Alternate Vision

"The heyday of advertising-free Internet radio might be coming to an end. Simson says small operators who play music and don't try to sell ads "will have a hard time paying the rate" -- a change about which he's not shedding tears." Washington Post

I understand that artists deserve to get their money, but what about the alternative/underground, mom and pop internet radio stations which survive off meager donations from their listeners anyway? This is where the giant radio stations will eat up the fledgling, commercial-free, listener supported stations. I'm not sure how I would manage without somafm.