Sirius and XM to Merge

[Andrew]

Even though Opie and Anthony is the highest rated show on either platform

Source, please?

All Radio is Unlistenable.

It's all the same garbage wherever you go. Feel free to pay for it if you're feeling masochistic, but it's all the same shit.

I've never heard anything so mind-blowingly wrong before. Just... wrong.

[Andrew]

And sattelites. The whole technological infrastructure of Sirius fucking sucks.

I have to agree on this one. 99% of the time it's never a problem, but there's always that 1% where I lose a signal for absolutely no fucking reason. Here's hoping.

[icarusfall]

I've never heard anything so mind-blowingly wrong before. Just... wrong.

You're right, it's not like I've worked in the industry or anything to have some perspective.

[Frogacuda]

Source, please?

Something Eric Logan said like... before I posted that, which was a while ago. they're not the top rated channel (they're behind the stupid top 20 channel and one of the news channels), but the 5-hours they're on are the most listened to block on the platform

[Andrew]

You're right, it's not like I've worked in the industry or anything to have some perspective.

You might have an "insider's" perspective of the inner workings of the industry, but the simple fact remains that XM and Sirius offer something vastly superior to what can be found on terrestrial radio. It may not be to your personal liking, but it's hardly more of the same.

Something Eric Logan said like... before I posted that, which was a while ago. they're not the top rated channel (they're behind the stupid top 20 channel and one of the news channels), but the 5-hours they're on are the most listened to block on the platform

Before we continue down this road, please define "platform."

[Wildkat]

Time to man up, buster.

He doesn't have it anymore anyway, he dropped them after the whole O&A Suspension for the "Condi Rice Incident"

[icarusfall]

You might have an "insider's" perspective of the inner workings of the industry, but the simple fact remains that XM and Sirius offer something vastly superior to what can be found on terrestrial radio. It may not be to your personal liking, but it's hardly more of the same.

Superior to terrestrial radio? Sure. But just because that dog shit's only a week old instead of 2 doesn't make it any more appetizing. It's the same songs as on regular radio, they just give you a channel slightly more tailored. And if you live near a college you can hear all the 'crazy' stuff too!

They don't play anything interesting because regardless of what channel you're listening to, they've researched what the top songs are and feed you them. The same as regular radio. The only thing it has going for it are the sports packages - but are you really interested in what the most useless teams are doing, since those are the only ones that aren't broadcast for free anyway?

[Frogacuda]

Before we continue down this road, please define "platform."

All of XM's channels.

[Rumpy]

The replay for OA gets higher listenership than the live show too.

[Frogacuda]

Really? That's hard to believe...