I have mixed feelings about the news and commercials. For me its like getting a glimpse into history since I was only born in 1985. However, there are times when I just want to hear The Rest of The story as Paul Harvey would say. I do enjoy CBS rmt quite a bit. I haven't listened in a while, but they did have some great stories. The actors in the stories were excilent. I was glad to find out that some of them also read talking books for the blind sometimes as well.