Why I'm about to drop my subscription

[pkffrom724]

I was inches away from dropping my XM subscription --- 2 days before my monthly charge. I told her I was cutting back on any and all unnecessary expenses. I even tried to pull a "Suze Orman" on this caller, but she wasn't buying into it. Instead, she gave me 2 free months worth of service up until March 26th.. But within 2 or 3 days before 3/26, I want to call in and drop the service outright. I guess they don't want to lose any subscribers. My reason for pulling the service is because of the limited playlists on most of the channels I listen to. It seems that they are "mocking" terrestrial radio with these short lists. If I have to go back to CD and cassette, so be it. In these economic times, you have to make some ultimate entertainment sacrifices that you do not want to make. And I am trying to take that said first step.

 

[RadioStarOne]

Just call your credit card company along with SiriusXM on a conference call and tell them it's over you no longer want to subscribe.

 

[OldNumber7]

My reason for pulling the service is because of the limited playlists on most of the channels I listen to.

Did you try listening to the other channels?

 

[RADIO TRUTH]

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.

Wouldn't you rather have 97DJ back?

 

[radio lover]

Yes I would! I know wsdm now on 92.7, am 1130 in Brazil & waxi 104.9 Rockville are for sell? How about a channel on xm that has Ricky The K @ Tonto with those awesome Pams jingles playing great oldies?

 

[TheFonz]

I was inches away from dropping my XM subscription --- 2 days before my monthly charge. I told her I was cutting back on any and all unnecessary expenses. I even tried to pull a "Suze Orman" on this caller, but she wasn't buying into it. Instead, she gave me 2 free months worth of service up until March 26th.. But within 2 or 3 days before 3/26, I want to call in and drop the service outright. I guess they don't want to lose any subscribers. My reason for pulling the service is because of the limited playlists on most of the channels I listen to. It seems that they are "mocking" terrestrial radio with these short lists. If I have to go back to CD and cassette, so be it. In these economic times, you have to make some ultimate entertainment sacrifices that you do not want to make. And I am trying to take that said first step.

Before you go back to CDs and cassettes, try Internet Radio.

 

[northwoods]

I was inches away from dropping my XM subscription --- 2 days before my monthly charge. I told her I was cutting back on any and all unnecessary expenses. I even tried to pull a "Suze Orman" on this caller, but she wasn't buying into it. Instead, she gave me 2 free months worth of service up until March 26th.. But within 2 or 3 days before 3/26, I want to call in and drop the service outright. I guess they don't want to lose any subscribers. My reason for pulling the service is because of the limited playlists on most of the channels I listen to. It seems that they are "mocking" terrestrial radio with these short lists. If I have to go back to CD and cassette, so be it. In these economic times, you have to make some ultimate entertainment sacrifices that you do not want to make. And I am trying to take that said first step.

Before you go back to CDs and cassettes, try Internet Radio.

I dropped mine 3 years ago and don't regret it. Internet radio is basically what I listen to now. I have a Live 365 VIP membership (where you have far more musical choices with no commercials), which is roughly $100 less per year than my XM Subcription was.

And if the computer is being used by my 7 year old, I can listen through apps on my iPod touch.

 

[Jimmy128]

I just cancelled my 3 year subscription to Sirus/XM, I feel so liberated. Yippppeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[benale]

I've been an XM subscriber since 2005. Back then(before the merger)the decades channels were terrific..deep cuts, great special programs and Matt the Cat and Bob Moke on 5. The "It" special they did every year from 2001 to 2007 was incredible. Best special ever aired..a chronology of every song on the charts from 1930 to 2000. The merger with Sirius happened in November 2008 and things went downhill. The decades channels had their playlists shrunk. It's a little better now,but nowhere near what it was then.

I always thought a conventional oldies channel that plays 1955 to 1975 would be ideal. I wouldn't go beyond '75. I still believe 60s and 80s songs for the most part don't mix and over the air classic hits stations are hard to listen to. The existing decades channels then could have gone deeper and you would satisfy the people who want to hear just the hits on the 55 to 75 channel and the people who would love deeper playlists on the decades channels. Sadly, this never happened.

I bought a lifetime subscription at the end of 08 when my three year subscription was up. i was told for a few dollars more, I could get a lifetime. Since then the price of the lifetime has more than doubled, so I'm fortunate I got it when I did.

With all those great Internet stations,I'm listening to SXM less and less, but there are a few shows on Satellite I enjoy like Lou Simon's 60's survey, Jonathan Schwartz on 4 and Jim Ladd on Deep Tracks. I do have eclectic tastes, and in the car having an XM radio. at least at this point in time, is easier than trying to stream stations in the car.

 

[kenneykop]

BENALE: "IT" may have been the best thing XM ever did. Playing every charted song from the 1930s through the 1990s was exceptional. It would be interesting to see what would happen if Liberty got control of the satellites.

