Toto- Excuse Me?

[JRV]

I like ELP, sometimes, but I don't like Pirates. It's empty and pretentious even for a band that raised empty pretense to an art form. I also agree about Toto, Foreigner, Triumph & Starcastle. Off the top of my head, I'd add Rush and Supertramp.

So what?

The free-format radio I remember from the 70s (WNEW-FM, WBAI, WLIR, WFDU...probably a few more I'm forgetting) had all that, plus what you like at AM, plus what I like at AM, plus much more that you and I don't. The non-prog was maybe only 10% of their programming, but it was there. A tiny fraction was even unmitigated, unapologetic top-40[gasp].

I don't know what AM's finances look like, but I can imagine it's necessary to limit their acquisitions, and I'm immensely grateful just for what's here now. Almost anything can be "prog", or at least worth another listen, if it's in the right context...in a really great theme set. But when its financially possible, I'd actually like to see AM's definition of prog loosened, not tightened.

A really good DJ can make anything prog in context. Even when I don't like it, I probably won't hear it often since there's no playlist. And I might even hear something that isn't prog that I really like and might not have heard elsewhere. And that's really what radio, including AM, is for, in my opinion.