My fix for radio issues was simple, a pioneer blue tooth head unit, install kit and wiring kit from crutchfield. I think less than 175 bucks. The head unit makes the monsoon system sound so much better. I haven't bought a CD since the peppers stadium arcadium album, i use blue tooth for streaming music from my phone in all my vehicles and boats. I dont bother with head units with cd players anymore. I wasted thousands on cds that would skip/scratch in a few months from 96 to about 08...no more CDs for me, digital only. Cd vs vinyl...what sounds best??? Answer: digital.
The monsoon system sounded so good i ended up adding an amp and subs to really round out the music and take all lows from my inside speakers and dedicate them to highs/mids.
The install was plug and play asside from soldering my adapter harness to the pioneer harness. The crutchfield tech line was great with assisting with install as it works for both steering wheel controls and standard of which i had exra wires because i didn't have the extra controls.
I cannot recommend it enough if you really dig quality sounding music.
You may find it cheaper on eBay/Amazon but the tech help from crutchfield was worth the 20 bucks or so i may have saved.