On the Radio

In a similar realization to my last post, I realized during my drive back from St. Louis that I'm really not digging radio stations all that much. It happens on multiple occasions, and on those multiple occasions I find myself saying the same thing: "HOW CAN NONE OF THE STATIONS BE PLAYING MUSIC?" I have my 6 channel car radio with, generally, 6 different stations saved that I will listen to depending on the day and how I'm feeling about music, so how can all 6 stations be on commercials at the same time? It'd be like if I were watching 6 different shows on television, a for instance, Sportscenter (ESPN), The Office (TBS), How I Met Your Mother (WGN), Two and a Half Men (CBS), Friends (FOX) and Everybody Loves Raymond (MYzou).

Okay so the for instance probably wasn't necessary, but if all those things were on at one time, and they all went to commercials at the same time, I think I'd protest television. However, since it's on the radio for some reason it's understood. Why is it understood that radio stations have 10 minutes of commercials for every 2 or 3 songs they play? Perhaps that's somewhat exaggerated, but I doubt it. I can usually go maybe 10 miles on the highway before I have to turn the station and try and find some station actually playing music.

I guess what gets to me most about it is the realization of how radios are so commercialized. More importantly, it just shows how much of a business the media world and radio truly is, and yet, I still want to go into work with a radio station at some point in my life.