Tale as old as time. Even on radio. Was listening to a baseball game and the commercials were so loud I had to fiddle with the volume every damn break.

That’s why I don’t do commercials

This references the phenomenon that some stations that were part of PBS, the US public television network, started airing ads for their corporate sponsors, called “enhanced underwriting” This was in response to large increases in corporate revenues to those stations.

NY Times article from 1985 free gift article link

This was likely in response to Reagan-initiated -20% funding cuts to PBS’ parent body, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), starting in 1983. https://cpb.org/appropriation/history

FUCK REAGAN in his grave.