Most of the stations you hear everyday (the exception usually being small indie stations,
college stations, some classical, folk, and
jazz stations, and some Spanish stations which are sometimes illegal and/or unauthorized).
They aren't too bad, but they always play the SAME songs every single
day despite claiming to have "today's hottest
music" or "the best new
music" or something like that. When you hear a good song on there, it's probably a sign that the song is getting old. They also play a lot of good songs to
death. This is not usually the DJs' fault, because they are only allowed to play certain songs on a corporate playlist provided by their parent company. (the biggest parent company is Clearchannel).
Despite this, many have good morning shows with funny hosts to make up for the fact that they can only play certain songs.
Some of these stations are oldies, country, alternative, Spanish, or 70s and 80s oriented, but they still play a lot of the same songs all the time.
It would be nice if all the "mix" stations out there would actually have a
bit more variety and play stuff by lesser known or
popular underground artists.
Ex. I was listening to the radio today and it seems like all they played was Lifehouse,
Gwen Stefani, the
Goo-Goo Dolls, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday", some
mid-90's stuff, and John Mayer. So much for "variety".
