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XM + Sirius = Monopoly

Personally, and I'm not speaking as a subscriber to satellite radio (although I own 4 units, 2 sirius and 2 XM), I hope this merger goes through. I am visiting some family in the ATL area and was listening to 955 the Beat last night and heard the Akon/Eminem song "Smack That".. I couldn't beleive how watered down they had it!! Never mind compared to satellite radio, I'm talking about in comparison to regular radio in my hme area of las Vegas... The standards set out there are not only set differently by the FCC, but by the local market place and even the companies (955 is owned by Cox, the station I've heard the same song on in Vegas, 985 KLUC is owned by CBS)... Perhaps in time, ti could lead to a more level playing field with the merger...
 
Keep in mind the phrase, "Contemporary Community Stnadards". Vegas is a bit more tolerant that Atlanta, and consequently the on-air product reflects this (local) set of standards. In both instances.
 
littlejohn said:
Keep in mind the phrase, "Contemporary Community Stnadards". Vegas is a bit more tolerant that Atlanta, and consequently the on-air product reflects this (local) set of standards. In both instances.
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Replace "contemporary" with "arbitrary" and you'll understand why intelligent people don't give a damn.
 
NAB is National Association of BROADcasters. Satellite radio is not broadcasting. NAB does not represent them.

Duh.

Broadcast TV co-exists with cable, and both had tons of mergers. This is a non-issue.
 
SalesWeasel said:
Replace "contemporary" with "arbitrary" and you'll understand why intelligent people don't give a damn.
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Y'know, it's really hard to resist the temptation to fire a return salvo to such a thinly veiled attempt to insult people who don't agree with you.
 
middlega said:
SalesWeasel said:
Replace "contemporary" with "arbitrary" and you'll understand why intelligent people don't give a damn.
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Y'know, it's really hard to resist the temptation to fire a return salvo to such a thinly veiled attempt to insult people who don't agree with you.
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Go ahead. The marketplace, not a presidentially-appointed board of people with no oversight, should decide what the community standards are.
 
Whether the government blesses this deal or not the reality is that you will indeed get what everyone deems a "monopoly". One of the two will cease to exist if they can't combine and save money on the backoffice redundancies. So the Senators and Congressman can gripe all they want it's just the cold hard truth. Maybe CBS will buy Sirius, but wait, won't that be a monopoly too?
 
Does the NAB play a roll in working with manufacturers to develop broadcast technology for the end user? If so, what more is the NAB doing to encourage the manufacturers to create a more cost effective way of getting HD radio to the listener? There's a serious problem there....for me to get HD on my car unit, I have to drop down almost $300 for an add-on. So, really in order to get HD, the average joe needs to pay the price of an HD unit PLUS the cost of a new reciever OR they're paying a slightly lower price for a receiver that is HD/AM/FM. I haven't looked into home units or add-on boxes for home units so i can't attest to that. But, to me, that's a problem right there. HD has great potential: the selective programming comparable to what satellite offers, with zero commercials if the the station chooses and the ability to broadcast text ads to the unit. ACE!!!! But again, cost for the end user.

I got sirius two years ago and much like salesweasel, I usually find myself halting my sirius listening so I can hear one or two local shows..(retroplex, baby!!!!!). Otherwise, it's radio/music that I would rather listen to which isn't offered in the local variety. No progressive talk radio on the local side......gotta go to sirius. I get in specific music moods and I'm a control freak...can't get breakbeat or drum n bass unless I listen to 88.5 at an odd hour.....so back to sirius I go. Control. People want control.

I think this is why Slacker.com has great potential as well....if you dont like the current song, skip it, change the 'channel'. Pay the subscription fee, download the music to the hand held unit that they offer if you want it AND get the ability to skip songs endlessly. Control.

Bear in mind, I'm a listener and not an industry insider like many of you. I know there's a fine balance between the needs of the listener and the needs of the advertiser and I'm sure most stations will lean to the advertiser simply because they figure that they can keep a hold of listeners because it's what they're used to hearing.
 
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