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I'm fortunate that my
travels take me within range of listenable if not good college or
community radio stations, including the venerable WFMU
(www.wfmu.org).

Yes, you are fortunate. Around my area the non-coms are either
multiple NPRs duplicating the same programs aiming for maximum
ratings/income, religious stations, or a very political station. We
are about to lose the last partly-classical non-com within 25 miles of
me. That will leave us with only a (very) commerical classical
station "... exerpts from the third movement of ..." in order to have
room for the drive-time spot load.

I'm very happy with my XM channels and paying for Sirius to hire Stern
would be a big negative to me.