Those With Satellite Radio, How's the Sirius/XM Merger Working Out So Far?

[Josh O]

I had dumped my Sirius service over the summer since I found I was paying $13.99 to pretty much listen to Howard and Bubba. The music stations were wearing on me and I found my iPod was taking center stage for my music desires.

Now that I see there were channel lineup changes effective last week, how are you Sirius and XM users liking the changes? If I understood what Sirius did, it looked like they renamed some of their existing stations with the XM names. Did I see that correctly?

[dumbell78]

Yeah it looks like the names from XM carried over to Sirius, I havent spent a whole bunch of time with it yet. From the quick listens Ive had it seems ok, although lately Im either on ACDC radio or the BB King Bluesville channel 90% of the time.

It seems like the BB King channel from XM does have a wider range of blues then the Sirius blues channel but again I havent given it a great deal of time yet.

[DiazDude]

No issues. Everything updated fine. I printed out the new listing..some things re-named. I haven't surfed around it yet but it looks cool. I like the Led Zeppelin channel thats been on for the couple of weeks.
I've never listed to any of the Howard stuff anyway.

[cranqued]

I've listened to XM for years, then got a car last year that came w/Sirius. I grew to love them both, and these recent channel changes made me pretty nervous that things would be dumbed down. A few days into the new lineup I'm cautiously optimistic that programming will still be pretty good for what I'm mainly interested in... alt rock, "deep tracks" and a little "pure jazz."

Some XM stations were superseded by their Sirius counterparts. XM's Ethel took the Alt Nation name--and programming, apparently. And then you have Sirius' "Left of Center" morphing into XMU, or what they're calling Sirius XMU now. So it's a melting pot of sorts.

I've got to find that limited-engagement Led Zep channel! Had it programmed and then they moved it.

[waylay00]

I'm a little proturbed that XM41 Boneyard was replaced with Hair Nation. Boneyard played a good mix of hard rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, but Hair Nation seems only to play the cheesiest songs from the 80s.

Plus, I miss Eddie Trunk's show.

[dhodgeh]

We subscribed to XM in the early days, and have three subs at the moment.

I for one am not happy with the new line up. My wife has not had a chance to listen enough to make her decision.

They dropped the two channels I listened to the most - Fine Tuning and Beyond Jazz. They replaced my next three favorites - XM Comedy, Bluesville, and Squizz - with the Sirius counter parts and they all have a different vibe (even if some of the XM DJ's are on these channels). And Deep Tracks is no longer 'deep album rock' - it's now 'deep classic rock' and also has a very different vibe.

And by different, I don't mean better. I don't recall ever hearing Linda Ronstadt or very much Rush on Deep Tracks but they are in the mix now.

We rented a car earlier this year with Sirius and was not that impressed with the programming. Looks like Sirius is bringing XM down to that same level. This follows what I consider a trend in less music and more talk oriented programming that XM had embarked on over the last few years.

I'm really lamenting the loss of Fine Tuning. That was one tasty, eclectic mix and I discovered a lot of very good music between that channel and the long gone Music Lab.

So, I'm leaning towards canceling at least the sub in my car, and replace it with Slacker internet radio and their G2 portable player. My car is equipped to handle this setup during the 1.5 hours per day I spend commuting to/from work, and I like what I've heard so far.

XM was a good ride while it lasted, but I was afraid something like this would happen when I first heard about the so called 'merger'.

:mob

D

[twangbanger]

Never a good thing when the only 2 satelitte radio comp. merge. We'll see how things progress. They sent out a survey to all the sirius costumers asking us if they should merge, like what we think matters! I will however remain optomistic about the future as I can't stand local radio and if I never hear another annoying car dealer radio ad w/ the 1 minute whispering million mile per hour disclaimer at the end it might all be worth it!

