Personally, I'll always have a VOR Radio in a cross country airplane. There are some AWOS's out there (especially in the People's Republic of Minnesota) that broadcast on the VOR frequency, and some RCO's that require you to tune to the VOR to listen to Flight Service (e.g. the Bonneville and...
My wife listens to a radio show (via podcast) that is on a station in Sacramento. She had it on in the car yesterday, and the topic of discussion was "The Beam". Some really hate it, and some love it apparently...