$10,- a month or free radio. Makes sense to choose to buy 3 packs over the subscription to me. Phone can also function as IPod, if you don't want to compromise. I'm lucky, with plenty of alt rock stations in the ether here, I can listen to fine music AND get surprised now and again. And podcasts, loads of podcasts.
As to the topic: the popular radio stations here tend to overplay more then underplay. There's pretty few one day flies I wanted to stick around longer.
You poor people.....I have the best rock/metal station evar where I live.
All of the stations in Colorado (that are worth note) are owned by Clear Channel. They stripped every single one of any individuality it had years ago and now only play mainstream bullshit. This is a multigenre issue. I stick almost exclusively to Pandora or my own stash. Also, Tays, who pays for music these days? 😉