i wouldn't say its all bad. alot more diversity on british radio i think, just look at what john peel did, he would play stuff you never would have heard anywhere else and played what he wanted and not what the record companies wanted. i know its horrible to say this to but tim westwood, again is an example, i know he's a wanna be gangster sad-act but he played his on thing to. you can get all this different music on just radio 1 whereas in US (when i was over and accordin to wot i read an heared from ppl livin there so may not be so accurate) you get just one style on each radio station. its not so hard to get exposed to new original music in UK, harder since john peel went but on the whole as long as you ignore the chart you can find some good stuff.