I think all you grumpy commenters in here are nostalgic af! I hated radio in my youth. It was 20 minutes of the same songs followed by another 20 minutes of com

I think all you grumpy commenters in here are nostalgic af! I hated radio in my youth. It was 20 minutes of the same songs followed by another 20 minutes of commercials. The same playlists over and over, and really the only value-add were the DJs talking to you. Then once radio stations caught on to that, they shifted to shock-jocks that really went overboard. I mean look at Howard Stern, he grew out of that shift. If Live Nation and CBS radio didn't buy up all the radio stations in the 90s, they probably would have vanished one by one as people moved on to iPods and CDs for consumption. Both Apple Music and Spotify have playlists of every conceivable genre and of every mood you could possibly be in. Want to listen to bad elevator cover songs? You can find it! There shouldn't be any problem with music discovery at this point. I'm constantly finding new music from all kinds of artists. For everything else, DJs in the morning, shock-jocks, talk radio, those are served by Podcasts. Once again, every possible genre, from murder mysteries, to local news, it's all there. Maybe your small community doesn't have a replacement podcast yet, but that doesn't mean it can't exist. The barrier to entry is so low that I imagine it's only a matter of time.