No local stations, now or probably ever. Notice I did not say never! They create all of their own content, at least on the music channels. There are also channels that are commercially created like CNN, Playboy, ... I sell the service and think it is awesome. $10 per month is not to bad of a price if yu spend much time in your vehicle. The next big thing for radio will be a receiver that has a hard drive. Yes, that is right, a hard drive to have TIVO like features. No more parking and not getting to hear your favorite song tht just started. You will be able to tell the radio to record it and when you get back into the car it is waiting for you to play. Rewind features, pause, .... Anybody who has a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) or TIVO, knows just how great this is. It totally changes the way you watch TV, and it will do the same to the radio. Anyway back to XM or Serious Satellite Radio, you can be guaranteed to hear the songs you like, in a digital quality, and commercial free. Even the stations that have comercials seem to be commercial free. A typical commercial may be "This half hour is being sponsored by XBoX-Sceen, your online answers to XboX modification questions and general XboX issues." The comercials are suttle and are virtually slipped in without the listener even realizing he just heard a commercial or plug for a product or company.
