Reading these posts about the merger is getting crazy.....lately I noticed, there's been improvements the last few weeks. Especially with the current stations. Yes , the royalty rate, a few speciality shows or a jock or two downsized, and the on-line no longer free and the 60's on 6 destructing.. I was contemplating on leaving. But lately Sirius has done a good job on Top 20 on 20, The Pulse as well. They are no longer just following the trend of terrestrial, or just following when to add or remove a song after Clear Channel or Entercomm decides to. They have been constantly adding or breaking new hits , and has expanded the non-current playlist on Pop K 2000. Not playing it as safe. Even the 60's on 6 sounds improved a bit. I'm not hearing Brown Eyed Girl 3 times a day. And they have been playing at least all the mainstream hits. If I hear a Peppermint Rainbow tune one day, then i know XM is coming back, then Top 40 lately hasn't sounded as good since I can remember. Kings of Leon, Touch You, American Rejects, the new Blink 182, suprisinging me lately. Didn't think they can follow "1985". 20 on 20 been sounding more polished lately. And Sirius has been good up on making it fresher then in the past. Even the Pulse has picked a notch and making a bit fresher. Most you guys are making it sound like the satellites are falling down. Or you just got something about Mel. it's Sirius/XM, not Mel radio.
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C'mon Guys , Your getting Carried away....
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Starbucks said:
I thought Bowling For Soup did "1985."
I'll never understand how the weaker of the two services bought the stronger one???
The Dude said:
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Mike Sheridan said:
Wall Street considered Sirius the stronger of the two: better capitalized, stronger fundamentals. Sirius was trouncing XM at retail quarter after quarter, long after the "Stern effect" had passed, so the Dog had all the momentum. The perceived quality edge that XM had in musical programming meant nothing to the bottom line, as both services offered variety and depth (in most genres) far superior to FM and the average consumer really either couldn't tell the difference or just didn't give a crap whether XM was playing some song that peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and Sirius wasn't.
The Dude said:
XM has been ruined by sirius.
Sirius ruined XM. The 80's channel is the worst. Same songs over and over again. They should rename the station the 99 Balloons or whatever that stupid 1984 German song is. They play it every stinking time I put it on the channel.
Kinda' of agree with you. They made an MTV accented 80's station, more based on the video playlist when it was run by Nina, Mark, Martha, and the other guy. There was alot of the listening crowd that refers to the 80's as the sound of the Living in Oblivion (CD Vol Set) sound, forgets or acts like the 80's pop, and country crossover, and Christopher Cross never exist.
And today's 80's on 8 is a far cry from the Bruce Kelly days.
And today's 80's on 8 is a far cry from the Bruce Kelly days.
I respectfully disagree that the "guys" are getting carried away. Satellite radio is an expensive route toward entertainment especially if you're like me and have one primary channel (The Pulse) and are paying for two XM subscriptions with another Sirius subscription for a receiver in a car that is complimentary for the time being. With all of its faults, satellite radio beats terrestrial FM hands down, and I don't think that it is unreasonable for the subscribers to lobby to keep it that way.
One of the selling points for satellite radio was commercial free music, so why did they have to go and commercialize "Mix 22" or whatever it was. Why does "The Pulse" have to waste bandwidth playing artist interviews? Doesn't XM have a channel where listeners who are interested in hearing some artist blathering interminably can go? If there isn't, make one and keep that stuff over there.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I went to satellite to escape the "noise" of terrestrial radio programming: The endless talking and banter, call-ins, bumpers, useless "news", head busting commercials, and other static. There is not much point in subscribing, if satellite radio is going to become FM with a subscription fee and special receiver.
One of the selling points for satellite radio was commercial free music, so why did they have to go and commercialize "Mix 22" or whatever it was. Why does "The Pulse" have to waste bandwidth playing artist interviews? Doesn't XM have a channel where listeners who are interested in hearing some artist blathering interminably can go? If there isn't, make one and keep that stuff over there.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I went to satellite to escape the "noise" of terrestrial radio programming: The endless talking and banter, call-ins, bumpers, useless "news", head busting commercials, and other static. There is not much point in subscribing, if satellite radio is going to become FM with a subscription fee and special receiver.
woodyrr said:
The bandwidth for Mix 22 (and channels 11, 21, 24 and 161, as well as several talk channels) is owned by Clear Channel, which was an important early investor in XM and was paid for its assistance with rights to a huge chunk of bandwidth on the new service, which CC can hold onto as long as it wants to and program any way it sees fit. XM, which was carrying commercials on some of its own music channels in the early years, decided to go the 100% commercial free music route in 2003, but Clear Channel, which was not running commercials on its music channels at the time, complained that its deal with XM gave it the right to put commercials on them if it wanted to. XM took CC to arbitration, but was out-lawyered. The panel ruled for Clear Channel, which added commercials to all its channels a few months later.
There apparently is nothing Sirius XM can do about this, despite Mel Karmazin being no friend of CC. They'll just have to wait for CC to pull out on its own.
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