[Bones]

I have been a sirius subscriber for a few years and frankly, I think they ruined the blues station and the 60s station in the merger. Not sure about the others, but those are two I listened to a lot. I would have never thought they could make the blues channel more mainstream and bland than it was, but they did.

[Bones]

They dropped the two channels I listened to the most - Fine Tuning and Beyond Jazz. They replaced my next three favorites - XM Comedy, Bluesville, and Squizz - with the Sirius counter parts and they all have a different vibe (even if some of the XM DJ's are on these channels).

:mob

D

What are you talking about? they replaced Sirius Blues with Bluesville. not the other way around.

[59Vampire]

they also ditched buzzsaw which was great

[Bones]

they also ditched buzzsaw which was great

True, that was one of my presets as well.

I was listening to the 60s channel the other day and they thought it was "cute" to have Wolfman Jack howling through the entire song, it's just stupid.

Wolfman Jack has been dead for 15 years, having his recorded bits playing between songs is asinine.

If they want to save money, stop with the DJs and the canned bumpers and just let the music play. why they spend money on self promotion is a mystery to me, i know what i'm listening to, it's right there on the screen and anyone who doesn't have the service can't hear the bumpers anyway.

[dhodgeh]

What are you talking about? they replaced Sirius Blues with Bluesville. not the other way around.

You be right. I was going by the channel name. I used to be just 'Bluesville', and if I recall from my brief exposure to Sirius, there was a BB King's Blues channel.

So, when I saw BB King's Bluesville, I had assumed more of merger of the two rather than a replacement.

Be that as it may, my opinion has not changed.

D

[whoofnagle]

they also ditched buzzsaw which was great

I thought I heard they were doing the AC/DC thing where buzzsaw was until the end of the year only. I could be wrong..

[Bones]

If you don't already know about this http://www.dogstarradio.com/ check it out, it gives you everything you need to know about schedules and playlists and channel formats on Sirius/XM

[silverface63]

I've had my Sirius for about 6 years now. Loved it for the first half but,has been going downhill for the last few years. I really don't see Sirius/XM lasting too much
longer. They are now censoring stations and the Stern show is at a serious all
time low. I'll give it a few more weeks and give the merger a chance. It's not looking
good. I know whats going to happen when I try to cancel. Free radio, free subscription for a half a year, yada, yada. Not falling for that one again. The ship is sinking like GM.

[Bones]

I've had my Sirius for about 6 years now. Loved it for the first half but,has been going downhill for the last few years. I really don't see Sirius/XM lasting too much
longer. They are now censoring stations and the Stern show is at a serious all
time low. I'll give it a few more weeks and give the merger a chance. It's not looking
good. I know whats going to happen when I try to cancel. Free radio, free subscription for a half a year, yada, yada. Not falling for that one again. The ship is sinking like GM.

I agree with you on Howard, he has become the douchebag he used to rail against. He had the nerve last week to bust on Sumner Redstone and the plumetting of CBS' stock. Has he even looked at what has happened to Sirius ' stock? He's a total hypocrite, could you imagine his rants if Imus had his wife on every other day promoting her charities?

[Josh O]

They got rid of Buzzsaw? That too was one of my favorite stations.

Yeah, Howard's schtick is getting old I think. It was cool the first few weeks he was on but now with the multitude of vacations, repeats, etc, it just wasn't worth the money to me.

[screamtone]

THey added the Willie Nelson country channel to Sirius, which is pretty cool. They took away Pure Jazz. Not cool. I haven't spent much time with it, but it doesn't seem like any of the jazz channels have a traditional jazz format. Bummer.

EDIT: I just looked it up and "Real Jazz" seems to have replaced Pure Jazz. They have a Blue Note show on Sunday morning, but I swear I heard Grover Washington Jr on that station the other day.

[screamtone]

They got rid of Buzzsaw? That too was one of my favorite stations.

Yeah, Howard's schtick is getting old I think. It was cool the first few weeks he was on but now with the multitude of vacations, repeats, etc, it just wasn't worth the money to me.

