Most of the time I listen to last.fm or NPR in the car, but a couple times a month I'll scan through the stations to look for some oldies or something. And it never fails, no matter what time of day, at least 2/3 of the stations it seems are in the middle of a commercial as I scan through them. I thought most stations did commercial-free hours these days?? How can they possibly retain a listener base with this nonsense?

5/7/2011 2:53:56 PM

how can they possibly afford to run a radio station without advertiser dollars??

5/7/2011 2:56:18 PM

You get what you pay for. Either load a mp3 player or switch to satellite radio.

5/7/2011 2:57:21 PM

I knew that would be one of the first responses, and I had already prepared a rebuttal

5/7/2011 2:57:23 PM

when I'm listening to AM or FM, and a commercial comes on, I just switch it to XM or iPod or CompactFlash card or Hard Drive

5/7/2011 2:58:20 PM

^ what kind of car/radio do you have?

5/7/2011 2:58:55 PM

Infiniti G37

stock radio with a CF reader, I upgraded from a 6 disc changer to a hard drive, and it has a proprietary iPod hookup...only thing I DON'T have is a USB jack for non iPod MP3 players

5/7/2011 3:00:05 PM

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5/7/2011 3:09:08 PM

I wish they would bring back the Real Men of Genius commercials.

Where did you get the hard drive? I have a aftermarket kenwood head unit that does ipod and usb hookup. Wonder if it has enough juice to power a portable hard drive.

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5/7/2011 3:13:03 PM

Infiniti hdd, part of stereo upgrade package or whatever

5/7/2011 3:15:12 PM

Quote :

"I thought most stations did commercial-free hours these days??"

Some do but not all, normally mid morning. Its a work policy thing for a lot of companies and most stations have learned. Think Office Space.

5/7/2011 6:54:14 PM

Npr during spring and fall fundraising is THE WORST

I'm astraladvent and I approved this message

5/7/2011 6:56:55 PM

The new Pulse 102.3 is pretty trill on the commercials.

5/7/2011 6:57:51 PM

Reason #12 why I love XM

5/7/2011 7:04:34 PM

How much music do you l listen too in the car? I drive for 30 mins to work (my longest drive generally), and I use my one CD and check the radio stations while I am on my way to work. Will it mess up your day if you don't have n adequate music fix or something while driving in your car?

5/7/2011 7:07:59 PM