skanknsmile Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 http://www.insideradio.com/topheadline.asp?ID=559795&PT=Today%27s+Top+Stories Fuck. Looks like I'll be doing labor for a while longer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I'd be lying if I told you this surprised me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmango Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 when you pay a dude a half a billion over 5 years....and he brings in like 1/4 of the listeners they thought he would, you're in trouble. doesn't surprise me either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 when you pay a dude a half a billion over 5 years....and he brings in like 1/4 of the listeners they thought he would, you're in trouble.doesn't surprise me either. Pretty much. Plus O&A and Jimmy Norton are way better, they should can Howard. Also, the merger and changes have annoyed me. Them dropping Fungus really pissed me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jercjast Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I bet all of this happened because of them replacing Fungus with a shitty ACDC station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I bet all of this happened because of them replacing Fungus with a shitty ACDC station. I wouldn't underestimate that, I mean XM/Sirius if for people who don't like terrestrial radio, those are the people who love stations like Fungus. You start to remove those and you start to lose a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 i never understood why, if people have an ipod with all thier favorite music that you can easily make into playlists, they would want to pay for satellite radio. unless it was to listen to talk shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytumult Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 i never understood why, if people have an ipod with all thier favorite music that you can easily make into playlists, they would want to pay for satellite radio.unless it was to listen to talk shows. My ipod probably isn't going to expose me to music that I've never heard before. Satellite radio managed to do just that for me when I had it. I promptly ditched it the day fungus was taken off the air. Sucks too, because I could listen to NHL games on satellite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 i never understood why, if people have an ipod with all thier favorite music that you can easily make into playlists, they would want to pay for satellite radio.unless it was to listen to talk shows. My ipod probably isn't going to expose me to music that I've never heard before. Satellite radio managed to do just that for me when I had it. I promptly ditched it the day fungus was taken off the air. Sucks too, because I could listen to NHL games on satellite. point taken! i tend to find new music perusing myspace, blogs etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentoage Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Fungus was awesome. used to listen to it all the time in my brothers car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytumult Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 point taken!i tend to find new music perusing myspace, blogs etc. I do that, too, but there's always some out there that you might have missed. And their ska show, skanarhea or however it's spelled, was so great. They'd play those old ska bands that I'd forgotten existed. It tended to be worth the twelve bucks a month after a couple hours in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I was THIS close to buying satalite radio for my dad for xmas... so glad I didnt. satalite radio won't last another 5 years, i'm surprised its lasted this long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinncallahan Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 It really is a bummer that they couldn't have pulled this off cause it really was a great service with cool features. I loved findi g new music on alternative stations listen to Red Sox games half way across the country and the artist alerts were pretty badass. They should focus their business plan going fforward to provide audio feeds to mobile devices. End rant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogie Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I got pissed when Sirius added the punk channel, then suddenly it was "temporarily" 24/7 ACDC. How much effen ACDC can you really play for like 4 months? Then they got rid of it all together and now I think its some college music channel. Vomit Plus they screwed me on a replacement when mine stopped working. You can get an upgrade and none of your compatible stuff will work, or wait 3 months for a replacement of the same model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Do they really have a 24 hour AC/DC station? If so, that shit is ridiculous. I enjoy classic rock, but AC/DC really isn't very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejonnyhormone Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 In the end, I have a feeling Satellite Radio is just going to be looked back at a gimmick that didn't last very long. "Did anyone actually PAY for it back then?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 i didn't re-up my free subscription when they axed fungus... luckily i didn't pay for the radio, it just came standard in my car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 isn't sirius standard on chrysler/jeep/etc cars? if so, lol @ one of the big three being screwed over in another way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogie Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 isn't sirius standard on chrysler/jeep/etc cars?if so, lol @ one of the big three being screwed over in another way. It came on my dad's jeep, but not my wrangler (nothing comes on a wrangler). I didn't like his though because it didn't display the song and artist, and I could have 30 pre-sets and I'm not sure if you can when it's in the radio, it was a pain to deal with. Whereas my ginormous window mounted thing was easy to see and mess with. But I still don't like Sirius. jerks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fresnoska Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I was pissed when they dropped Fungus, and the reggae station (101). But if it wasn't for O & A and Ron & Fez, I would have cancelled XM. Goddamn, I love the virus so fucking much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I like left of center (now indie unversity?) and contemplated getting sirius last year, but it didnt seem like a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I was pissed when they dropped Fungus, and the reggae station (101). But if it wasn't for O & A and Ron & Fez, I would have cancelled XM. Goddamn, I love the virus so fucking much! thank you! same with me. streaming ron and fez right now at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I know I canceled my subscription after fungus got removed. It kind of sucks that they sent all that equipment into space and it will now be virtually useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 This doesn't look to be the end of the service, Chapter 11 provides for reorganization, not liquidation like Chapter 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxmartinxx Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 This doesn't look to be the end of the service, Chapter 11 provides for reorganization, not liquidation like Chapter 7. I was going to say the same thing. I've had Sirius since before Stern came on and he's brought millions of subscribers to the service. I think that the future isn't in the satellites, but the internet. Satellites are expensive, internet bandwidth is cheap. You can stream Sirius and right now there is an iFone app to listen to Sirius/XM from the internet. Plug an AUX in of your car radio, or use an FM transmitter, no need for equipment. People could then access the broadcasts with equipment and services they already own and pay for and with the high-overhead out of the way, charge less per month. Obviously this would be more of a long term strategy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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