Our local NPR has also gone largely public affairs talk as well. Some objection but imo a necessary response to events of the last several years, and we'll just leave it there.When I started this thread in 2014 I was still a tuner "fanatic" mainly due to the nostalgia of living in Chicago and the metro area until the 80's. In high school and college I was also an FM DXer which sticks in your blood. I got spoiled being able to see the Hancock Bldg. from the roof of my house. Since then the physical location of my homes in relation to large metro areas, the topology of my surroundings and the quality and variety of receivable stations has constantly gotten worse. My local NPR station in the Akron area is mostly talk until some classical after 8 pm. I recently read that the two big public radio stations in Boston; WGBH and Boston U. are switching to all talk on their main analog channel to increase listeners. More than likely I can see myself slowly thinning down my tuner collection to one piece; my MR78 and experimenting with homemade dipoles. The 78 was gone over by Terry D. a few years ago. I just have to keep from being tempted to buy another bargain off CL.
For music, there are CDs for the keepers on demand and after hours NPR for the fine music less heard previously. I do miss Performance Today and some of the other daytimers tho' .