I listen almost exclusively to non-commercial radio, but every so often I'd scan the dial and sample the commercial stations. Most of the commercial stations in

I listen almost exclusively to non-commercial radio, but every so often I'd scan the dial and sample the commercial stations. Most of the commercial stations in my market have evolved to only interrupt the programming once per hour with ads. I think the scale is tipping. The only way to listen to music now without a subscription and without ads every few songs is actually old-school FM radio. There are still some radio stations with heavy advertisement loads. But most of the dial is not as hard to listen to as it was 10-years ago.