When my oldies station decided to compete with two other classic rock stations in our market I purchased a satellite radio. Now I'm getting bored with bouncing around from channels 5, 6, and 7. It's hard for me to understand why there's not a channel that offers all three decaids on ONE channel. They could maybe add a streaming oldies station but no, we have three hot AC's, one AC and one country station to choose from. Satellite radio like terrestrial radio is making my ipod more appealing and that's sad.
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Why I'm about to drop my subscription
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And another niche musical format is heading for internet only. The Village, the folk channel on the XM side, is off the satellites as of midnight Thursday. Sirius XM isn't saying what's replacing it, but it's probably one of the FCC-mandated handout channels the company was forced to accommodate in order to get the government to wink at its otherwise illegal monopoly.
Go for it. I dropped my sub back in March 2009 for pretty much the same reason (the decades channels got boring due to lack of variety). I then purchased an MP3 Player, loaded it up with all my favorite tunes, plugged it into my audio system, let it rip and never looked back! For home audio entertainment I've discovered many great internet broadcasts!
Milo Miller said:
A combined channel would defeat the purpose of satellite radio. Hard core '50s music fans don't want to hear Fats Domino played back to back with the Jefferson Airplane. And vice versa for late '60s and '70s music fans, I'm sure. Those of us who lived through the early rock & roll era kinda think that the music died somewhere around 1965. And I'm sure that there's a generation of listeners who think that the music was born with the Beatles.
CTListener said:
Cristina Radio on channel 146 will be replacing The Village, and yes, it is an FCC mandated public service channel programmed by National Latino Broadcasting, LLC.
I have subscribed for over 5 years and loved XM when I first started listening. But like many of you I have been sadly disappointed by the changes, or many times the LACK of changes that have occurred. The only reason I still subscribe is that I get it for half price. When it comes time to renew, and if they won't renew at the current half off price, then XM will be gone faster than a dress on prom night.
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Milo Miller said:
Gad - sounds like our miserable radio situation in Houston. The two classic rock stations here both suck due to limited playlists - I call one the "Hotel California" station because I swear, every single time I tune it in that song is playing. I am so burned out on the whole playlist of both stations I could barf. We have two obligatory top-40 stations, they do well at what they do, but I'm tired of their music. Never did care for rap to begin with, its only gotten worse. We have one AC that rates at the top, not a substitute for oldies, though. Country - errr - NO! Not for me. Bottom line, I'm keeping my satellite, its the only game in town other than streaming, which works on an ipod dock from an iphone - but somebody always calls and interrupts the stream. Thankfully I'm grandfathered in on unlimited data.
Gee Fonz isn't that the oldies format of old? But I would think one channel playing the hits of the late 50's to mid 70's would effect the decade channels 5-7 than tick off listeners who want just music of their favorite decade, besides who said anything about giving them up anyway?
Milo Miller said:
Okay, so you want an ADDITIONAL channel combining the '50s, '60s. and '70s. This would be for listeners who are too lazy to hit the channel button on their remotes, I guess. Why not give us a sample playlist (10 or 15 songs). Maybe other readers of this thread will give input as to whether they would listen or not.
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I too would like to see SiriusXM have an oldies station playing the hits from the mid 50's to the 70's and if possible, some of the former CBSFM DJ's on it.
Lazy? Come on man!. The last thing I need to do is to let my fingers do the walking between channels 5-7 on my Onyx radio while driving my car. I'm not a radio programmer, but a radio listener! I remember what oldies stations played on the radio. I listen to several oldies stations on line like WLS-FM, KGVL, and WDJO for starters. They sound terrific! Just thought it would be nice to hear one station playing the greatest hits of the mid 50's to early 70's on SiriusXM like they do. Now it's back to Arnold's for a burger and shake!
Milo Miller said:
I believe that the original purpose of XM's Decades channels was not to create "oldies" stations (we already had those on commercial radio). It was to create stations that sounded like the Top 40 stations of the decade. If you're saying that they should now create a '50s-'60s-'70s "oldies" station, I'll say what I said earlier. I just don't think many listeners want to hear '50s & '70s music played back-to-back. If I'm wrong, I'm sure we'll hear from other posters.
TheFonz said:
But "'50s and '70s music played back to back" is just what FM oldies stations were doing until the mid-'90s, when the '50s started disappearing from the format. Whatever the decade breakdown, the oldies format has always included multiple decades and has been a consistent ratings-getter. Obviously, listeners liked the '50s, '60s and '70s mix during those years in which that was the way oldies radio was done. Today's "classic hits" radio is '70s and '80s, with only be biggest '60s hits two or three times an hour. It gets similar ratings to the previous incarnations of the format. A '50s through '70s oldies channel would have an audience on Sirius XM, but if the decades channels are doing OK with the narrowcasting approach, there's really little reason for Sirus XM to carve out another channel that would cannibalize three existing channels without offering anything that might attract new spubscibers.
They still have too much repetition and DJ'S that don't talk. there will never be a good station on Sirius/XM. I like Slacker.com and Richbroradio.com
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