 

[flwfg]

Likewise... Had I NOT purchased the lifetime plan, I doubt I would still have XM... I have 2 OLD Delphi adapters / amplifier Ghetto box for inside use.. an outside antenna with amplifier so I can hear it all in the house at 2 locations... Old school Delphi SkyFi2 with adapters in 2 cars for fast transfer... I only got real ticked off when XM charged me a Lifetime transfer to transfer to a newer unit after the old one failed... Cost me $75.00...Better not get charged again if I need to change...

HD converter for both cars also...

Quality of XM has greatly declined to the point that is very close to the bland generic terrestrial radio that currently exists...

 

[surfin bird]

I cancelled my sub since the merger was announced...I get my O&A from audible.com these days, but even I'm sick of them...But that's another subject for another day

 

[willdav713]

I was inches away from dropping my XM subscription --- 2 days before my monthly charge. I told her I was cutting back on any and all unnecessary expenses. I even tried to pull a "Suze Orman" on this caller, but she wasn't buying into it. Instead, she gave me 2 free months worth of service up until March 26th.. But within 2 or 3 days before 3/26, I want to call in and drop the service outright. I guess they don't want to lose any subscribers. My reason for pulling the service is because of the limited playlists on most of the channels I listen to. It seems that they are "mocking" terrestrial radio with these short lists. If I have to go back to CD and cassette, so be it. In these economic times, you have to make some ultimate entertainment sacrifices that you do not want to make. And I am trying to take that said first step.

Before you go back to CDs and cassettes, try Internet Radio.

I have, don't like it as it sounds worse than AM. Like a tin can and string to be exact. My PC is connected to a Solid State Quadraphonic receiver and I did a test of the True Oldies Channel on FM vs. Aux via Stream guess who one? The FM of course. 8) Now UT might buy the FM and replace it with Electokos junk along with AAA crap.

 

[scanman1]

"My PC is connected to a Solid State Quadraphonic receiver and I did a test of the True Oldies Channel on FM vs. Aux via Stream guess who one? The FM of course."

Audio quality depends on the bitrate and processing of the stream. Some Internet streams sound great, with wide dynamic range and full frequency response and can blow FM away in terms of sound quality.

 

[willdav713]

"My PC is connected to a Solid State Quadraphonic receiver and I did a test of the True Oldies Channel on FM vs. Aux via Stream guess who one? The FM of course."

Audio quality depends on the bitrate and processing of the stream. Some Internet streams sound great, with wide dynamic range and full frequency response and can blow FM away in terms of sound quality.

Never streamed one yet.
I can also run it in discrete (2 pairs of 3.5mm cables with each one plugged into a RCA Y-Cable 3.5mm female to RCA Male for Left and Right Front and Left and Right Back) with the same results but Double Stereo.

 

[landtuna]

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.

I disagree. A combined late-50's/60's/70's/early 80's playlist is exactly what I have on my personal library. Playing Fats back-to-back with The Airplane sounds fine to me. I have never understood why station's playlist restrict themselves to a finite period of time when there are so many great RnR songs out there spanning an entire generation.

And I would offer that the music died in the early 80's, not with the British Invasion (although I am not a big fan of the Brits overall). 70's Rock was some of the best original music ever produced.

One year ago we bought a new car and it came with a limited sub to XM/Sirius. I sampled it several times but never found anything worth paying for.

 

[TheFonz]

I disagree. A combined late-50's/60's/70's/early 80's playlist is exactly what I have on my personal library. Playing Fats back-to-back with The Airplane sounds fine to me.

With that kind of library, you probably have no need for ANY kind of music radio. With my '50s-'60s library, I have no need for music radio either. I'm just too lazy to make my own mixes. Internet radio is my choice.

 

[JohnnyElectron]

I love "rewoundradio.com" as they have the real music from 50's up to when music died in 1983.
Sounds very professional, and they take email requests and play almost any HOT100 song you request.
I listen to them at work now instead of XM because of their non-repetitive nature and 'wow' songs like XM used to have.
I can't take 8 hours of XM at work anymore on the decades channels, only Escape has the variety.

 

[Mike Sheridan]

BENALE: "IT" may have been the best thing XM ever did. Playing every charted song from the 1930s through the 1990s was exceptional. It would be interesting to see what would happen if Liberty got control of the satellites.

I have to say "IT" drove me crazy! I didn't want to turn it off for fear I was going to miss something! I haven't felt that way about anything on the radio in a long time. I only heard it the last time they did it. What a creative idea!

 

[TheFonz]

BENALE: "IT" may have been the best thing XM ever did. Playing every charted song from the 1930s through the 1990s was exceptional. It would be interesting to see what would happen if Liberty got control of the satellites.

If Sirius/XM were smart they would get a lot more mileage out of "IT". Maybe rerun it at the rate of 2 or 3 hours a week on the respective Decades channels. And then continue to rerun it for new subscribers and those who are trying to catch up.