Of course I forget that in other countries radio means adverts.
I don't listen to music on the radio, and don't have to hear adverts either.
I forget how foreign I am sometimes.

Portland has a great jazz station.
Most days I have it on all day.

Carruthers, I often hear BBC programming, World News for example, when I listen to my local station KUOW late at night. There are a couple of voices I especially like hearing. Neil Nunes has a beautiful voice, and the way Louisa Lim sounds, I imagine she's just eaten a cherry cordial and is striving to read the news without swallowing or spilling a drop. I find that particular speech pattern distinctly English. (said the American)

Seems the Brits have as many different accents on that little island as we do in this huge country. Most are pleasant but I've heard a few that I found unintelligible. Of course I've found some Americans unintelligible too. :haha:

This is really neat. It is just general highlights, for instance it gives one yorkshire accent and one lancashire accent, but in reality there are many variations of each regional accent (I can absolutely tell the difference between the Bolton accent and the Burnley accent and they are just two towns in Lancashire) but it's cleverly done.

Pleased to hear that you find BBC programming to your liking. It surprised me how many Public Radio stations carry BBC output and my trips to the US were accompanied by familiar voices coming from the car radio.

...and as Bruce says:

Dani's video neatly illustrates the wide variety of accents in the UK. Some are pretty much unintelligible and others do not fall lightly on the ear. I think I'd better stop there!

Just to end, here's a sample of BBC English at its best (other opinions are available).