The novelty of Howard and Bubba wore off pretty quick with me also.

[Bo Faulkner]

I have xm and so far I like it.. I listen to America Right and Left and some of the other talk stations.. for music before the merger it was deep tracks, Bluesville, ACDC, and I scanned alot for whatever was interesting.. since the merger I really like the Greatful Dead and Jam band channels.. they didnt axe any of my regulars and added a couple I will listen too. I havent listened to regular fm since I got it over a year ago

[Joisey]

Sirius subscriber with no complaints.

[fullerplast]

Whether or not the merger WRT channels is good depends of course on what you listen to.:phones

For me, the channel changes have been a net plus. I only lost one of my favorites and I gained 4 or 5 new channels: the jamband channel, dead channel, E St, underground garage, and probably a couple more I haven't discovered yet.:AOK Still have Deep Tracks and the Loft, lost Cross Country, but gained Outlaw Country. FWIW, in my limited exposure to the Sirius Blues, I found the XM Bluesville channel to have a deeper playlist, as with most of the XM channels. Here's the new lineup: XM lineup (http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/full-channel-listing.xmc) and the changes with mapping from lost channels to new alternatives: XM changes (http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/lineup.xmc)

As for Sat Radio in general, I don't know if they will make it as a viable business model or not. I once believed it was a great model, with limited recurring costs with expanding subscriber base (no infrastructure to expand), but the proliferation of the ipod and the unprecedented FCC legal delays really killed momentum, new products, and advertising for over a year. Pretty much exactly what terrestrial radio and the powerful NAB wanted to let HD radio gain a foothold, even though it is not even close in programming quality.

I really hope it makes it. I can't think of a better way of being exposed to so much new music in such an easy and passive way. Ipods are great, but you'll not hear stuff you don't have. Internet radio is great but has limited accessibility outside the home. For now, sat radio fills a void IMHO. Whether or not enough people see it that way remains to be seen.:dunno

[jeffh]

I'm a little proturbed that XM41 Boneyard was replaced with Hair Nation. Boneyard played a good mix of hard rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, but Hair Nation seems only to play the cheesiest songs from the 80s.

Plus, I miss Eddie Trunk's show.

Agreed. On Eddie's show last week he said he would be off the air until Jan 13 I believe. He said he is coming back for sure. The Boneyard will return then, on 53 I think.

Personally I like the impact of the merger. I am in Canada, where XM and Sirius are independent companies that license the programming from the "real" companies. I am a XM subscriber but often listened to Sirius in rental vehicles, seems we have the best of both now, the additional comedy channels is also a plus.

[Phloored]

I don't know. I wanted to leave after xm ditched music lab way back when.

Now, beyond jazz is gone. I appreciate the listing link, I will check out water colors, but beyond jazz was a regular for me

I am also going to look into slacker radio to see what that is all about.

If there is one thing I learned about consumer confidence is if you want to weakin it you just have to change things. Anyway, I hope I can find squarepusher and jacob fred and groundtruther i used to hear on Beyond Jazz on watercolors and real jazz? Time will tell.

[Stike]

I haven't spent a whole lot of time cruising the channels (XM) but the guy I've heard taking calls on Raw Dog Comedy is a douchebag.

[michael.e]

LOVE the merger. "First Wave" is on quite a bit.

[waylay00]

they also ditched buzzsaw which was great

Apparently Buzzsaw will become the new Boneyard when the Boneyard comes back.

http://www.sirius.com/boneyard

But it says that they will play Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jimi Hendrix. Don't get me wrong, I love Skynyrd and Jimi, but that's not Boneyard music! I miss hearing stuff like UFO on the Bone. Now this Hair Nation just plays the same dang Motley Crue, Poison, and Bon Jovi cheesefest songs over and over. And I'm afraid that the new Bone will just be a classic rock station, with a few "harder" songs thrown in.

