With Sirius's upcoming shuffle, I'm wondering about the fate of certain streams.
At first, I wondered about CNN Headline News, as that replaced Fox News on Jan. 1.
But now, I read that Fox News will be on stream 131, the current home of Bloomberg.
And Cosmo radio will be on 111, the current home of WSM. (Originally I'd thought Cosmo would be on 113.)
So, wither Bloomberg and WSM? Will they stay or will they be cut?
By the way, personally, I have predictably found CNN Headline News (as well as CBC Radio One, another recent addition) to be a nice supplement to my core news streams (which, as can be gleaned from my earlier posts, include BBC World Service News, World Radio Network, Public Radio International and perhaps CNN; additionally, I find OutQ and NPR Now to be particularly useful for their the hourly news updates among other things).
Sirius was and still is strong in the area of international news, IMHO, with the BBC World Service News, World Radio Network, Public Radio International and CBC Radio One. That said, I felt Sirius needed a 24/7 domestic headline service and CNN Headline News fills the bill.
(BTW, sometimes I find myself hungry for Washington political news at times when CNN Headline News is fixated on something happening elsewhere. Maybe the C-SPAN news headline channel would be an interesting idea?)
As for Bloomberg, it admittedly isn't one of my core streams, but I still feel it's a good if largely "untapped" resource (by yours truly) and I'd be sorry to see it go, especially to make way for Fox. If Sirius axes Bloomberg without replacing it in kind, that would mean Sirius is down to only one business stream.
I think it's cool that Sirius has WSM, even if I don't listen to it a lot. (I have found it to be reasonably pleasant when I have tuned in.) It's a legacy, heritage station, in general, and the Grand Ole Opry is an institution.
So, granted that I'll be less unhappy with Sirius if it kills Bloomberg or WSM than I would were it to kill, say, World Radio Network, OutQ, the BBC (which I'd be pretty confident isn't going anywhere) or Public Radio International. But, as I already said regarding Bloomberg, I'd be sorry to see them go.
One other thought: I've been a bit leery of Fox News out of worries that it might air subtly-slanted (or not-so-subtly-slanted) right-wing propaganda -- much the same way, perhaps, that I've been a bit leery of the likes of China Radio International and Vatican Radio on the World Radio Network. (My interest in World Radio Network does rise and fall regularly, like a yo-yo, depending in part on which radio station or network's programming is being aired at the moment. Considered as a whole, though, I regard World Radio Network as a gem.)
Admittedly, that might be somewhat unfair to all three of them (Fox News, China Radio Int'l. and Vatican Radio), but that's kind of the way I feel.
Regarding Cosmo, I do look forward to checking that out and "giving it a shot" after it makes its debut.
At first, I wondered about CNN Headline News, as that replaced Fox News on Jan. 1.
But now, I read that Fox News will be on stream 131, the current home of Bloomberg.
And Cosmo radio will be on 111, the current home of WSM. (Originally I'd thought Cosmo would be on 113.)
So, wither Bloomberg and WSM? Will they stay or will they be cut?
By the way, personally, I have predictably found CNN Headline News (as well as CBC Radio One, another recent addition) to be a nice supplement to my core news streams (which, as can be gleaned from my earlier posts, include BBC World Service News, World Radio Network, Public Radio International and perhaps CNN; additionally, I find OutQ and NPR Now to be particularly useful for their the hourly news updates among other things).
Sirius was and still is strong in the area of international news, IMHO, with the BBC World Service News, World Radio Network, Public Radio International and CBC Radio One. That said, I felt Sirius needed a 24/7 domestic headline service and CNN Headline News fills the bill.
(BTW, sometimes I find myself hungry for Washington political news at times when CNN Headline News is fixated on something happening elsewhere. Maybe the C-SPAN news headline channel would be an interesting idea?)
As for Bloomberg, it admittedly isn't one of my core streams, but I still feel it's a good if largely "untapped" resource (by yours truly) and I'd be sorry to see it go, especially to make way for Fox. If Sirius axes Bloomberg without replacing it in kind, that would mean Sirius is down to only one business stream.
I think it's cool that Sirius has WSM, even if I don't listen to it a lot. (I have found it to be reasonably pleasant when I have tuned in.) It's a legacy, heritage station, in general, and the Grand Ole Opry is an institution.
So, granted that I'll be less unhappy with Sirius if it kills Bloomberg or WSM than I would were it to kill, say, World Radio Network, OutQ, the BBC (which I'd be pretty confident isn't going anywhere) or Public Radio International. But, as I already said regarding Bloomberg, I'd be sorry to see them go.
One other thought: I've been a bit leery of Fox News out of worries that it might air subtly-slanted (or not-so-subtly-slanted) right-wing propaganda -- much the same way, perhaps, that I've been a bit leery of the likes of China Radio International and Vatican Radio on the World Radio Network. (My interest in World Radio Network does rise and fall regularly, like a yo-yo, depending in part on which radio station or network's programming is being aired at the moment. Considered as a whole, though, I regard World Radio Network as a gem.)
Admittedly, that might be somewhat unfair to all three of them (Fox News, China Radio Int'l. and Vatican Radio), but that's kind of the way I feel.
Regarding Cosmo, I do look forward to checking that out and "giving it a shot" after it makes its debut.