In my [limited] experience, the latency [associated with chunked streaming like HLS] is often treated as a feature by at least radio stations. It gives them a w

In my [limited] experience, the latency [associated with chunked streaming like HLS] is often treated as a feature by at least radio stations. It gives them a window for dynamic ad insertion. As long as the stream is quality and resumable then the latency with regard to the live AM/FM broadcasts has been of negligible importance— at least not high on the priority list. That's experience with one company owning a group of stations across the country. I don't know how other stations or groups work with it. These stations aren't typically critical data. Includes a couple of news stations, but a few seconds latency for a breaking story won't 'break' them.