>> I listen to my mp3 player (total control over the music) or I flip around for eclectic music, or RUSH!
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>Surprisingly, though, we came to the same solution from a different angle :). Few years ago, there was a thread here, "what would you wish yourself as a present", and I wanted a mp3 player for the car. And they came within a year (actually don't know what took them so long). Not that I have a real mp3 player in the car - the stealability makes it inattractive - but I have one of those where you plug an auxiliary sound source, and my regular mp3 disc player goes in there (which also means I can use it when traveling by other means).
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>My problem that this solved was the advertisements on any radio, including NPR - their ads are different only in style, they don't shout at you, and don't advertise any particular product, they only advertise their major donors as such. And advertise themselves way too often, for my taste.

The fund drives are the worst. I basically keep the car radio on other stations during those times. I have donated but can't stand listening to the pleas for a week or two straight.