Also worth considering is many stations provide high quality internet radio streams these days in addition to over the air broadcasts.
From a technology perspective, internet streaming these days has a clear edge over traditional FM stereo broadcast technology IMHO. Like FM stations though, most Internet streams provided can vary greatly in terms of sound quality. Streaming rate/resolution is but one factor to consider. Higher bitrate streams are better in general, but not assurance alone of better sound quality. Its the overall implementation of the stream with attention to sound quality that matters. There are many very good ones to sample though these days.
I am an FM radio fan from way back, but I am finding more and more internet radio resources these days that I tend to prefer over what can be accomplished over air with local stations, except perhaps under the most ideal FM reception conditions and with a top notch quality FM tuner/receiver. Plus the variety of sources available over the internet is without equal. You can easily spend an afternoon just sampling through the various streams available.
