R.I.P. Cinemagic

[Ai4i]

"As of July 1, Cinemagic will no longer be available on XM Satellite Radio..."
More!

 

[Oldiesmike]

It would be nice if they put the Strobe back on XM Radio.

 

[CTListener]

It would be nice if they put the Strobe back on XM Radio.

The channel is being removed to make room for the minority/"public interest" channels the government forced Sirius and XM to carve out room for in exchange for the FCC's winking at the companies becoming a monopoly.

 

[RadioStarOne]

To make room for one of the channels, or to carve out the bandwidth for all of the new channels?

 

[Ai4i]

Depends on whether it is bandwidth intensive, or they are not.

 

[tomservo]

I can't help but think Uncle Mel has struck again, removing a little bit more of the uniqueness that make satellite radio special. How many rock channels are there again?

(For the record, I am a former XM sub who never listened to Cinemagic.)

 

[Ai4i]

Not counting dedicated artists, Clear Channel, Spanish, Canadian content, Limited Engagements, or any online only channels, but yes counting decades and BBC1, there are thirteen pop channels and nineteen rock channels, close to half of all the music channels, and if we include just the Clear Channel, or the dedicated artist, or Canadian content channels, more than 50%. Anyone remember what the breakdown was in 2001/2002?

 

[Mike Sheridan]

Not counting dedicated artists, Clear Channel, Spanish, Canadian content, Limited Engagements, or any online only channels, but yes counting decades and BBC1, there are thirteen pop channels and nineteen rock channels, close to half of all the music channels, and if we include just the Clear Channel, or the dedicated artist, or Canadian content channels, more than 50%. Anyone remember what the breakdown was in 2001/2002?

I pay by the year and this makes me seriously doubt that I will renew...Does anyone know what the replacement channel will be.

I agree, way to much rock. There are other types of music. The same consumer crap being shoved in our ears.

 

[CTListener]

Not counting dedicated artists, Clear Channel, Spanish, Canadian content, Limited Engagements, or any online only channels, but yes counting decades and BBC1, there are thirteen pop channels and nineteen rock channels, close to half of all the music channels, and if we include just the Clear Channel, or the dedicated artist, or Canadian content channels, more than 50%. Anyone remember what the breakdown was in 2001/2002?

I pay by the year and this makes me seriously doubt that I will renew...Does anyone know what the replacement channel will be.

I agree, way to much rock. There are other types of music. The same consumer crap being shoved in our ears.

The replacement is the government-mandated special-interest channel BYU Radio, a house organ of Brigham Young University, featuring religious and non-religious talk, choral and classical music and inoffensive pop, and lots of BYU sports. More of these channels will be added by year's end, so look for more channels becoming internet-only zombie channels on autopilot. This will please all the idiot institutional investors and pension fund managers, but not many people who actuyally pay for satellite radio service.

 

[Ai4i]

So long, farewell (auf Wiedersehen, good night), from The Sound of Music, was played leading up to midnight.

They were then replaced by BYU Radio, on channel 143.
We believe BYU Radio is being sent in the clear for nonsubscribers.

 

[FRR]

It would be nice if they put the Strobe back on XM Radio.

The channel is being removed to make room for the minority/"public interest" channels the government forced Sirius and XM to carve out room for in exchange for the FCC's winking at the companies becoming a monopoly.

If this is true, I'm going to puke. Just what we need, more "everything is the white man's fault" stations.

 

[CTListener]

It would be nice if they put the Strobe back on XM Radio.

The channel is being removed to make room for the minority/"public interest" channels the government forced Sirius and XM to carve out room for in exchange for the FCC's winking at the companies becoming a monopoly.

If this is true, I'm going to puke. Just what we need, more "everything is the white man's fault" stations.

It's true, although you can't get much whiter than Brigham Young University!

 

[Mike Sheridan]

So long, farewell (auf Wiedersehen, good night), from The Sound of Music, was played leading up to midnight.

They were then replaced by BYU Radio, on channel 143.
We believe BYU Radio is being sent in the clear for nonsubscribers.

That will be me soon (nonsubscriber). Back to MP3's and CD's.

 

[scanman1]

Boy, am I glad I left over a year ago! Everytime I read about how the service is "dumbing down" its product it makes me fine with the fact they're not getting my money anymore.

 

[Ai4i]

I am the frog in the pot of water on the stove with my lifetime sub.

 

[RadioStarOne]

If your a fan of any or all of the decades channels the service is worth every dime. It's not perfect in any measure but what is these days? Just asking.

 

[JohnnyElectron]

WAS a fan of the 70's channel 4 years ago when they had a REAL program director on the air that KNEW about the MUSIC, and played a wide selection and played lost gold on artists' birthdays. Now we have voice-tracked assclowns who are not funny and not knowledgable about the music whatsover, not to mention not live and taking requests via email or phone. XM as we knew it, is dead.

 

[tomservo]

WAS a fan of the 70's channel 4 years ago when they had a REAL program director on the air that KNEW about the MUSIC, and played a wide selection and played lost gold on artists' birthdays. Now we have voice-tracked assclowns who are not funny and not knowledgable about the music whatsover, not to mention not live and taking requests via email or phone. XM as we knew it, is dead.

That's one of the many things that drove me from SiriXM. They really butchered the decades channels.

Granted, they are still better than what is available in many radio markets, mine included, but knowing what we HAD and seeing what we GOT was just the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

[elkiewheels]

A show called Cinemagic is scheduled to debut on StarsToo(104) sometime in the near future.

 

[JohnnyElectron]

Talked to my brother - two more cancellations from him as the NICHE channels are what make (MADE) XM special and worth paying for. There's a lot of rock that could get combined, the single artist channels are a waste of bandwidth, and Mel Devil-incarnate Karmazin knew with his violent take-over (not merger) of XM, that he made a deal with the devil to add the POS channels and their bandwidth requirements, yet he added the single artist channels to XM to eat up their bandwidth.
What's left that makes XM special? The Village & Escape - that's it.
Since Mel has been so New York City driven (screw the spanish/tex-mex music), you would think he would keep any broadway or movie soundtrack channels, but NOOOOOO (as John Belushi would say).
XM is low-quality FM with no commercials.