ACR DOES NOT RECEIVE HDOF TO TWR ON APCH; OR LNDG CLRNC AFTER HE CHANGES FREQ ON HIS OWN. COMPLAINS OF FREQ CONGESTION AND NONSTOP XMISSIONS BY TWR.

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WE WERE AT THE OM. I SWITCHED TO TWR ON MY OWN SINCE APCH DID NOT SWITCH US AND HE WAS SO BUSY; I COULDN'T BREAK IN. UPON SWITCHING; TWR WAS TRYING TO CONTACT US. WE WERE 2 MI BEHIND TFC AND TWR TOLD US TO S-TURN TO THE W. WE S-TURNED AND REJOINED FINAL. I EXPECTED LNDG CLRNC AS SOON AS FLT AHEAD CLRED THE RWY. THIS DIDN'T OCCUR. I TRIED TO CONFIRM OUR LNDG CLRNC BUT TWR CTL CONTINUALLY 'HOGGED' THE FREQ AND I COULDN'T GET IN. HE WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT UNIMPORTANT THINGS; BUT THEY WERE NOT ESSENTIAL ENOUGH TO TIE UP THE FREQ. HE WAS TALKING TO THE ACFT ON THE GND WAITING TO DEPART AFTER OUR ARR. THE RWY WAS CLR AND WE WERE ESSENTIAL 'OUT OF RADIO CONTACT' WITH TWR DUE TO CTLR'S ACTIONS SO WE LANDED. I'VE NOTICED THIS PROB WITH SEVERAL CTLRS OVER THE LAST FEW YRS. THEY FAIL TO TAKE A BREATH LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW AN ACFT; OTHER THAN THE ONE HE CALLS; TO GET IN. WHEN CTLRS ARE IN THIS 'MODE;' I'VE NOTICED THEY FORGET OR MISS IMPORTANT; TIMELY INSTRUCTIONS OR CLRNCS AND ACFT ARE UNABLE TO GET 'IN' TO CLARIFY THINGS.