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Drop the XM
- Thread starter jasper933
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There are some differences between the Sirius & XM channels http://www.sirius.com/channelguide/asc/channelsortnumber/all/SIR_AUD_EVT
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/full-channel-listing.xmc?tier=XME
For whatever reason, mostly contract agreements with some of the music, talk and sports programing there are differences.
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/full-channel-listing.xmc?tier=XME
For whatever reason, mostly contract agreements with some of the music, talk and sports programing there are differences.
I have a better idea drop Sirius.
Howard is only on Sirius. The Clear Channel programs are only on XM (Example: Quinn & Rose). The two services are still separate in Canada, though a merger in that country has recently been announced. As long as they price the services differently, they'll both keep at least a peripheral presence with their current names.jasper933 said:
Also, many of us who subscribe to XM loathe the Sirius name - we recognize that the Sirius merger destroyed many of XM's music channels and XM's superior music philosophy overall. Killing the XM name would be the final insult to heritage XM people. And it costs nothing to maintain the brand identity in the short term. Eventually, the name can be shortened or changed.
Sirius-XM is fortunate that currently there isn't any other affordable choice for country-wide in-car reception of professionally-programmed content. (Terrestrial cell service isn't everywhere, satellite cellular isn't affordable and file players, while they serve a purpose, are ultimately canned jukeboxes that need external content coming from somewhere to operate anyway.)
Mike Sheridan said:
I totally understand brand loyalty. I guess I should of stated drop one or the other names. Do people who have the service really say Sirius XM?
BTW, It you go to the Sirius web site, you will see an advertisement for XM Snap. I find this interesting not advertising a Sirius unit.
jasper933 said:
Again, the services are distinct and the hardware isn't compatible. So the names have to continue to co-exist, if either service is going to be marketed successfully And, yes, a friend of mine with XM still refers to her service as XM. The hybrid name "Sirius XM" is less likely to confuse potential customers than using just one name or the other. It's like the old days of "Ford Lincoln Mercury," you knew your Lincoln was made by Ford but distinct and slightly different than Fords. You might have liked something about the T-Bird and something else about the Mark IV, but you couldn't have both things in one car.
I totally agree with you "musichead1029": "...Also, many of us who subscribe to XM loathe the Sirius name - we recognize that the Sirius merger destroyed many of XM's music channels and XM's superior music philosophy overall. Killing the XM name would be the final insult to heritage XM people..."
I bought XM for the superior music channels, now raped and pillaged by Mel's cheap music programming - and losing the XM identity would cause my total defection.
I had 4 XM subs when XM had programs like "IT" and un-chopped AT40, and live on-air talent on the 70's channel 8 hours a day with a wide playlist and not these post-merger voice-tracked assclowns that play the same 500 songs; now I've got only one sub.
I bought XM for the superior music channels, now raped and pillaged by Mel's cheap music programming - and losing the XM identity would cause my total defection.
I had 4 XM subs when XM had programs like "IT" and un-chopped AT40, and live on-air talent on the 70's channel 8 hours a day with a wide playlist and not these post-merger voice-tracked assclowns that play the same 500 songs; now I've got only one sub.
People have a hard enough time spelling Sirius as it is.
Unrelated, but my original or early or pre-merger presets included Special X (loved that polka and surfer music), Luna (exceptional audio quality), Fine Tuning ("The World's Most Interesting Music"), Vox (more than just opera), Beyond Jazz, Music Lab, from Worldspace there were NGoma (means "drums" in Swahili) and World Zone, than later, XMX with all that original XM content, and I could have missed some. Never got into OTR. PD's would respond to my wireless Emails immediately. I remember when FM was interesting and the grandfolks probably felt the same about AM radio. Everything gets dumbed down to apeal to the (m)asses. Time to get an air card in the car and stay one step ahead of the curve.
Great stuff from before Sirius dumbed XM down. I also still miss XM's Americana channel "Cross (X) Country." Politics dictated that Little Steven's disjointed "Outlaw Country" stayed and the well-programmed X Country expired. A real loss.ai4i said:
Sirius did indeed ruin the XM decade channels. I wish the merger had never occurred or that Mel hadn't been in charge.
radioman148 said:
They wrecked both services with the stretching of the bandwidth(too many channels).
The sound quality ta big time.
Xm sounds WORSE but im glad I still have sirius,they go to all Xm equipment Im gone!
I call it SiriusXM, but mostly because I was formerly an XM subscriber when I drove an Acura, and now have Sirius service in my Jeep. I always enjoyed XM more than Sirius, though, and find the music variety to be much less fulfilling with Sirius.
If anything, I don't know that either Sirius or XM has the brand equity to just not scrap both names together and come up with a new name that reflects the future of satellite radio communications in the US and Canada.
If anything, I don't know that either Sirius or XM has the brand equity to just not scrap both names together and come up with a new name that reflects the future of satellite radio communications in the US and Canada.
justpassingthough said:
I like this idea best!
the phrase: "Sirius XM" fits in the musical IDs better than eithis Sirius or XM. Other than that most people I've spoken to (non Radio people) call it "Satellite Radio".
I couldn't agree more. I was a huge fan of the 50's channel when Ken Smith and Matt The Cat were on. Their weekday shows were live and phone lines were open for requests (Matt even took requests via e-mail). I also liked the Wax My Woody surf music show on the 60's channel. I especially liked Bob Moke's Moments To Remember show. Right now Alex Ward's Pink and Black Days and Cool Bobby B's Doo Wop Stop are the only worthwhile shows to listen to on that channel.radioman148 said:
I dropped my subscription nearly a year and a half ago. Cost wise it's cheaper for me to have a VIP membership with Live 365 (I'm saving roughly $100 a year in subscription fees). I get far more music channels for much less money.
I'm also a huge fan of Talk Radio. Right now I have more than 130 talk stations from around the US and Canada that stream online that I saved on my computer to listen to at anytime. Granted I miss The Wilkow Majority, but it's not worth keeping my subsciption for only that show. And they are all free.
With a wink to the Late Leslie Nielson: "Surely you can't be SIRIUS", "I am SIRIUS, and don't call me Shirley".
SiriusXM 2.0 can't come out soon enough - I don't know if it's going to be a WiFi interface or what, but in the digital world with new toys coming out all the time, they need to introduce it once they can get a dozen of these new units to work and can sell them, demo them to the long term subs!
SiriusXM 2.0 can't come out soon enough - I don't know if it's going to be a WiFi interface or what, but in the digital world with new toys coming out all the time, they need to introduce it once they can get a dozen of these new units to work and can sell them, demo them to the long term subs!
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