Sirius Radio

[passionsfan79]

If I spelt that right does anyone have it? I really wanna get one. Who listeins to NFL radio and whats it like?

[Brian Damage]

It's Sirius and no I don't have it. I hate the concept of paying for radio.

[passionsfan79]

I wouldn't mind it alot better than what we get here. And I beleive its only 12.99 a month.

[Brian]

XM is better. They have more commercial free music channels (4 channels are owned by Clear Channel and have commercials, but XM added four extra channels with those formats to the lineup; the agreement with CC will end in 2008) and they have a very deep playlist. They also have more than 170 channels with more that you can listen to online for free if you have an XM Radio account.

If you want channels that play like FM radio without the FCC and without ads (in other words, play mostly the big hits) then Sirius is for you. For a more eclectic music playing format and a deeper playlist, XM is for you. Both cost $12.95, not $12.99 as passionsfan79 said.

[Ireneparalegal]

I had XM. XM you can get for free on AOL radio. I now have Sirius. I don't ever listen to the sports stuff though, sorry...I am into the soul stations and decades stuff.

[strawberry cupcake]

i don't have the actual sirus radio thingy, but we have dvr on our satallite and we have have 200 sirus radio channels. it's pretty cool

[passionsfan79]

Yea your proubly right thats what I heard from someone they must of just mistaken from someone else.

[dawsongirl]

We have the music channels on Dish Network and I like it. Can't compare those to XM though since I've never heard it. The 80s station kind of seems to repeat songs a lot though.

[Mr. Stefani]

I have it in my car and I never use it. Too many stations to pick from, i'll end up crashing before I can find a song I like.

[bossradio93]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

I hate the concept of paying for radio.

Better get used to it, it's the same attitude people said about cable television over 30 years ago and now look where it's been. "I'm not paying to watch television" was one of the many reasons why people resisted subscription television, later cable, satellite and other technologies.

With the quality of network programming has declined over the last several years, if not decades, people wanted alternatives to television and now they do. There's a whole slew of them oyt there.

Sirius has well over 4 million+ subscribers and counting and this new medium of radio's expected to grow in the next five years or so. The climate of terrestrial radio has changed dramatically over the last decade with consolidation of the radio industry, few companies buying hundreds if not thousands of radio stations rather than individuality, say 70 to 80 owners offering unique programs and formats and everyone runs a radio station differently than the other. Music playlists have been more tighter and more restricted over the years, with some playlists of only 100-200 songs over and over again around the clock!

Listen to the commercial load. When Howard Stern's radio show was on KLSX-FM (97.1) in Los Angeles (his show on terrestrial radio ended December 2005) his commercial time was 22 minutes per hour! Now that he's with Sirius, his commercial load is only six minutes per hour or two three-minute breaks.

Want the endless commercial breaks every few minutes, the dump/delay button hit when portions of a topic is/are being discussed that one might consider indecent, traffic reports every 5-10 minutes as the radio host tries to have a decent discussion with a guest? Terrestrial radio will still be around.

I disagree and I'm sorry those sentiments you echoed about not paying for radio and that attitude's changing.

Originally Posted by strawberry cupcake

and we have have 200 sirus radio channels. it's pretty cool

Sirius has about 125 radio channels at last count. Later this year they will add "The Catholic Channel" and NASCAR programming in 2007.

Originally Posted by Brian

XM is better.

Do they (XM) have a "Shuffle" channel that plays a wide variety of songs from different music styles and formats?

and they have a very deep playlist.

Do you consider a playlist of half-a-million songs in XM's playlist deep?


For anyone's a Howard Stern fan, his complete WXRK-FM library of his show is now with Sirius (and they have exclusive rights to it). Sirius is one's choice.


Sirius has a weekly music program entitled "Doo-Wop Drive-In" that plays the greatest Doo-Wop music from the 1950's and early '60's and lots of rarities in between and the show airs at 6:00pm-9:00pm (PT)-9:00pm-Midnight (ET) Sundays. They also have Norm N. Nite, who's an expert of 50's Rock 'N' Roll and does his show from the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio (Wednesdays through Sunday afternoons) and they also have the legendary "Cousin Brucie" (Bruce Morrow) Wednesdays and Saturdays. On Saturday nights "The Cuz" hosts a Saturday Night Oldies Party.

Does XM have any of this?

