If you want radio to be fun again why don't you get a ham license? You get to broadcast, put up your own antennas, get your own call sign, talk to who you want, DX, the best part is you create it, you are not a passive listener, you are actually running your own radio station. There are many niches in ham radio, me I collect the old boatanchors which actually double as very good AM DX machines, much better than just about anything you can buy today unless you want to spend some serious cash.