I also miss Beyond Jazz, my next favorite station...

It's so weird that XM took away the TWO stations I listen to the most. :messedup

[RCM78]

I'm a little proturbed that XM41 Boneyard was replaced with Hair Nation. Boneyard played a good mix of hard rock from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s, but Hair Nation seems only to play the cheesiest songs from the 80s.

Plus, I miss Eddie Trunk's show.

I agree 100% The Boneyard had it all over Hair Nation.

[PAF]

Like it fine so far

[FlyingDutchman]

I was a Sirius subscriber for 5 years or so and always liked the programming. This summer I canceled my three radios after Howard took the whole summer off for vacation. I know he is a hard worker but he takes alot of time off and his show quality has been suffering greatly over the last year and a half. Bubba is great. His show is top notch but its not sounding to good for him getting re-signed for 2009. I guess I'll just sell my equipment at this point and move on..It was a fun ride.

[Ren5150]

Had XM and Sirius for years. Dropped XM, sold my radios and saved some $$ on a refund for service. I added best of XM to my Sirius and now have 1 radio. The new stations leave a bit to be desired but with 2.5 hours in the car to and from work a day, satellite is a lifesaver.

[JohnK24]

The novelty of Howard and Bubba wore off pretty quick with me also.


Make that one more on this theme...I had serious for two years, joined when Stern started, found Bubba and laughed a great deal on my drive home...but the same as you guys...the novelty of Bubba worn off and Stern got SO boring. I liked Sirius blues, but wanted more modern blues and they didn't really offer much of that.

Drop my subscription after two years (past March)...don't miss it.

[David Robrecht]

I've had XM for about a year and a half. I'm totally pissed about the loss of Beyond Jazz. They have nothing that's remotely close to it. It leaves a big hole in their line up. I don't think Outlaw Country is as good as X-Country, Hair Nation not as good as Boneyard and Deep Tracks is now much more shallow. Overall I'm not happy with the changes. If things don't improve I may cancel after the 1st of the year. I prepaid for 3 years to get a better deal, but it's not as cool as it was before. :mad:
Dave

[Bones]

Sirius stock is down to 16 cents, there's no way they are going to survive.

[studiodunn]

they dropped the channels I listened too and I dropped them.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

it was better when it was just XM for me :nono

[Bones]

oor Reception for XM-Sirius Shuffle
Some listeners lose track of their favorite channels; stock tanks




By Truman Lewis
ConsumerAffairs.com

November 18, 2008

Sirius XM Radio, the company created by the July merger of Sirius and XM, has started switching channel lineups and some listeners are finding it more than a little confusing.

XM subscribers are getting at least a dozen channels that were previously carried only on Sirius, while Sirius has added several popular XM channels, including Deep Tracks and a couple of country channels.

But what one hand giveth, the other sometimes taketh away. XM has lost Soul Street and a couple of alternative rock channels, getting similar Sirius channels instead. Meanwhile, Sirius' decade-themed channels were replaced by their XM counterparts.

Sirius XM, of course, says everything is just dandy, and issued a news release to that effect.

"With this new programming lineup, subscribers will receive the same number of music and non-music channels on the SIRIUS and XM services as they have in the past," the announcement cheerfully proclaimed.

But with the combined company's stock price at an all-time low -- reaching an abysmal $0.20 today -- and its finances well into the red zone, the channel lineup may be the least of the company's problems. At least one group of disgruntled shareholders has filed suit and more may follow.

SaveSirius is a group of shareholders that is accusing Sirius XM management of unjustly enriching themselves at shareholders' expense. A derivative suit has been filed in the United States District Court by SaveSirius founder, Michael Hartleib and the group has made a series of demands on the company's board of directors.

The company is struggling under $3.4 billion in long-term debt and its already anemic revenues are being further diluted by weak sales of new cars, which is where most new subscribers come from.

