Not really. They don't talk over the music at all. I even heard the opening bars of a familiar song today and didn't recognize it because the other radio stations used to cut the beginnings off. And the endings.
I also heard a remix of a song today. It was a long version of "Relax".
I read the play list yesterday. They had 12 songs an hour. If they're playing the long versions and the album cuts. That maybe as long as four minutes for each song. Figure three minutes at twelve songs an hour doesn't leave that much time for commercials.
Enjoy your traffic and weather reports with your contests and news. I listened to four songs on my short commute. One was "Black" by Pearl Jam. I haven't heard that one in over a year.
I flipped on the Jack station today. Every single song I've heard is stuff I've heard a million times before. If the station is going to hype itself as an IPod on shuffle, how about picking songs that haven't been played to death on every other rock station for the past 20 something years? And how about more than the grand total of 1200 songs, considering all the hype?
Besides, you're missing the point with this station change. Infinity could have switched WNEW's format for the umpteenth time to the Jack format, and there would be no outcry. But instead, they switched the station with the most loyal listeners in the city. To kick their listeners in the teeth after 33 years is pretty crummy, not to mention firing the entire staff with no notice whatsoever.