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Sirius XM Can Go F*** Themselves
They dropped almost all of the channels I ever listen to: Disorder, Boombox, Left of Center, Vault, Backspin... God knows how they kept Underground Garage on the air. My first reaction is to cancel immediately. I suppose I'll give them one week. But that's all they are getting!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10094816-47.html Sirius gets serious, reshuffles lineup, cuts DJs Posted by Steve Guttenberg As a Sirius Satellite Radio subscriber, I received an e-mail on Wednesday "Announcing The New Sirius Channel Lineup" that confirmed my worst fears about the Sirius-XM merger. That is, the inevitable cost savings would impact me personally. My favorite music channel, Sirius Disorder, is history, replaced with the near DJ-less The Loft. It seems rather bland, and I really do miss Disorder's morning guy, Ghosty, as well as afternoon host Meg Griffin. Hey, Sirius has to keep forking over those hefty paychecks to Howard Stern, and somebody has to pay for it. There's a lot more changes across the range of programming, and some great XM channels are now on Sirius. If you're not getting the new lineup, or you're a little dazed and confused, here's how Sirius recommends catching up: Please note that when you turn on your radio for the first time on or after November 12, it may need 2 (to) 5 minutes to receive the update from our satellites. During this time, the audio you hear may not match what is shown on your display, and you may see messages such as "updating channels." While the radio updates, please do not change channels, as this will delay the update. I know it's still early, and we are just starting to grasp the changes, but I'd love to hear Sirius and XM subscribers' views on the shake-up. Is it good for you? BTW, the Sirius-XM stock is now 25 cents (down from a 52-week high of $3.94), so please remind me why the merger was such a great idea. Oh, anybody know if Howard Stern still has any stock? He was such a big booster of Sirius, wasn't he? |
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11-12-2008, 04:44 PM
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They cut alot of the good channels on XM too.
If you liked Left of Center, the channel Sirius XM U plays the same music. They Cut XMs version of Backspin also. |
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11-12-2008, 05:06 PM
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I only listen to the Foxxhole so i'm fine with the merger.
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11-12-2008, 06:47 PM
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Underground Garage stayed on thanks to the same folks at Sirius who saw fit to create an E Street channel, being that Steve Van Zandt of UG is in the E Street Band...
Personally, I've liked Sirius over XM last few years anyway. One of my friends has Sirius and I can always find something good.. had XM in a rental car a couple weeks ago and it was putrid. |
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11-12-2008, 07:34 PM
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How was this not considered a monopolizing move?
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11-13-2008, 11:20 AM
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I see the term monopoly is thrown around too often, Kirobaito. Satellite Radio is a luxury, and one of the easiest to do without services I can think of. Seeing as they were both probably not doing very well fiscally, I imagine the government allowed the merger to probably keep both of them from going under.
A friend of mine has Sirius and he used to listen to Maxim Radio quite often and he just found out the vast majority of the staff has been let go, and the only people left on it are Covino and Rich, which are a favorite, but still......
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The merger probably sucks for people that actually listened to music, since some stations are being eliminated. I'm thinking of signing up for the "news talk radio" package or whatever..its only 9.99 per month - and right now I'm paying 14.99.
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11-13-2008, 12:57 PM
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they've got an all Led Zeppelin channel now....lot's of good deepcuts, How Many More Times?, The Lemmon Song, That's the Way, Nuh Nuh Nuh NO--nobody's fault but mine....
I'm happy as a pig in stuff.
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11-13-2008, 02:11 PM
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I'm still trying to figure out how this is good for me. I haven't been able to find one new channel that adds value. |
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11-13-2008, 02:15 PM
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yeah...well anyway, just got through with a long-ass tour of w. texas, and having a dedicated led zep channel for that trip was just about worth the price of admission by itself.
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