Come on David, lighten up! It was supposed to be funny! It would have been more accurate, though, if instead of REM it would be the Eagles Hotel California. For a while in 2009 and 2010, you could almost set a clock to The Eagle playing Hotel California. Even a big Eagles fan like the guy playing the station in the lab was starting to groan every time that song came on, at least 3 or 4 times a day. At least that is what it seemed. All of us are so burned out on that song we still can't stand it any more. The best thing that ever happened to the Eagle is when the Arrow shut down, and they could expand their playlist. As for country dominating half the dial - not one station but what seems like every 3rd or 4th station. And I think the comedic description of slob sports stations is all too accurate. I don't watch that stuff on TV, and the amount of detail in the information presented by people over the air is bewildering to a non-fan. I wish they would devote that much intellectual energy into a pursuit that benefits mankind, instead of wasting it on irrelevancies. The college station is a satire, I have heard some pretty unprofessional things done over the air, and that is what makes it interesting.
Your movie analogy is accurate enough, but it assumes that there are movies of interest to everyone. That is not the case with radio, which has settled on a handful of formats, none of which is interesting to me. If radio abandons an audience segment, they will return the favor.