Yes indeed, mainstream radio is pretty much bottom of the barrel. College radio and stations which run by dint of public donations are the only ones left with any semblance of a real radio station with live human beings at the mic. and interesting playlists which aren't dictated by advertising moolah. One such station seems to be
http://www.phonographblues.com/2006_09_01_archive.html

which I stumbled upon quite by accident while searching the web for an old single of ours and which happened to be on their playlist (God bless 'em! ). There probably are many other stations of their ilk, but most of us seem to fall into the ennui of leaving the dial where it is. And we all buy the stuff that's advertised, don't we?

Still, it seems as though modern radio is a good fit with the current culture of declining human contact in this ever-cyberising world. Where does it go from here?