Sure, there might be a trickle of user supported programming. I don't know how successful satellite radio is these days. The whole reason TV and radio exist i

Sure, there might be a trickle of user supported programming. I don't know how successful satellite radio is these days. The whole reason TV and radio exist is to bring advertising into our homes and cars. Those "commercial free' stations are there to attract the audience back to the channel. For example, Game of Thrones on HBO is there because Time Warner wants to keep it's TV audience for it's other advertising channels. In other words, commercial free shows are there to keep the medium alive.