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Posted: 1/1/2006 1:51:28 PM EDT
Get in my car, hit my Fox News preset for Sirius and CNN Headline news in ranting away. Searched through all the channels and it's gone. Called up cust. serv. and they told me Sirius and Fox are in "negotiations" and they don't know if they will have it or not. Can't find any press release on the sirius site about it. Sent an email off to sirius asking what is up.
The only reason I got sirius was FoxNews and HardAttack. Now with only one of the two i'll probably cancel. I've already suspended my account because of it. Anyone else pissed? |
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Sorry about your luck.
Check this out: www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20725
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Pay money to listen to crap.
I was thinking of getting sat radio. I'm glad I didn't. |
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There was a news article the other day about how Sirius was dropping Fox News. That makes up my mind on which satellite radio company to go with.
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FoxNews upped the $ they wanted from XM and Sirius, Sirius said No Thanks. It sucks, but at least we don't get Air scAmerica with Sirius. NRA News Rocks as well.
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I kind of like Air America myself. Kind of like a cross between the comedy channel and a train wreck. I never fail to laugh my ass off when listening.. fullclip
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A family member works at XM Radio. This woman was less than honest in her portrayal of contract negotiations with XM. Money was a factor. She wasn't going to get enough and she had a personal disagreement with the XM employee, unrelated to politics. XM does have Fox News and MLB. No Howard Stern. None. That's good enough for me. ETA: XM dropped VH1 and MTV radio. Why? The parent company, Viacom, insisted that XM also run Viacom's new gay and lesbian radio channel. XM refused. Chief Justice John Roberts' wife used to work for XM radio as an attorney. NRA members prefer XM to Sirius by 3 to 1. |
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here's an answer. sorta.....
1. get laptop 2. you have a pc 3. pc needs a audio in.. 4. get verizon national broadband access 5. run the audio of tv into your pc, get some webcasting software (free) 6. put the lappy in you car, run connector to your radio (ala ipod) 7. connect to internet, connect to your home pc, listen to cnn.. 8. for even more fun... do slingbox, watch your tv in your car. your tv at home can be on cable or sat with ir blaster you can even change channels.. watch video.. even tivo (at home under your control in your car) i actually do something like this where i run a police scanner at home and listen to it over my laptop in my car. possibilities are endless... put a webcam in your car for instance and put your car on the net as a webserver... |
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Supposedly XM just added another Fox News Talk show. I'm not sure what it is but my friend who has XM said they just added it. Now if they would just add NRA news.
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I wondered what happened to FOX news on my Sirius...going XM now.
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Same here. Waste of money. It's just like with paying for TV and movies: you're just giving money to people that hate you. I've pretty much given up listening to radio- books-on-tape make my commute a lot easier. Listening to Martin Amis's "The Information" at the moment. Beats Howard or Bill O'Reilly any day. |
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Is it really fast enough for that use? IIRC they claim it's 144kbps, but in practice it's really a fraction of that speed. Connected to my laptop or with using my Treo, it takes about ten minutes just to download cnn.com's main page. The speed is so slow I only use it in emergencies.z |
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You are sabotaging this thread..... |
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Do you have an EVDO card or a regular air card? |
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As long as I'm not hijacking it! |
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Yeah right. Listen to Opie and Anthony or the Comedy Channel and tell me that XM censors them. Yes, some channels are censored because well they have to cater to a large audience. |
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I don't care for either one. Why? Because what people fail to realize is that in 5 years it'll be just like cable TV. Plenty of commercials and fees that slowly increase. Good channels will then cost more and require extra payment. All you satellite people will be paying out your ass for shitty music and talk radio.
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No misery, I am paying today for commercial free radio. The day it no longer meets my needs or is a value in my mind I'll cancel my subscription. Are you under the impression that once you subscribe you can't cancel? Or maybe the equipment was a major investment? $10 for XM Roady2 kits on eBay.
