What's up with the radio lately?

So, my husband and I have been doing some major reconstruction on our garage. When I say my husband and I, I mean I watch the baby while he and our friend David actually work. However, I had the pleasure of working out there one night for about 6 hours. All the while we had our little radio my uncle in Vermont sent me as a wedding gift turned to the local alternative rock station, 97x. Well, I swear in that 6 hours I heard the same 5 songs over and over again! I had no idea radio had gotten so dull and predictable. In my car I either plug in my iPod or tune into my Sirius radio. I swear if I heard that awful Kings of Leon song or Shinedown's Second Chance one more time I was going to chuck the radio out the newly installed window. I mean, Shinedown has a new song, and it sounds pretty good, but they didn't play it once. I tuned into the other rock station, 98Rock, but that plays too much of the early 90s metal like Queensryche for my taste. And as for the other stations, I really have to be in the mood for rap, 70s, cheesy 80s or easy listening. When did terrestrial radio go down? It makes my last blog where I talk about artist controlled radio stations even more relevent and compelling. Do I just stock my car with CDs and bring my iPod everywhere, or is there still hope? You tell me.