Anyone who knows me knows I have a problem with commercial radio. I’ve pretty much managed to purge myself of all corporate radio, save my guilty pleasure of talk radio. It’s not always been easy. When I lived in Florida the only real choice for Americana was WMNF who’d rather talk politics than play music.

Now that I’m back in the good ol’ hills of Tennessee I’m blessed with WDVX for my beloved Americana, Bluegrass, Gospel, and Country, and WUTK for the rest.

My friends in Lexington are mourning the loss of their indy station, as I’m sure many others are across the country. The media giants such as Clear Channel are buying up every station they can, along with any other media outlet they can get their hands on.

Salon.com has some articals on what corporate radio is doing in America if you interested. And if you’re not, that’s okay too. But do yourself a favor and give indy radio in your town a listen, you may be surprised at what you hear.