This is a very bizarre story about a large group of car owners in Washington State who one day mysteriously discovered they couldn't turn their radios off an NPR station. In a very weird malfunction, drivers of certain Mazda 3's discovered their radios were permanently stuck on KUOW-FM, a local public station. 

Rebooting the system didn't work, and neither did turning off the car and starting it again. The dial simply would not move. Now engineers and radio specialists are trying to figure out what happened and how to stop it.  I wonder if station owners are also looking into this, hoping they can literally command a captive audience!

As an inveterate station switcher, this would be my worst nightmare if I were on the road. Imagine being stuck on say, CBC Radio 1 or CHIN-FM. My head would explode, especially if I had a long way to go. Is there a local station that would make you crazy if you suddenly discovered you couldn't switch to something else?

(Full disclosure - I actually drive a Mazda 3 and am within a week or two of ordering another one. So far, there's no word from any other city about this happening but what a strange glitch.)

You’re listening to KUOW … like it or not: Mysterious glitch has Mazda drivers stuck on public radio