I was wondering how long it was going to take Mel Karmazin to
homogenize Sirius once he took over.

About a month.

All my favorite stations are now top/pop 40 - no more cutting edge
music or electronica.

So ends my subscription.

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I was wondering how long it was going to take Mel Karmazin to
homogenize Sirius once he took over.

About a month.

All my favorite stations are now top/pop 40 - no more cutting edge
music or electronica.

So ends my subscription.

Later,

Tom

I wondered the same, Tom. I'll tell you one thing, a lot of college
sports teams are signing contracts with one or the other, so you kind
of have to pick and choose. It seems most SEC teams have individually
signed with Sirius, and what amazes me, is that the SEC Conference
et.al. signed with XM!

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I was wondering how long it was going to take Mel Karmazin to
homogenize Sirius once he took over.

About a month.

All my favorite stations are now top/pop 40 - no more cutting edge
music or electronica.

So ends my subscription.

Later,

Tom

Isn't there a competing service, Tom? If so, it available in your area? I'm
not at all well-versed on these things.

I have a friend who works for Clear Channel, and he said it was just a
matter of time before the cancer reached satellite radio. Actually, I called
it "cancer", and he got all ****ed off because he knew I was referring to
the "scream at the ADHD audience" type of programming and commercials that
are prevalent on the stations his company owns.

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:24:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
I was wondering how long it was going to take Mel Karmazin to
homogenize Sirius once he took over.

About a month.

All my favorite stations are now top/pop 40 - no more cutting edge
music or electronica.

So ends my subscription.

Isn't there a competing service, Tom? If so, it available in your area? I'm
not at all well-versed on these things.

XM is just as bad, although they are a little more open about it.

I have a friend who works for Clear Channel, and he said it was just a
matter of time before the cancer reached satellite radio. Actually, I called
it "cancer", and he got all ****ed off because he knew I was referring to
the "scream at the ADHD audience" type of programming and commercials that
are prevalent on the stations his company owns.

It's not quite that bad, but a channel that I listen to a lot had a
lot of electronic music - ambient sounds and the like.

It's now vocal crap, cross over Euro "rap" and performers like Nora
Jones.

It sucks.

Later,

Tom

XM is just as bad, although they are a little more open about it.

This is bull. XM's music channels are deep, eclectic, and superior in
every respect to Sirius. Your remarks reeks of not knowing the facts.

Anyone seeking Top40 would be comfortable at Sirius. People seeking
deeper playlists, diversity of entertainment, and better sound quality
to boot would be looking at XM.

On 19 Feb 2005 17:58:35 -0800, wrote:

XM is just as bad, although they are a little more open about it.

This is bull. XM's music channels are deep, eclectic, and superior in
every respect to Sirius. Your remarks reeks of not knowing the facts.

Really? Damn - I guess that (((XM))) receiver in my wife's car must
be Sirius then.

Wow - who 'da thunk?

Anyone seeking Top40 would be comfortable at Sirius. People seeking
deeper playlists, diversity of entertainment, and better sound quality
to boot would be looking at XM.

This is bull - to turn a phrase. :)

Later,

Tom

This is bull. XM's music channels are deep, eclectic, and superior
in
every respect to Sirius

That is not what Edmunds says:

"So who's the winner?


First, let us say that even the most discriminating listener will be
happy with either XM Radio or Sirius Radio. It is obvious that both
companies have put together a crack team of researchers and
programmers, and the variety of content offered by both services is
truly staggering and impressive. In fact, we could easily call this
test a tie, since both XM and Sirius provide excellent content.


That being said, we're going to give Sirius the nod. It strikes us that

XM Radio takes fewer chances with its content, sticking to the tried
and true, while Sirius takes a riskier path. As a result, the Sirius
content is a little edgier and more surprising, plus the company has
better choices in sports and talk."


http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=103686

On 26 Feb 2005 12:01:11 -0800, wrote:

This is bull. XM's music channels are deep, eclectic, and superior
in
every respect to Sirius

That is not what Edmunds says:

~~ snippage ~~

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=103686

Interesting that this was done before Kamazin.

Since then, Sirius is slowly adding more mainstream music to the more
edgy channels - in particular the electronic/dance genre.

BUT....

They are still heads and above (((XM))).

Not to mention that Sirius web streams are free - (((XM))) you gotta
pay an extra $4 a month.

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I was wondering how long it was going to take Mel Karmazin to
homogenize Sirius once he took over.

About a month.

All my favorite stations are now top/pop 40 - no more cutting edge
music or electronica.

So ends my subscription.

Later,

Tom

I thought there were bunches of "channels" to choose from. If yes, are they
ALL screwed up now?

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53:55 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
I was wondering how long it was going to take Mel Karmazin to
homogenize Sirius once he took over.

About a month.

All my favorite stations are now top/pop 40 - no more cutting edge
music or electronica.

So ends my subscription.

I thought there were bunches of "channels" to choose from. If yes, are they
ALL screwed up now?

All the ones I liked anyway.

Oh well.

Later,

Tom