Re: XM or Sirius?

No, you are confused. Clear Channel does own less than 5% of XMSR, but
they are still influential in XM's programming. That should be evident
to anyone that listens to XM.

>>XM's content is superb in every respect.

Not according to Edmund's review of XM and Sirius:

"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."

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In article <QJ8Sd.2607409$B07.412216@news.easynews.com>,
"Travis Jordan" <no.one@no.net> wrote:
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> Bob H wrote:[color=green]
> > Too bad. Howard Stern is moving to Sirius.[/color]
>
> Toyota must think that Playboy Radio, MTV Radio, and NASCAR is more
> important to it's customer base :-)[/color]

I won't buy an XM radio because Clear Channel Communications has
uniformly trashed every broadcast radio station they run. Because AMA
Supercross events are "produced" by CCC and are just as painful to
attend with perpetual commercials as their broadcast radio stations.

Once CCC has made the broadcast FM band worthless they'll apply their
same golden touch to satellite services.

Then again I'm not buying Sirius either at the moment. My iPod serves
too well. Also there hasn't been more than 1 new CD per year worth
listening to since the '70's.

No, you are confused. Clear Channel does own less than 5% of XMSR, but
they are still influential in XM's programming. That should be evident
to anyone that listens to XM.

>>XM's content is superb in every respect.

Not according to Edmund's review of XM and Sirius:

"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."

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