true, npr and opb do a fantastic job. interviewing new musicians and playing whole albums! whethers is loudon wainright, air, etc. I'd much rather support real 'alternative' PUBLIC radio!

According to BDSRadio.com, Z100 played 189 song titles in the last 7 days, KNRK played 580. On Z, 45 songs are "current" while on NRK 92 songs are considered such. The argument is easy to make that NRK does, in fact, play more new music. Even if it is a smaller percentage of their overall programming (23.8 vs 15.9).

The Bottom Forty is the only time I ever listen to the radio anymore either (besides that, I haven't listened at all for months). I love that show too much to stop listening to it entirely.

And how much time has passed and no apology has been issued?

I simply can think of nothing relevant about those corporate, commercial stations: what do they offer the public? At best they are a wallpaper of sound to drown out traffic noises on the Banfield. At their worst, they are the smug, self-involved self-referring simpleton crass masters of the corporate jungle gym. Really – who cares what they think, say or do? They are completely irrelevant to culture and society at large. In time they will be replaced by more of the same and no one will know any different.

Sure, my colleague was a decade younger than I (and perhaps listening to songs from the 80s and early 90s is "kitsch" to Gen Y), but the playlist seemed to be more of the stuff I listened to in college (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Pixies, etc.) and was anything but "new."

Luckily, now I have satellite radio in my car, where I can truly find new artists, and if I'm in the mood, I can relive my younger years with some "old school" alternative music.

For me the only time really worth listening to NRK is Sunday nights when Greg does the Bottom 40. I always find something new and interesting in those two hours. Otherwise, it's just the same Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Chili Peppers songs over and over.

It's such a weird station. People genuinely root for them and are really passionate about making it their own. There's a place in town for a KINK for the 25-49, under-$100k crowd. I wish it was 947. Unfortunately it's not.

Good luck with the radio there.

Why would they even be on these social networking sites? They have a website – they already have a forum for one way communication. No wait – as they don't care about listener feedback, make that two forums.

@Jim-Bob I added OPBMusic to the article per your recommendation, didn't mean to overlook a local station doing something in the space, just hadn't listened to them yet. Now streaming!