Let's hope not. Competition is a good thing. Just look at the Houston Chronicle since the departure of the Houston Post.
Does Clear Channel not own a small percentage of XM anymore? They were one of the original investors I think and recently owned 1-2% of it.
mateo, yeah, Sirius' classical sucks. not just because there's only 3 stations, but I think their selection is awful.
Sadly, despite the fact that my uncle is on the Board of the New York Opera, my knowledge of classical music is limited to the mainstream: Handel, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms....so I dont notice the lack of options. But I am learning.
I'm not sure how much they still own. It seems clear to me they aren't cooperating with each other. On XM's web site, Clear Channel is NOT listed as a "strategic investor" with the likes of GM, Honda, DirecTV, etc. I'm not worried about it. For a brief time a year or so ago, there were false rumors CC was going to buy XM. I think it's too late for that to happen. XM realizes it's suicide if they get CC's fingerprints on them.
You mention some of my favorite composers, but I still do not care for their selections. I admit that I prefer some of the higher energy compositions when driving andI just haven't heard any of my favorites when I've tried them.
They're listed as a "strategic partner" now : http://www.xmradio.com/corporate_info/strategic_partners_category.jsp?category=programming
Hmmmmm. Don't know what to say other than if I ever get the impression XM is acting on CC's orders, hello Sirius.
No. They added a lot more than that in the 4th quarter, which is when most of their new "Stern" subscribers signed on.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-01-09-stern-debut_x.htm Howard Stern makes his debut on satellite radio, uses expletive NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Stern began his new satellite radio show on Monday by putting to rest rumors that he got married to his longtime girlfriend, model Beth Ostrosky — in a comment complete with a federally banned expletive. "I am not married. It's a nice feeling that we get along great. We're very happy and I don't want to (blank) it up," Howard Stern said. "I am not married. It's a nice feeling that we get along great. We're very happy and I don't want to (blank) it up," Howard Stern said. Stern has promised everything from stripper poles to live sex on his new show. His deal could be worth up to $500 million over five years to headline two Sirius channels. At the start of the show Monday, Stern dished up some phone sex with Playboy bunny Heidi Cortez, who has her own phone-sex nighttime show lined up on Sirius. Stern also introduced George Takei as his new on-air personality. Takei, who played Sulu on Star Trek and who last year publicly said he is gay, will serve as announcer. After the first week, he will record segments for the show but will not be in the studio. "The revolution has begun in new radio," Takei said Monday. Even before his first day on the job, the shock jock recruited listeners for the $13-per-month service: Its audience expanded from 600,000 to 2.2 million subscribers after Stern announced his switch last year. That's hardly a surprise. Stern's wildly popular syndicated show proved a cash cow for Infinity Broadcasting, raking in about $100 million in annual advertising revenues and capturing 12 million listeners with raunchy, boundary-pushing programming. Stern had frequently tested and sparred with the regulatory Federal Communications Commission during his 25-year run on the public airwaves, often having his morning show interrupted by censors. Weeks after Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," Clear Channel yanked Stern from six stations amid an FCC crackdown. Stern signed with Sirius five months later. "I thought Clear Channel and companies like that were going to fight the FCC," Stern, 51, told the Associated Press last month. "I kept hanging around. And they never fought back. ... They are cowards. They bow, and they deserve to be destroyed." On Monday, caller after caller wished Stern luck — and he reacted with annoyance. "I've been doing years and years of shows but I get irritated when people wish me luck," he said. "You should have wished me luck 25 years ago." Stern broadcast his last FM radio show on Dec. 16 as thousands of fans gathered outside his New York City studio.
If I hear one more of those "fake" commercials about how good free radio is I'm going to run out an buy me a satellite radio just in spite. You know the ones I'm talking about...the commercial comes on the radio, but it's like it's a fake news report, like the one about the "star baseball players caught using steriods" and just before they give you the name of the players you hear "please deposit 25 cents" and they go on to tell you that you shouldn't have to pay to hear the radio. With commercials like that it's worth considering.
When I got my G35, it came with XM radio (the 3 month trial)... then I let the trial end because it was going to be $13 a month... As little time as I actually spend driving, it seemed a bit much... People from XM kept calling me to try to get me to sign up, but I waited until they had the 1/2 price for a year deal... ~$7/month isn't too bad.
I'm not sure this is a good reason for satellite radio: http://howardstern.com/ Warning: NSFW or otherwise
