My life is enriched with the phrase "morning zoo", to be sure. But most FM radio has never really been talk radio with NPR stations being the notable exception

My life is enriched with the phrase "morning zoo", to be sure. But most FM radio has never really been talk radio with NPR stations being the notable exception. On top of that, FM radio's ads (during music) have always made it completely unpalatable for me. AM radio has had talk radio for a long time, but AM is of extra-low quality at any distance from the transmitter, and often has a certain zoo-like quality of its own. It's also interesting that about a quarter of the podcasts that I listen to now are NPR/PRI podcasts.