[theshark8777]

I find Sirius to replay their songs often, even the rare ones. I also found that on XM, so I guess they are equal in that sense. I had XM for 3 years, and recently switched to Sirius, mainly for the NFL. I like to listen to the Colts play. I do miss the MLB sometimes on XM, butover all I don't really miss the XM radio. The Sirius Shuffle channel is nice. I had both and liked both. I do think XMs sound quality is slightly better. If you are getting it for the NFL like I did, you won't be disappointed. However, if Sirius didn't have NFL, I probably never would have switched to begin with.

[theshark8777]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

It's Sirius and no I don't have it. I hate the concept of paying for radio.

I agree though, people said the same thing about cable years ago.

[MsOrange]

Originally Posted by bossradio93

Better get used to it, it's the same attitude people said about cable television over 30 years ago and now look where it's been. "I'm not paying to watch television" was one of the many reasons why people resisted subscription television, later cable, satellite and other technologies.

With the quality of network programming has declined over the last several years, if not decades, people wanted alternatives to television and now they do. There's a whole slew of them oyt there.

Sirius has well over 4 million+ subscribers and counting and this new medium of radio's expected to grow in the next five years or so. The climate of terrestrial radio has changed dramatically over the last decade with consolidation of the radio industry, few companies buying hundreds if not thousands of radio stations rather than individuality, say 70 to 80 owners offering unique programs and formats and everyone runs a radio station differently than the other. Music playlists have been more tighter and more restricted over the years, with some playlists of only 100-200 songs over and over again around the clock!

Listen to the commercial load. When Howard Stern's radio show was on KLSX-FM (97.1) in Los Angeles (his show on terrestrial radio ended December 2005) his commercial time was 22 minutes per hour! Now that he's with Sirius, his commercial load is only six minutes per hour or two three-minute breaks.

Want the endless commercial breaks every few minutes, the dump/delay button hit when portions of a topic is/are being discussed that one might consider indecent, traffic reports every 5-10 minutes as the radio host tries to have a decent discussion with a guest? Terrestrial radio will still be around.

I disagree and I'm sorry those sentiments you echoed about not paying for radio and that attitude's changing.




Sirius has about 125 radio channels at last count. Later this year they will add "The Catholic Channel" and NASCAR programming in 2007.





Do they (XM) have a "Shuffle" channel that plays a wide variety of songs from different music styles and formats?



Do you consider a playlist of half-a-million songs in XM's playlist deep?


For anyone's a Howard Stern fan, his complete WXRK-FM library of his show is now with Sirius (and they have exclusive rights to it). Sirius is one's choice.


Sirius has a weekly music program entitled "Doo-Wop Drive-In" that plays the greatest Doo-Wop music from the 1950's and early '60's and lots of rarities in between and the show airs at 6:00pm-9:00pm (PT)-9:00pm-Midnight (ET) Sundays. They also have Norm N. Nite, who's an expert of 50's Rock 'N' Roll and does his show from the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio (Wednesdays through Sunday afternoons) and they also have the legendary "Cousin Brucie" (Bruce Morrow) Wednesdays and Saturdays. On Saturday nights "The Cuz" hosts a Saturday Night Oldies Party.

Does XM have any of this?

how much is Sirius paying you???

anyway, no I do not have radio. I don't really listen to music enough to care enough to pay for it. I'd rather just hook my MP3 player up to my radio before I paid for it. If saterlitte radio is anything like satelitte TV I don't watn it. I can never watch TV in the rain, and I guess it's safe to assume the same for radio (correct me someone if i'm wrong)

[Janice]

More people watch tv than listen to radio, so the "Everyone said the same thing about cable" argument doesn't wash. I'm sure there are people who don't pay for cable.

I would never, ever, in a million years, pay for radio. I just don't care about it enough. I mostly play CDs anyway. I listen to talk radio, and I'd miss it if I couldn't listen to it, but I don't care enough to pay for it.

As for tv, my cable bill is outrageous.

[MsOrange]

Originally Posted by Janice

More people watch tv than listen to radio, so the "Everyone said the same thing about cable" argument doesn't wash. I'm sure there are people who don't pay for cable.

I would never, ever, in a million years, pay for radio. I just don't care about it enough. I mostly play CDs anyway. I listen to talk radio, and I'd miss it if I couldn't listen to it, but I don't care enough to pay for it.

As for tv, my cable bill is outrageous.

my sentiments exactly