I too remember the days of commercial free, album rock stations. What an era! How did they survive at all? I used to play my radio all night to the music. I got so much of my musical background from that format and especially the show King Biscuit Flower Hour.
We still have some good radio with a university station and a couple of listener sponsored/community sponsored stations, not to mention NPR, but I can stream those and my tuners always had reception problems. Strange with the reception thing since I live within 10 miles of the broadcasters antennas.
Do high-end manufacturers even make tuners anymore?