Old is new... but 4 times a day?

[Shredder]

I'm just curious...

Everyone I see talking about XM or Sirius online complains about the repetition of the service. But they still stay subscribed. So, a two
part question

q - why do you stay subscribed?

A - For me, it's the interesting DJ's on the 60's channel, Motor Mouth and Cousin Bruci (who I listened to in NY for years). And the XM Pops
and Cinemagic channel.

It USED to be about the music, and when they added DJ's, I found the first batches REALLY annoying! This was way back when the sound quality
was akin to a THX Produced 5.1 sound track. Now it's comparable to a 56KB Internet radio stream.


q - How come the Sirius people in charge don't listen and put things back the way they where?


I didn't care for Sirius the first time I heard it in my parents car. Sound quality was bad, music too repetitive, and now that it's all under the same banner, what's the point of keeping the XM name or plan? but, the real question that I don't have an answer to is, why doesn't the brass do something about it? How many people here are just going to let their contract expire as soon as they see a viable alternative?


After listening to the few old sound files I still have of original XM, it just pisses me off that one guy and one company ruined a great service, that really was the FUTURE of radio.

 

[radioman148]

I keep it because of the 50s & 60s channels. You can hardly get any programming like that anywhere.
However, if they raise their prices, I will drop it.

 

[Silkie]

I have considered getting Sirius or XM, but I have hesitated, because I am not sure about whether I would like the repetition.

I am also posting to find out if everything is reset again.

 

[qunewsguy]

I have considered getting Sirius or XM, but I have hesitated, because I am not sure about whether I would like the repetition.

I am also posting to find out if everything is reset again.

The repetition's still not nearly as bad as terrestrial radio. What do you mean by "reset"?

 

[AZJoe]

Yes, the 60s & 70s playlists are not as deep as they once were(1800 titles vs 700 now), but they are still deeper than most oldies stations, and if you add up the 50s, 60s & 70s decade channels together (the 50s has by far the widest playlist over 1000) you get around 2500 titles- not many oldies channels get that many. The point is they used to each have nearly 2000 titles and have gutted the playlists and they need to reverse that . They need to be contacted by phone snail mail or email and told- you pay for it- get what you want.

 

[radioman148]

Agreed they used to have a much bigger playlist.
Anyone remember when XM used to do "IT?"

 

[radiodog2]

Agreed they used to have a much bigger playlist.
Anyone remember when XM used to do "IT?"

Yes, and I really miss "IT", Especially the 80's.

 

[Silkie]

I have considered getting Sirius or XM, but I have hesitated, because I am not sure about whether I would like the repetition.

I am also posting to find out if everything is reset again.

The repetition's still not nearly as bad as terrestrial radio. What do you mean by "reset"?

Some of us had a little bit of difficulty posting last evening. Mine seems to have been a shorter period of time than others. I thought it might have been a ghost in the computer or something, because the whole Internet thing just blinked gone. Does satellite radio play the Twilight Zone theme, "Out of Limits", by The Markettes? LOL

 

[Starbucks]

I've been contemplating on continuing my XM subscription. There has been pluses and minuses. What's keeping me holding on is the baseball season and the Phillies. Sound quality is a bit better. But what's keeping from continuing is the decay of the decade stations. 60's should be called the "Brown Eyed Girl" channel, the 70's has improved the jocks are much better......playlist was never that deep even in the XM days. It was just boring. But it would be nice if i can here a "Son of My Father" Giogio Moroder thrown in once in a awhile.
80's are ok but Nina sounds old....it makes me feel old, she was hot looking back in those video years. The mix of the 80's is pretty good, even though you will no longer here "Fine Fine Day" by Tony Carey or the Models "Out Of Sight Out of Mind". (The near or triple aaa baseball hits).
One thing has improved and that's R&B. It's because the playlist on the Soul town and the Groove were too deep. Bobby Bennett and that woman were boring and it sounded they were adding flipsides, album cuts , or anything you found at a flee market. With the R&B sound today....you still hear the "oh wow's' but with the actual R&B that charted. It can go just a little deeper .....but before it was too deep.
And you still have the boring (but you still listen) to the Pulse, y2000 k, top 20 for pieces of the day or week ...just to hear what the mostly boring hits are. That's a music industry issue...not satellite.
But I've been thinking is it worth since i don't drive around much, and I can only listen to it on-line because I have too many stinkin' trees around me. and I have my own software that plays what I want, along with other free internet stations. Well it's all up to Baseball, but I can subscribe to the internet and watch it for 129.99 if I want to spend the money. That's what's making me stay at the moment.

 

[radioman148]

Agreed they used to have a much bigger playlist.
Anyone remember when XM used to do "IT?"

Yes, and I really miss "IT", Especially the 80's.

"IT" was great, but since they've merged I'll bet we'll never hear it again--unfortunately.

 

[qunewsguy]

I have considered getting Sirius or XM, but I have hesitated, because I am not sure about whether I would like the repetition.

I am also posting to find out if everything is reset again.

