melodic vs. metalic

[joelscottiii]

Maybe it's an age-related thing for me as a listener, but I have a hard time tuning in to AM because it strikes me as a bit too heavy on stuff that's overyl metal-influenced or atonal. (I know it's not a generational matter -- early prog artists [KC to name just one] could swing from one end of the melodic extreme to the other -- though I have a sense that much of today's prog intersects with metal music more than back in the day.) Is there an alternative or AM-lite, for those of us who want the more melodic side of prog while they work, relax, etc.? I have the same problem with Attention Span radio on the fusion side. There will be those who crave the more bombastic stuff and that's fine, but I can't believe I'm the first to have this thought and that I've got in mind a niche that nobody's tried to fill. Waddya think?