The local station does NOT carry any syndicated shows and it's all music, except for America in the Morning @ 5 or 5:30 AM and the CBS news break. But it's the same damn national ads night after night after night, ad infinitum.The talk stations that have national / non-local hosts provided by a network or syndicator are required to carry network ads as compensation for providing the show. The network, then, sells ads which the affiliated stations have to carry. The station does not share in that revenue.