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No, my point is, that it'll soon be just like cable TV. Of cource you can cancel, but just as cable TV is today, what's the alternative? Local TV sucks around here. I'm forced to have cable to get good reception and better channels. Cable TV started just as this satellite shit did. Low prices, new entertainment choices, little or no commercials. Now look at it. No different than non-cable. Unless you want to pay for premium channles that actually suck today, like HBO, Showtime, ect... One day soon, local radio will be worthless, and all the "good" stuff will be on satellite and cost plenty more with just as many commercials as you get with cable/satellite TV. I'm just saying that it's how people get suckered into shit that just costs more money. You always have a choice, but some people are raving up a storm about this satellite radio, and I don't think too many are looking at the future. |
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i listend to XM on a few road trips and siruis to canada and back. it was no competition siruis is way better for the music i wanna listen to. Last trip we went on was in a truck that came with XM radio but we actualy pulled the siruis out of mine cause we like it so mutch more. granted i dont listen to the news or anything just rock and for that XM falls way short for me. love my siruis.
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The language may not be censored. Their choice of what subject matter to broadcast certainly seems like it based on that article. I use XM because of MLB, FOX and America Right |
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I dunno. XM has Laura Ingraham, Dr. Laura, Sean Hannity, Tony Snow, Michael Reagan and Larry Elders. I don't think that she can make the argument that XM panders to the ultra-left. |
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BUY MORE SIRIUS (SIRI)
BUY MORE XM (XMSR) Buy as much as you can on both because any way you look at it, they're both going to do well. One or both may even get bought out by bigger MM giants which I'll be just as happy with. For god-sakes though... Just keep on buying PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Why are you so desperate for us to buy their stock? |
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I hate people that quote 1200 words of another poster to only add 42 words of their own Cenorship from a private company is good, from the government is bad. |
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I had XM and I dropped it like a hot rock....
I love the Sirius and am pissed that fox is gone. that was about 70% of my listening. |
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Plenty of good books available on CD - anything important will be on regular broadcast stations.
Zero interest in paying for radio, but for those who do...
(based on $216.54 per 1K) |
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I just called and cancelled my two Sirius subscriptions.
WTF, they can pay Howard Stern 400 million bucks to ask every woman that walks in his studio if they enjoy anal sex but they can't keep Fox news on the air ? XM here I come. |
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+1 Sirius is better. |
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Opie and Anthony pro-gun? Say What? Since when?? Back when they were on WAAF in Massachusetts, they used to call gunowners nutbars and kooks..... |
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They have XM on Direct TV and the programming just SUCKS..
I love my Sirius system in the truck...havent listened to regular FM or even any cd's since Ive bought the unit (been about 4 months now)...and btw, love Stern |
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You guys with Sirius better enjoy it while you can. Look at their financials and subscription statements. The real ones....not the ones Stern talks about. Sirius has grossly lost the satellite radio war, 70% to 30%. Their stock price stinks. And Howie is going to break them.
Anyone check out the number of XM recievers sold compared to Sirius recievers sold over the last two months?? No comparison. BTW, that chick that wrote that article is full of shit and is becoming more and more well known for being so. |
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I learned about that when I was researching which radio system to get. That and Howard Stern are the main reasons I chose XM. |
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+1 on XM. More of the music I like and it does NOT have Stern.
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Yeah, I hear she's a paid consultant of Sirius and a fan of Stern. . . . |
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+1 for the type of music I listen to, Sirius has a better selection or programming. I compared the programming to XM, and Sirius wins hands down. I don't tend to listen to the news or talk radio when driving anyway. That would just put me to sleep or enrage me. Either way, bad juju when driving. Music is what I listen to. I guess to each his own. |
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I take it that you missed her BS piece on the "Munich" movie?? She's an obnoxious cunt. |
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XM has been running trailers for "Fox News Talk" coming in Jan for months.
Tony Snow O'Reilly Spencer Hughes Neal Cavuto John Gibson Allan Colmes plus overnight replays of the regular Fox News TV shows in the graveyard shift hours. But hey, Sirius still has "wow, look at those tits" |
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We used to have that here! (Except for lips and nips. . . ) |
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