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Fox News Radio War Report: Sirius Says "Bye Bye"

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For two nights in October, Sirius executives claimed to have accidentally replaced the Alan Colmes Show with Stephanie Miller during the 10p-1a ET slot. Only recently have we learned this one event would be the equivalent of the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939.

The incident brought a counterattack by Fox which replaced the audio on the direct feed to Sirius of the Fox News Channel with a loop of nothing but promos for Fox News Channel shows that included tags like "watch it tonight" and "on cable."

Sirius executives were said to be in a rage over the move, and ordered Sirius techs to hook up patch cords from the office's wired-for-cable TV sets and take the audio from Fox News Channel right off the cable TV and replace the direct feed they were receiving from Fox so that Sirius listeners could have FNC service restored. Miller herself put the episode into succinct context, "Fox went nuts."

A temporary peace treaty seemed in place, but behind the scenes Sirius executives would not forget the battle and they have taken the next step in the war - an announcement that -ALL- Fox programming would be thrown off Sirius entirely by January 1st. And for Alan Colmes, the show host caught in the middle? He's being shown the door early for good measure. Colmes show will end December 17th. Sirius was reportedly planning to replace him with reruns of Stephanie Miller.

Sirius is actually glad to be rid of at least one channel - they need the bandwidth to accomodate the ten new Canadian content channels they're launching for their Canadian subscribers.

Meanwhile, Alan Colmes will be thrown off the Air America channel in early 2006, making way for live broadcasts from Mike Malloy.

But XM has adopted a friendlier attitude to Fox. It will launch a second Fox News Radio channel with all of the Fox radio hosts (including a new show from John Gibson, who will probably still be hawking his book about the stealing of Christmas (which Fox has been obsessing about for a few weeks now) long after the last fruitcake is buried in the yard and the tree is turned into mulch. Alan will find a place there on XM. XM will also continue, for the time being anyway, to also carry the audio of the Fox News Channel itself.
 
"My, my!"

The guy who is so quick to demand other people provide sources and attribution for even the most basic common knowledge in the radio industry, is giving us this major (unattributed) dose of speculation, conjecture and opinion as if it were Gospel.

In all likelihood, this material comes from some blog which tells "Mr. Dummier" what he wants to hear. Therefore, he accepts it all uncritically.

Once again, like other political Kool Aid drinkers (both left and right), he comes here under the guise of radio discussion to promote his political agenda (which he identifies as The Truth).

This guy bashes Alan Colmes for not being as nasty as Hannity on TV and therefore challenges his acceptability as a progressive talk host. One would think he would be happy to see Colmes disappear from a radio spot, but apparently he takes even more glee in a chance to a get a few more digs in at Fox News.
 
Re: Do you feel the vapors?

> In all likelihood, this material comes from some blog which
> tells "Mr. Dummier" what he wants to hear. Therefore, he
> accepts it all uncritically.

Last week you were spending your free time with Google and we ended up with claims that I was a "political activist" and a guy who "set up websites." Stay out of baseball because you struck out. You'd think you would have been more successful considering I use my real name while you hide behind a handle. Maybe you can be more successful this time by typing "sirius fox news" and trying again. Work those fingers to Alan Colmes own website next.

> Once again, like other political Kool Aid drinkers (both
> left and right), he comes here under the guise of radio
> discussion to promote his political agenda (which he
> identifies as The Truth).

Frankly, the only one playing politics with this thread is you. But perhaps there is more than one "mwebster" floating around in here because last week you were saying you were going to ignore me and my "political activism." That barely lasted the holiday weekend. More pot to kettle.

> This guy bashes Alan Colmes for not being as nasty as
> Hannity on TV and therefore challenges his acceptability as
> a progressive talk host.

Show me a single post where I bash Alan Colmes for not being as "nasty as Hannity." This isn't about Sean Hannity's "nastiness," it's about his accuracy, and Colmes' following through on his promise to coherently represent the left's point of view. He could be polite as southern apple pie while doing it, as long as he does it.

