[BC] Re: Reasons for having satellite radio

[DANA PUOPOLO]

At one point, XM sold a sat radio that plugged into your computer via USB.
Someone came up with a program that allowed users to pull off music and title
info. Start this program for a few hours and when you come back every song
they played was on your HD with title and artist info. Apparently this
violated XM's contract with the RIAA and they stopped selling the radio about
18 months ago. Originally they sold for 50 dollars and now go for 300- 400
bucks on ebay - if you can find one there at all.

-D

 

------ Original Message ------
Received: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:21:49 AM PST
From: Ron Cole <rondcole at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: Reasons for having satellite radio

 I like my MP3 Players a lot but its work to keep the iPod updated and
fresh.

I like my XM Satellite radio because I can find music I like that's fresh
and new and without the jock chatter & commercials trying to sell me things
I don't need or want.

But then I'm not radios primary target, probably never was?.
Ron Cole

On 1/25/06, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com> wrote:
>
>
> >>> But I don't think it's satellites that broadcasters needs to worry
> >>> about- it's ipods- where people play just what they want to hear
> >>> - whenever they want it- with no yack at all.
> >>>
> >>>    -Nat
> >>>
> >
> >> You could have said the same thing about cassettes and CDs.
> >
> >     Oddly, back in the '50s one of the non-technical reasons that
> > 45 r.p.m. record players were not more popular in cars was the
> > 'lack of yack'; at least this was my experience growing up in San
> > Jose, CA, as part of a team that installed these Skip-A-Groove(r)
> > fiascos under many a dashboard.  Of course that was back when
> > San Francisco (50 miles distant!) air talent demonstrated some
> > personality.  Even local jocks were sought-after for sock-hops,
> > supermarket openings, etc.  Still boils down to content, I guess.
> >
> > Jim Wood
> > Brea, CA
>
>
> While we have a pile of CDs and other music sources, we still end up
> listening to the radio (KPIG/KPYG). They discover the music we like so we
> don't have to go searching or listen to the same CDs over and over. Their
> on air people are also very interesting. So, while iPod is big, it SEEMS
> to me that these listeners will eventually get tired of their "favorite
> songs" and want to hear something different (maybe find a new favorite
> song). The "pod cast," however, seems interesting. For those programs that
> are broadcast when the listener cannot listen to the radio, it allow
> portable time shifting. We could, of course, get the same effect with a
> portable "walk person" radio that included a timed digital recorder to
> capture those programs off air instead of downloading them.
>
> Harold
>
>
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