And then there's the economy. With subscriptions to XM and Sirius costing $12.95 per month each, many consumers who've become penny-pinchers are having second thoughts about paying $155 per year to listen to the radio.

Unfortunately, getting rid of XM or Sirius isn't nearly as easy as signing up for them in the first place, as many ConsumerAffairs.com readers have learned.

"Continued billing for over one year after cancellation," a Sag Harbor, NY, XM subscriber complained. "XM records showed I called in June 2007 but they claim there were no notes of cancellation."

Sirius subscribers report similar problems.

"Don't you find it amazing that Sirius can cut your free six months off to the day, but in the case that you have suscribed at any time that they will continue your service and then bill you for the extended time of service," asked Stan of Sentinel, OK. "At that point, unless you give them a call, or in my case give them a call and tell them you do not need their service, they turn you over to NCO (a collection agency)."

"I called to cancel my account on 10/27/08. We were told that we could not cancel because they were in the middle of a billing period. We insisted that it be cancelled. We were told it would be. On 10/28/08 I checked our account, the radios were still active, they did not cancel but instead gave us a free month," said Charles of Pataskala, OH.

A combined Sirius/XM receiver is scheduled to be on the market next May but many subscribers are wondering if the company will survive that long.

[mcknigs]

I've been an XM subscriber for the last 4-5 years. My receiver is in a car I haven't used for a few weeks. I haven't listened since the switch. My faves were X-Country, Bluesville, Deep Tracks, Real Jazz, and the uncensored comedy station (name?). After that it was the '50s, '60s and '70s stations, Soul Street, old country and bluegrass... My daughter liked Ethel.

Sounds like I'm not going to be happy with the current version, based on what I'm reading here.

-Scott

[Gas-man]

I have learned about SOOOO much new music with Sirius over the past several years.

You don't know what you don't know and there's no better way to learn than to just start flipping around.

There's a whole world of stuff you didn't even know you liked just waiting for you.

[david henman]

...love my xm, except for the folk channel, which plays the kind of folk music that gives folk music a bad rep.

-dh

[Gas-man]

...which plays the kind of folk music that gives folk music a bad rep.

-dh

You mean, folk music?




:roll

[david henman]

You mean, folk music?

:roll


...yup. "real" folk music. the kind of music that folks with narrow tastes, and a morbid fear of anything that's not mainstream, would go to great lengths to avoid listening to.

:phones

-dh

[Jon C]

had my first good listen on my way to and from NJ last weekend... my take.

Pros:

I enjoy having the Grateful Dead channel, E Street (Springsteen) channel and a few others (Underground Garage)... wouldn't listen all the time but nice to drop in on them.

Kept Bluesville

Cons:

they dropped XMX which was full of great long form concerts and shows like Marty Stuart's Americana and Bob Dylan's Theme Time... and now you have to find them on Deep Tracks (40) and they no longer run them back to back like they did on XMX ... MAJOR negative

Dropped Cross Country in favor of Outlaw Country ... can't decide yet if that's a net minus or not, it may be.

Though some of the DJs are people I know of from way back, there is a LOT more DJ talk on the Sirius/merged stations.


Overall -- IMO -- the jury is out:

- I don't believe at all that the merger will benefit subscribers in the long run.
- I waver on whether the compressed signal quality is even worth having, but so far it has been.

- I am entering yr. 3 of a 3 yr. subscription at (if I recall) $9.99/month. I won't pay much more than that at all so if they change their pricing model I'll probably dump it. I have only one account/receiver (Roady XT) that I take from one of 3 cars to the boat, and sometimes the living room via a cradle.

jc

[david henman]

they dropped XMX which was full of great long form concerts and shows like Marty Stuart's Americana and Bob Dylan's Theme Time... and now you have to find them on Deep Tracks (40) and they no longer run them back to back like they did on XMX ... MAJOR negative.

...yep...not to mention petty's amazing hour...i was seriously tempted to cancel my subscription.