> One would think he would be happy
> to see Colmes disappear from a radio spot, but apparently he
> takes even more glee in a chance to a get a few more digs in
> at Fox News.

You just don't get it. While you are busy playing Malibu Barbie Cat Fight Lash Out in here, Ken just drove right passed you by in the FactMobile. I don't care if Alan Colmes is on the air or not. I don't consider him a standardbearer for the left, and he certainly doesn't belong on XM's AAR channel, but I've got nothing against there being a Fox News Radio channel on XM. The point you missed about a post that had everything to do with the radio business (unlike your reply here), is that it all started when Sirius and Fox management began sparring with each other.

Do us all a favor and follow through on last week's promise. If this kind of reply is all you've got, take your own advice and "ignore me." I won't be going away, but since you claim "life is short," why spend it writing replies like this?
 
Do you feel nauseous?

Once again, you operate on a double-standard. One standard for you and those with whom you agree. Another for everybody else.

Others are required to provide sources. You are not. People can just use Google to check out your stuff, you say. At the same time, you claim information Google provides about you is not accurate.

Since you won't go away, I will thank you not to "respond" to my posts. I specifically do not use the word "reply." Your presumptuous interjections and critiques don't qualify as a response. Again, you contribute nothing. All you do is come here to undermine and demean those who do contribute. You are a petty, self-righteous and arrogant person and those qualities make any meaningful interaction with you impossible.

Save your jibes for "racoonradio" and any others who like to play your game.
 
Do I Feel the Flavor of Pringles?

> Others are required to provide sources. You are not.
> People can just use Google to check out your stuff, you say.
> At the same time, you claim information Google provides
> about you is not accurate.

On a matter of some controversy or insider knowledge, especially from those who post what they call authoritative, I or anyone else here sure has the right to ask for the source, especially if one does a search and can't find anything about it (eg. the CNN employee fired over the X incident - CNN denies the "news release" which thus far has only turned up on right wing blog sites. It's perfectly acceptable to ask for more.)

This Sirius story is easy to verify from mainstream news sources, including Hollywood Reporter and other industry pubs which are accessible to everyone. That's why I chastised you for instantly demanding proof when you can find it yourself. I do research, others do research, you can do research about me, but you cannot research a story easy to verify, including on Fox's own talent sites?

I don't claim Google provides inaccurate information about me - it's a search engine. I said YOU didn't provide accurate information about me.

> Since you won't go away, I will thank you not to "respond"
> to my posts.

So now, instead of just not responding to the posts you feel are beneath you, you want me not to respond? Is this like some sort of addiction/enabler cycle? Do we need a ten point program here and group meetings?

"Hello, I'm mwebster and I'm addicted to replying to posts from Phillip Dampier. It has been 38 minutes since my last reply." :)

> Your presumptuous interjections and critiques don't qualify
> as a response. Again, you contribute nothing. All you do
> is come here to undermine and demean those who do
> contribute. You are a petty, self-righteous and arrogant
> person and those qualities make any meaningful interaction
> with you impossible.

Now we're back to the Wounded Doe routine with you. These thorn-in-paw replies are probably best served up in e-mail. As I have said before, everyone has a right to their opinion on issues and opinions are perfectly acceptable. But if you claim opinion as fact, don't be surprised if you're asked for some evidence to back it up. Instead of dealing with that, you replied last week with some low rent expose of me (which was wrong) and now we're getting the rerun here. Let's get back to some Sirius discussion here.

Since you have my real name (I can stand behind everything I write) and the power of Google, I'm sure you can round up my e-mail address. Feel free to discuss my "political activism," "website creations," and even my favorite ice cream flavor and color there, because nobody else cares.
 
"sirius fox news"

> > Maybe you can be more successful this
> > time by typing "sirius fox news" and trying again.
>
> hehehe.

You definitely know how to use a search engine.
And got the last laugh.

> As of January 1st, Sirius Radio will also no longer air any
> FOX News programming. Please let Sirius know how you feel
> about this change.

I've been thinking about satellite radio.

Now I know that I won't get Sirius.

Pun intended.

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