On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:39:48 -0500, Jonathan Goodish
wrote:

In article ,
Roger wrote:
If XM were really in trouble my Sirius would have doubled. Instead
it's down about 30% in a lst couple of weeks.


Which only goes to prove that Sirius is in even more trouble.

As long as folks are willing to throw money at the satellite radio
ventures, they won't be "in trouble." I do wonder, however, about how
$12/month is going to sustain the contracts for tens or hundreds of
millions of dollars for on-air talent; at some point, there has to be a
line in the sand for the providers. I suspect that, in the end, ad
revenue will be too lucrative to pass up, and the "commercial free"
channels will start to disappear.

Well, I for one hope that Sat Radio sticks around. I have one, along
with about 5 other friends and we all like it much better than local
stations. When they first came out, I was like you. I thought, who
would buy this technology? They would have to be crazy to pay for
radio. After going on a flight with a buddy that had one, I was very
much thrilled to have a good time radio while going cross country. I
liked the fact that I could listen to what ever I chose and not loose
reception.

I somehow got stuck in the 80's as far as music is concerned and I
like being able to select just the 80's music or talk radio. What ever
your pleasure, its there in full abundance. To me its like paying for
Cable or Sat TV. You pay to have the availability of options. I bet
there were people saying the same thing about cable ventures when they
first started popping up. They figured that why should they pay for TV
as long as they can get it for free with the antenna that they have
sticking 30 feet in the air off the back of the house. That's fine if
you want to watch the same 2 or 3 stations all the time, but if you
want other options, you pay for it. Its just that simple.

As far as the commercial free stations are concerned, that is not
what drew me to Sat Radio so its not a big deal if they play a few
commercials every once in a while.


Scott D.

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