-dh

[Chris T]

.



Though some of the DJs are people I know of from way back, there is a LOT more DJ talk on the Sirius/merged stations.



I have noticed the increased level of talk as well which is a big negative for me.

Personally though I would hate to go back to "free" radio and the commercials. I have XM in my vehicle but not in the wife's car. When I go somewhere with her the loud dumb commercials drive me up a wall.

[Betos]

yes, it's very disorienting.

I guess I've had XM on the Satellite TV - now, on the alternative stations it seems like they run the songs through some digital effects which really sucks. Anyone else notice this?

[dhodgeh]

It's been over a week now since the change, and I still don't like it.

I find myself listening to my Slacker G2 on the commute to/from work.

I do dearly miss Fine Tuning, and the un-censored comedy channel is nowhere near as good as it was prior to the change.

However, I tried to listen to some broadcast FM one evening and just could not do it.

Classic rock with chatter, head banger metal with chatter, and I would rather listen to the tinnitus in my ears instead of than that drivel they call country music on the airwaves these days.

So, I'm going to keep the sub in my car (for those times when using the G2 is impractical) until this current pre-paid cycle is up and then go from there.

D

[david henman]

Classic rock with chatter, head banger metal with chatter, and I would rather listen to the tinnitus in my ears instead of than that drivel they call country music on the airwaves these days.



...no kiddin'!

i used to love country music.

fortunately, you can still hear the real thang on xm, along with alt country.

long live son volt!

-dh

[mcknigs]

...no kiddin'!

i used to love country music.

fortunately, you can still hear the real thang on xm, along with alt country.

long live son volt!

-dh

But X-Country is gone? One of my silly reasons for enjoying that station was that, just before they opened up, a band member and I went in there with a banjo, dobro and pedal steel and recorded a bunch of versions of the seven-note XM theme. The engineer took those and cut 'em up and pasted 'em back together in various combinations. It was kind of fun. I had my daughter along and Jesse Scott gave her a tour while we recorded. She's a nice lady.

They used my friend's dobro and steel stuff more than my banjo but I could usually hear the banjo a few times a week, on X-Country plus the bluegrass and old country stations. I assume those are gone with the merger. We (Last Train Home) also recorded a live show once there. They would replay it occasionally. I wonder whether that will get played anymore...

-Scott

[david henman]

...looks like they changed the name to "outlaw country".

-dh

But X-Country is gone? One of my silly reasons for enjoying that station was that, just before they opened up, a band member and I went in there with a banjo, dobro and pedal steel and recorded a bunch of versions of the seven-note XM theme. The engineer took those and cut 'em up and pasted 'em back together in various combinations. It was kind of fun. I had my daughter along and Jesse Scott gave her a tour while we recorded. She's a nice lady.

They used my friend's dobro and steel stuff more than my banjo but I could usually hear the banjo a few times a week, on X-Country plus the bluegrass and old country stations. I assume those are gone with the merger. We (Last Train Home) also recorded a live show once there. They would replay it occasionally. I wonder whether that will get played anymore...

-Scott

[Jon C]

...yep...not to mention petty's amazing hour...i was seriously tempted to cancel my subscription.

-dh


Petty's still on, I heard his first new show of season four on Sunday driving home .. but he's on Deep Tracks now IIRC>

[fullerplast]

We (Last Train Home) also recorded a live show once there. They would replay it occasionally. I wonder whether that will get played anymore...

-Scott

I sure hope so....that was a great show and recording.:AOK

[david henman]

...plus, xm now has little steven's underground garage!


-dh

...no kiddin'!

i used to love country music.

fortunately, you can still hear the real thang on xm, along with alt country.

long live son volt!

-dh

[mcknigs]

I sure hope so....that was a great show and recording.:AOK

Thanks! One does those things then wonders whether anyone actually hears them. :)

-Scott

[southpawmax]

I like the fact that XM now has a jam station but we are still without a proper punk/hardcore station and I miss Lucy and Ethel.

