[BC] Siriusly XM

[Robert Meuser]

I have both service now, so if they merge I will save a few $$. Not that 
it means that much either way. I would just like to see the superior 
Sirius programming mated with the superior XM technology. Fire all the 
XM programmers and the Sirius engineers then we can start on building a 
decent service.

R



Chip Fetrow wrote:
> Satellite merger good?  No, satellite merger BAD!
> 
> Look at what Mel has said so far:
> 
> "There will be no increase in price."  However, you have to drill
> down to see what he really means.  If you have XM, and stay with XM
> only, there will be no increase in price.  If you have Sirius and
> stay with Sirius ONLY, there will be no increase in price.
> 
> HOWEVER, if you want BOTH, you will get a "discount" for he merged
> services.  Seems like no gain for the public -- a minor discount, and
> no competition, so no reason to contain prices beyond what they
> promise the FCC, and possibly the congress.
> 
> "Customers will not need to buy new equipment."  Well, maybe, or
> maybe not.  Why should there be two 60s channels?  What service will
> drop 60s?  So if you want Howard Stern, and you want 60s music, and
> they drop the 60s from Sirius, you WILL need both, you will need new
> equipment, and you will be paying $20-22/month for the combined service.
> 
> The combined service, RU Sirius, will have to drop the redundant
> channels in order to make bandwidth available for more channels, and
> better audio on some of the really nasty-compressed channels.  How
> can they justify two of anything?  How can they even justify two
> channels of the same city's traffic?  Now, imagine if you split time
> between Dallas and Washington, DC, and Dallas traffic is on XM, and
> DC on Sirius.  New equipment, new HIGHER rate plan.
> 
> The rules read, "No merger allowed," and that is the way it MUST be.
> If we need more radio, or digital radio, we need to bring back
> Eureka-147.
> 
> Me?  I don't need satellite radio, I have an iPod.  As soon as I buy
> my new Garmin GPS, I won't need radio, I'll get my traffic
> information in real time on my GPS via Clearchannel Traffic.  OK,
> I'll need those FM stations to stay on the air with their
> subcarriers, but at least I won't have to listen.  And I only need
> this until TomTom Traffic rolls out in the USA.
> 
> --chip
> 
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:36 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
> 
>> Message: 14
>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:19:09 -0700
>> From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
>>
>> I will agree with most of your roster except for Lee Abrahms who is
>> single handedly responsible for the XM formatic disaster. I can not
>> wait for the merger when Mel will fire him and his cronies. Maybe
>> after that I can actually listen to XM.