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What's wrong with Sirius XM?

But to repeat what I said to start with, we hear all this good music at Christmas, but tomorrow or soon after that even Sirius/XM won't have one channel with all the good music.
 
Used to listen to standards years ago on SiriusXM. However, many of the same songs came up in rotation over and over again. Since there are no standards stations on local radio here, I resort to using the TuneIn radio app and tag a number of broadcast and Internet stations that do it right. I asked one station locally if they would consider standards after being the Christmas station this past season and they thought it was a great idea for the market. Unfortunately they switched back to another format which they simulcast on their HD channel, which is also on their AM and two other FM translators.
 
I think I suggested it to them, or at least I intended to. WAVO Charlotte NC, before their fund-raisers weren't bringing in enough money, had a very large playlist of standards. I know I suggested their playlist to Sirius/XM but I can't recall whether i suggested Sirius/XM to WAVO when they were through playing the music. Unlike most commercial radio stations in the format, adult contemporary music on this station was the exception rather than the rule. Now where you draw the line between oldies and standards I don't know, but conservative oldies stations play a lot of songs that were on the standards format in its early years. But as far as I'm concerned those songs are standards.

Of course Sirius/XM won't go to that much trouble.
 
I listened to "Seriously Sinatra" quite a number of years ago. At that time, it was the worst example of a standards station. There was no variety. And no real radio station plays Sinatra every other song. I soon found much better standards radio stations on the internet and that was the end of my subscription to Sirius.
 
mikecroaro said:
I listened to "Seriously Sinatra" quite a number of years ago. At that time, it was the worst example of a standards station. There was no variety. And no real radio station plays Sinatra every other song.
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When you have an agreement ($$$) with Sinatra's estate, as Sirius did at the time, you saturate the playlist with Sinatra. Garth Brooks has a channel that plays at least four Brooks songs every hour. Kenny Chesney has No Shoes Radio, which plays a lot of Chesney. Margaritaville drowns its listeners in Jimmy Buffett. Willie's Roadhouse plays a few tracks from "the boss," as one of the jocks/Nelson shills calls Willie, every hour. Legal payola, it's a wonderful thing.
 
CTListener said:
Legal payola, it's a wonderful thing.
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Reminder that the FCC payola rules do not apply to satellite or internet radio at all. Only broadcasters.

If employees of broadcast stations, program producers, program suppliers or others accept or agree to receive payments, services or other valuable consideration in exchange for airing material, federal law and FCC rules require broadcasters to fully disclose this fact to audiences at the time the programming is aired.
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CTListener said:
When you have an agreement ($$$) with Sinatra's estate, as Sirius did at the time, you saturate the playlist with Sinatra. Garth Brooks has a channel that plays at least four Brooks songs every hour. Kenny Chesney has No Shoes Radio, which plays a lot of Chesney. Margaritaville drowns its listeners in Jimmy Buffett. Willie's Roadhouse plays a few tracks from "the boss," as one of the jocks/Nelson shills calls Willie, every hour. Legal payola, it's a wonderful thing.
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They have a perfect right to have a Sinatra channel of that type, but they need to offer a real standards channel. And not 40s Junction, which is good but something different. I suggested to them that they make a deal with WHVN Charlotte to put that station's collection on one of their channels.
 
vchimpanzee said:
They have a perfect right to have a Sinatra channel of that type, but they need to offer a real standards channel. And not 40s Junction, which is good but something different. I suggested to them that they make a deal with WHVN Charlotte to put that station's collection on one of their channels.
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As if a New York-based, New York-centric corporation like SXM would ever think making a deal with a small station in flyover country would help its programming!
 
and how many listeners do you think 40's junction has?

When I have my 92 year old Mom in my car (as I did yesterday) I had it on for her, but you want to talk about a P1 that is 80+ to Dead, that is the one.

If you are pushing 80, as my neighbor in Florida is, when we go out it is 50's on 5 on the radio when it is his car, in mine it is 60's on 6. (I am 62)
 
CTListener said:
Explains why SXM is so gunshy about going to court, doesn't it? Its legal eagles aren't exactly the best and brightest Noo Yawk has to offer, apparently.
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Going to court over this sort of thing is lengthy and expensive. Sometimes it's easier to try and see if your opponent rolls-over, and be ready to cut bait if it looks like your legal expenses will exceed any future financial benefit.
'He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.'
 
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