I don't listen to the radio much anymore (work-from-home keeps me off the road, which is where I'd normally listen to radio). But I am with you, I have found t

I don't listen to the radio much anymore (work-from-home keeps me off the road, which is where I'd normally listen to radio). But I am with you, I have found the HD sub-channels to be very palletable to listen to compared with the main channels. Even NPR is getting hard to listen to, but some of the alternative HD channels are quite enjoyable, especially for "unpopular" genres like folk, bluegrass, original (roots) country, Americana, 40's/50's, etc. I don't think it's a failure. Maybe it's a failure of monetization, but I think it's a success in terms of content availability and lack of advertisements.