GoldenRivet, since you were kind enough to PM me with positive words, I'll return the favor by making my response in public.
I apologize for the bit of attitude in my post above. And I do understand some confusion in regards to "why does the gramaphone not have any music, or the radio not have any other stations".
The posture of my response was not generated by the question itself, but the way it's presented.
I couldn't imagine being on the dev team, and every day having to come here, and instead of reading questions worded like "I'm curious, why was this done this way?, they say "What the hell is wrong with you guys".
Both the radio and gramaphone are excellent game features. The radio especially. You can put your own listening content into the game, and program it to whatever station number you want, and it can even be made to realistically function geographically, where stations can only be heard as you approach certain map areas.
I think it's absolutely genius.
And while it's natural to think "why isn't it already pre-filled with content though", I don't think that's a question that somehow belittles the features themselves. Neal's right that there are copyright issues with filling it with authentic WW2 materials, and no doubt the team wasn't given enough time to come up with other content either.
I also think there's an understanding in this particular community, that the devs can provide such a tool like the radio, make sure it functions properly, then turn it over to this community and let the modders turn it into it's next level. Which they have certainly done already. There's some great radio content mods already sitting on my harddrive.
So, in summary, again, thanks for responding to me in the manner you did, and again I apologize for my angst. I just hate when gamers cannot see or appreciate what they
have been given, and can only find negatives instead.
Cheers, and good hunting!
*Returns to periscope depth*