I only listen to channels 5,6,7,8,9,18,22,23,24,46,44,49, and 161. But it seems that 5 is getting better, 6 is tightening its playlist and several of the others seem to be narrowing it's playlist also. I haven't found one advantage to the listener since the merger. Rates are increasing, the promised "menu" choices never materialized, and it appears no one will hold their feet to the fire. I liked XM because of the music libraries that you don't hear on FM. That seems to be changing, although I have not read any statistics on the subject.