San Francisco Radio: Star 101 point shit

You know when you move to a new area, and it takes you a while to figure out what stations are good and what stations suck? Well, I have been in the Bay Area for 1.5 months, and I have concrete evidence that one station in particular is the deputy mayor of suckville.

(Also, I am aware that most people own CD's, Ipods, MP3 players, etc, but just bare with me, because I make up the minority of the population that owns none of those fine consumer goods and I listen to FM radio out of necessity.. cough..preference).

On to my point: When I first drove into the Bay Area, I was scanning to find any song that was recognizable. I found one, and immediately cemented that channel as my 6th position on my radio memory button board (what do you actually call those things? i googled it, but nothing came up.. From here on I am going to call it 'channel rememberer').

Anyway, this channel happened to be 101.3 and it was playing mostly Top 40, which was a welcome divergence after many hours in the Nevada Desert with the Unabridged Book on tape version of "The Odyssey."

In all honesty, I can deal with top 40 in very moderate doses, but this station is intolerable. They play the same 4-5 songs over and over again (eg: "Lips of an Angel" by Hinder, "Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall, Streetcorner Symphony, Some Dixie Chicks song, a Natasha Bettingfield balad and Frey; "How to Save a Life".. In case you're wondering.. I googled those names online).

Another really annoying thing about 101.3 is this guy named Don Bleu, who does some stupid bloopers (bleupers) in the morning, where he typically calls an illegal immigrant and tells them they are going to be deported, and then at the end he say's something along the lines of: "Javier: IT'S ME! DON BLUE! You've been Bloopered. haha.(sidekick "haha") Perhaps you've heard of our radio show. haha. I'm a tremendous tool who deserves a hearty bludgeoning. haha."

With all that said, 101.crap is still occupying the #6 position on my channel rememberer because: 1) I haven't come across too many good substitute channel options 2) quite frankly, I don't always enjoy change, 3) laziness, and 4) I kinda like the dixie chick song.

So, I am asking for station recommendations from people in the Bay Area. So far, I have two channels that are definite locks: #1: 105.3 and #5 NPR. Outside of those two, I am in search of suitors for #2, 3, 4 and #6.

ps. I can't believe John Tesh is still alive! and on top of that, has a successful SF Bay Area radio show! I am all about intelligence for my life (his "bit"), but the next time he reminds me to take a bath to avoid getting sick or stressed, I am going to attack him with my car antennae (which sadly is only a foot long).