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Mark Jeffries said:
9 times out of ten when a new company takes over an existing one, there are layoffs and cutbacks in order to absorb the costs associated with the takeover. It is just my own humble opinion that Mr. Malone will ditch SXM's present business and programming model and transform it into a subscription based all music service with maybe around 50 channels.
ercjncpr said:
I don't think you understand the business model. The capacity for the multitude of stations is a fixed cost sunk into the satellites that are already in space. They sell advertising on those non-music channels which generally have syndicated content. Other contracts, such as the sports contracts have long-terms and could not be jettisoned. Shrinking the offerings makes no sense at this point.
ercjncpr said:
I agree with that. To get a better understanding of what trhe cable industry sees as music channels, spend some time with Music Choice. They offer about 50 channels of music via cable companies.
I thought it was interesting that DirecTV, a company that Malone used to run, dropped SiriusXM as its music service in 2010 after Malone sold his stake in the company.
ChannelFlipper said:
I think it's Malone's view that Sirius is making inefficient use of its satellite space. Satellite is an extremely expensive way to transmit radio. I think his run at SXM is built around gaining access to their satellite space for other, more profitable services.
Mark Jeffries said:
For our family, a significant advantage has been the coverage area of a satellite service: once in a blue moon we get a momentary fade going under a bridge, but in hilly Southern California it is hard to drive 20 miles while listening to an FM station before its signal gets blocked. I live between the LA and San Diego markets and FM listening requires a lot of button pushing to keep listenable signal on the car radio.
I have to say though that I do pay extra for the SiriusXM internet service because of things like Little Steven's Underground and Outlaw Country and if they went, I'd cancel.
Until I moved from the San Fran Bay area (North Bay) in April, it was the same for me- non-stop picket fencing, and a lot of areas where you couldn't pick up much at all.
I recall the same when I lived in L.A. in some places. I love having Sirius.
I recall the same when I lived in L.A. in some places. I love having Sirius.
Just moved from LA to Sacramento for a new job myself. Still have family in the LA area and am planning on getting Sirius as soon as I can! The drive down I-5 is so long and it is a pain changing radio stations every 50-75 miles, besides radio in the valley stinks anyway! 
I really enjoyed XM before the merger. The stations had much wider playlists and the competition with Sirius kept them on their toes. Since the merger, stations have been consolidated, bandwith reduced, and much of the personality has been taken out of the stations. That said, I wouldn't part with it. In fact I have it in both my car and my wife's (so she can't force the KOST on me), even though my wife doesn't use it that much.
If I had nothing to listen to but LA radio in the car, I would go crazy with the limited format selection and crazy-limited playlists (and that still includes you KRTH, although you have made strides in recent years). But since I listen to them in addition to the many stations I listen to on SiriusXM, my total time listening to any one station is reduced and thus much more palatable, since I am not exposed for long periods to their repulsive redundant repetitiveness.
If I had nothing to listen to but LA radio in the car, I would go crazy with the limited format selection and crazy-limited playlists (and that still includes you KRTH, although you have made strides in recent years). But since I listen to them in addition to the many stations I listen to on SiriusXM, my total time listening to any one station is reduced and thus much more palatable, since I am not exposed for long periods to their repulsive redundant repetitiveness.
I guess Sirius / XM is ok, but I'm not too impressed with them now that they got rid of BBC Radio 1Xtra and replaced Kiss XM with New York's Z100 and LA's 102.7 KIIS FM and some hip hop station in Chicago. I guess if you're in the middle of no where it would come in very handy, though.
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