The repetition's still not nearly as bad as terrestrial radio. What do you mean by "reset"?

Some of us had a little bit of difficulty posting last evening. Mine seems to have been a shorter period of time than others. I thought it might have been a ghost in the computer or something, because the whole Internet thing just blinked gone. Does satellite radio play the Twilight Zone theme, "Out of Limits", by The Markettes? LOL

I know you were joking, but yes, yes it does:

Marketts
Out Of Limits
XM 5 - 50s on 5
Last Played: March 25, 2009 9:46 AM ET

 

[radioman148]

I have considered getting Sirius or XM, but I have hesitated, because I am not sure about whether I would like the repetition.

I am also posting to find out if everything is reset again.

The repetition's still not nearly as bad as terrestrial radio. What do you mean by "reset"?

Some of us had a little bit of difficulty posting last evening. Mine seems to have been a shorter period of time than others. I thought it might have been a ghost in the computer or something, because the whole Internet thing just blinked gone. Does satellite radio play the Twilight Zone theme, "Out of Limits", by The Markettes? LOL

I know you were joking, but yes, yes it does:

Marketts
Out Of Limits
XM 5 - 50s on 5
Last Played: March 25, 2009 9:46 AM ET

How did you get that info? I'm assuming you didn't just write it down.

 

[qunewsguy]

I have considered getting Sirius or XM, but I have hesitated, because I am not sure about whether I would like the repetition.

I am also posting to find out if everything is reset again.

The repetition's still not nearly as bad as terrestrial radio. What do you mean by "reset"?

Some of us had a little bit of difficulty posting last evening. Mine seems to have been a shorter period of time than others. I thought it might have been a ghost in the computer or something, because the whole Internet thing just blinked gone. Does satellite radio play the Twilight Zone theme, "Out of Limits", by The Markettes? LOL

I know you were joking, but yes, yes it does:

Marketts
Out Of Limits
XM 5 - 50s on 5
Last Played: March 25, 2009 9:46 AM ET

How did you get that info? I'm assuming you didn't just write it down.

xm fan dot com lets you search by artist or song title. Dog star radio dot com lets you do something similar, and in addition you can pull up the entire list of songs a station played during a given time period. If you're not happy with the changes, please start posting up on xm fan. We could certainly use more people with their heads not stuck up in their butts.

 

[radioman148]

Thanks for the info!

 

[freqlost]

If you're not happy with the changes, please start posting up on xm fan. We could certainly use more people with their heads not stuck up in their butts.

That will not help. Until Mel and his terrestrial radio flunkies are removed there will be no changes.
Posting at xm fan might earn you scorn.
I notice the fanboys are becoming more and more hostile to negative comments.
Sirius is beyond putrid, I don't understand how anyone ever bought that service for music.
Two words to end my post on how bad Sirius is .....
Swedish Egil.

 

[radioman148]

If you're not happy with the changes, please start posting up on xm fan. We could certainly use more people with their heads not stuck up in their butts.

That will not help. Until Mel and his terrestrial radio flunkies are removed there will be no changes.
Posting at xm fan might earn you scorn.
I notice the fanboys are becoming more and more hostile to negative comments.
Sirius is beyond putrid, I don't understand how anyone ever bought that service for music.
Two words to end my post on how bad Sirius is .....
Swedish Egil.

It doesn't appear that they want to hear any critics.

 

[tomservo]

Yup, the fanboys at Xmfan.com are brutal. I can understand their dismay at all the people registering to whine about the merger but thousands of legitimate gripes from long time users are being ridiculed there and it stinks.

I wasn't going to keep the service but it renewed anyway (guess I gave them my new CC date and forgot about it). Now that O&A are back to satellite-only it's gotten more interesting again. And about the time I was ready to really let the subscription lapse the only station in the area playing any semblance of classic rock flipped to pop, so I'm keeping it.

The sound quality still stinks and they've messed up the public radio channel XMPR (do we really need Car Talk on two channels at once?) but it still has some redeeming qualities. The shallow oldies channels are still better than my local so-called oldies station (Phill Collins' "You Can't Hurry Love" may be old but it ain't an oldie!)

I still wish Fine Tuning and Beyond Jazz could have been saved, though. And I wish Fred wasn't gutted to a completly useless channel. And I wish XMU still had the cool jocks and shows it had before… Come to think of it the service still really stinks! Why am I paying for this? ;D

 

[FRR]

Many of you folks know much more about this than I do, but why is "IT" history just because of the merger?

 

[RadioLoverIL]

Many of you folks know much more about this than I do, but why is "IT" history just because of the merger?

Because many of the masterminds of "IT" are no longer with XM. Also, Sirius is pretty much running things now and stuff like "IT" isn't really up their programming philosophy.

 

[radioman148]

Many of you folks know much more about this than I do, but why is "IT" history just because of the merger?

Because many of the masterminds of "IT" are no longer with XM. Also, Sirius is pretty much running things now and stuff like "IT" isn't really up their programming philosophy.

If that's true too bad because "IT" was excellent.