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You are missing the very simple point: there are tons of independent stations the play excellent non top 40 music and have been for years.

Just because you don't choose to tune into them doesn't mean they don't exist. And it also doesn't mean that those who do should lover their standards for what constitutes good radio.

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On actual radio waves?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_independent_radio_stat...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_radio_stations...

^ One of those might be in your area :)

Might is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. There are several dozen radio stations in my area, and the only one on that list is a college station that just barely has the signal strength to reach me.

Minnesota has a number of independent and college stations reachable throughout much of the (populated) areas of the state.

kexp.org in Seattle and San Francisco for a start.

Yes.

What stations? All of the stations I can pick up in my area are top 40 country, rock, and pop, + npr.

Do you live near a city? Because pretty much every major city has a few. KEXP, WPFW, WUSC, KNHC are all local stations playing interesting non top 40 music that have been operating for decades in places that I have lived. Dublab & The Lot radio are also really good over the internet.

If there are non around you just pick a random place in the world here and listen: https://radio.garden

It's certainly 100x better than corporate and/or AI slop streams

I don't live near a big city and that's the point I'm trying to make. Yes I know the Internet exists. That isn't radio.

if you really can't recieve one at all in your area, which seems unlikely, then maybe you should start one? do it for an hour or so each evening. A great hobby, and cheaper than you might think. Just be sure to get the certifications first.

Where abouts do you live? There's usually some sort of community radio station that plays music. Or there's a large gap in the band for a community radio station to fill...

Sorry what FM or AM channel was this AI experiment on?

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