Because this descended into rambling about my car - I’m taking my reply to this over here:
I end up listening to AM music stations mostly because I’ve got a bunch of flawed options in the car. My stereo’s just new enough to have a CD player, but not new enough to do anything fancy like MP3 CDs or have an AUX input or steering wheel controls.
I’ve got an FM transmitter for my iPod - but that gives me nothing to skip songs easily, so I mostly just use it for listening to podcasts.
I can burn CDs - but I’m limited to the 80 minutes, and the hassle of needing to change discs or make new ones all the time to minimise repetition.
Then there’s FM radio - I’d usually listen to Triple M - but they are so often doing talk, and spend half of the year with sport replacing the weekends. I like CHR stations in limited doses, so occasionally will skip between Nova, KIIS and Fox - then eventually I’ll skip through all three and still not find something I can listen to.
So at that point I usually hit the AM button and bounce between my presets there - which are 7SD, 7BU, 7AD, 3MP and 3GG. That followed by just turning off the radio and having silence.
If I drove more I might consider getting a DAB+ headunit installed, but my commute is by train, so I’m not listening to radio enough to care.