[David Robrecht]

I don't like how on some of the stations the DJ's talk over the song intros. That's not what I'm paying for. The "new" Outlaw Country has played Tom Petty, George Thorogood and Neko Case recently. Not my idea of alt-country. They could better use the bandwidth on that channel for other artists that better fit the genre and need exposure. And I still really miss Beyond Jazz!!!!! :FM
Dave

[UndergroundVint]

Still, on its worst day satellite radio is ten times better than FM radio. Sirius stock is pretty cheap right now too. Might just buy some shares today...

[Roodboy]

I hate it in a huge way. I was an XM guy for years and the Sirius DJ's talk over the songs drives me nuts. AlthoughXM kept killing my stations starting with the prog channel on 52, then the punk channel and finally Boneyard.
The playlists have changed too. Its like oldtime radio run by the record companies again. Certain bands are just rammed down your throat. Like mudvayne on liquid metal or tealeaf green on the jamchannel. Mudvayne shouldn't even be on liquid metal.
They should can the DJ's and just play music but I gess that doesn't sell.
If things don't change in January when the lineups are reshuffled I'm cancelling.

[jbviper4]

Ive been a Sirius guy from day 1.

I like the ACDC station and the LZ station. In fact all of the music stations are great....getting exposed to a lot of music I wouldnt listen to otherwise.

The talk stations are crap. Mad Dog needs Mike, and Howard takes more time off than a retiree. And if they let Bubba walk...Im on my iPod for good.

[FlyingDutchman]

Ive been a Sirius guy from day 1.

I like the ACDC station and the LZ station. In fact all of the music stations are great....getting exposed to a lot of music I wouldnt listen to otherwise.

The talk stations are crap. Mad Dog needs Mike, and Howard takes more time off than a retiree. And if they let Bubba walk...Im on my iPod for good.


Is Bubba's last day tomorrow? I converted over to the ipod 24/7 this past summer but once in awhile I'll listen to Bubba in my GF's car. I was a diehard for the last few years..Bubba is awesome and is what Sirius needs to promote. They really screwed up with him..Radio Gold.

[Josh O]

Revisiting the thread, I just noticed on howardstern.com that Bubba's contract was up and Sirius hadn't renewed him. That's just so stupid, I did like his show and that's a big error on Sirius' part IMHO. Other than the constant racing talk, his show was pretty entertaining, sometimes more entertaining than Howard, especially when Howard dumps to repeats for his gazillion vacations a year. Big loss to Sirius if they let Bubba Clem walk.

[turtleheadblues]

Bubba just flew my brother down to Florida to hang out with him last weekend. He got to go to his house, dinner and strip club with him. I think my brother goes by Slidejob Jones on the show I guess he calls in alot.

[Josh O]

That's cool. The Bubba-speak on the used to crack me up!!

[wstsidela]

I'm bummed that Sirius Disorder is gone. David Johansen's show was brilliant.

[Solomon]

I liked the music stations better when it was just XM.

[bizzwriter]

Been really digging XM on our (kinda) new Tahoe -- especially since I was able to wrangle that special $77/year deal out of them. Mostly listen to the Verge, but also have AC/DC, Springsteen, Grateful Dead, Underground Garage, and a bunch of other presets. Just ordered an XM receiver for my wife's car too.

[wstsidela]

I liked the music stations better when it was just XM.

IMHO the music was better at XM

[Hackubus]

The ACDC Channel must ennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd .

I'm gonna scream if I flip over one more time & they're playing "Rock N Roll Train" or "Whole Lotta Rosie". Don't get me wrong, I love me some ACDC, but gimme a damn break.

[Bones]

The blues station is in shambles, they are playing more easy listening and adult contempoary type music than real blues.

Also i noticed that the bands that i have alerts set for are seldom getting play anymore, they really seem bent on destroying what they have built.