danimal]

I still do 106.7 for my commutes and it is not too bad. There is a commercial free hour on the Uncle Nasty show that lines up with the drive home so I don't have to worry about it. Otherwise I am a nerd and listen to audio books as I drive. That way I get through all the finance books that would normally take me months to finish in just a week or so. And traffic really does not bother me anymore. I am thinking about the book rather than getting mad at slow drivers. I had to train myself not to get too distracted though.

[car-15]

sirius is free for the next two weeks (select channels), I heard them advertising it today, below is a link.
http://www.siriusxm.com/listen3

[ray1970]

I got tired of all of the commercials and playing the same five songs over and over all day long. I switched to AM radio and listen to news and sports most of the time now.

[02ducky]

Ditto on that, Peter Boyals in the morning and then off goes off the radio.

[Tinelement]

I'm either XM or Pandora.

Radio blows

[Beprepared]

Went to satellite in 02 for the commercial free music, within a year I was thorougly addicted to talk radio. If I didn't have satellite It would probably be nothing at all.

[blacklabel]

I usually have my phone plugged into my stereo in the truck during my commutes. Radio blows.

[Irving]

I listen to NPR, the KS 107.5 Morning Show, and just recently they added a 24/7 comedy channel on 103.1. I listen to songs on 93.3 as well.

[ben4372]

Apple is sorta funny, but the Ipod is the best high tech gift I have ever got. Podcast for comedy talk. Adam Carolla's daily pod cast is sweet. And more songs than I can shake a stick at. I was expecting the OP to say all his presets went Spanish. How does radio stay in business?

[zteknik]

If I wanna go to sleep fast-I turn on fm radio.
If I want entertainment-xm it is.

[JohnnyEgo]

I listen to NPR as well. No commercials. Only 'underwriting announcements'. Which are very much like commercials, but seem to leave less of an aftertaste for the Birkenstock crowd.

[Ashton]

Personally I like my unlimited data and radio stations on my phone. I'm paying for it anyways. May as well get the most out of it.

[Marlin]

Lewis and floorwax, , Listened too them until I met them. Many moons ago, I was working on their new Radio home, They came through on a tour, I was so impressed with them, after work I went and tuned the radio off of 103.5, and haven't listen to it since. That was about '94 I would guess.