The Blend describes itself as

…a collection of the smoothest hits from the 60’s to now. A tasteful combination of familiar favorites from singer-songwriters to stadium fillers without the hard edge or driving guitars.

and that’s just what they seem to provide. It seems like it’d be the perfect background music for Supercuts or a family pizza place.

It doesn’t seem to be a channel which will surprise me with new musical discoveries, though, and it’s probably not a channel I’ll turn to very often.

(Hmmm…I used “seem” three times in three sentences. You can tell that The Blend didn’t move me to very strong opinions!)

It was another busy busy day at work, so I didn’t get a chance to turn on the radio until a bit after 2pm; I nearly turned it right off again, because the song that was playing (something by Patty Loveless) was the kind of twangy country music that I don’t like. And I can’t say I was particularly thrilled by anything else I heard during the afternoon’s listening, either, though after a few minutes, the music receeded into the background and I pretty much ignored it.

Maybe some of the other new channels will be better, but Highway 16 is a road I don’t think I’ll be taking very often.