The radio is almost a form of brainwashing. How many times have you heard a song you didn't like but after the 1000th time you heard it that week it "grew" on you.
So true. That's probably why i rarely listen to the radio anymore.

Personally i don't really buy CDs anymore is because
There are only 9-12 songs on a CD, and switching them all the time is annoying and since I own a MiniDisc player and having CDs are pretty useless.

Sure, the artist needs to get paid, but not that much. There are LOTS of artists on the internet that let you download their music in mp3 format... Didn't Weezer have mp3s on their site a while ago?... And also my favourite dance artist The Cynic Project sells CDs and let's you download almost all of the songs from their site.