I don’t watch VH-1 on TV, so I didn’t have any particular interest in today’s visit to VH-1 radio. But I’m determined to try every channel, at least briefly, so I tuned in when I got to the office.

And I was mostly pleasantly surprised. When I tuned in, they were running a Melissa Etheridge episode of “Storytellers“; the music was good, and the commentary was tolerable. Later on, I tuned in for Hour Five of “Greatest One-Hit Wonders“including the discussion of the very odd career of ? and the Mysterians.

But the music wandered all over the map (with more rap than I’d like), so I kept wanting to tune away (and at times, I gave up and did go elsewhere).

I might come back for more “One-Hit Wonders”, or other specials, but this isn’t a channel I’ll stay on for very long.

The Move is another channel I wasn’t really looking forward to visiting. A channel which features something called “Thump Radio” is not aimed at me!

When I tuned in, I found the music more likeable and more interesting than I’d expected. It was definitely full of energy. And it did a fine job of masking the teleconference going on in the adjacent office.

But it wasn’t music that encouraged thinking while I listened — if anything, it drove thoughts out of my mind (hmmm…maybe that’s why they describe it as “trance” and “rave”), so I left soon after finishing my morning pass through my e-mail. I tuned in again during “Radio Chumbo”, and had the same reaction.

There are times when I have something going through my mind and I can’t get rid of it (when I work too late, for example) — The Move might be a great antidote at those times. But otherwise, I think I’ll do my listening elsewhere.