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1. Comment - Sirius, XM Confirm $13 Billion Merger

   (Feb 21, 2007 - 2:34 PM)

   Do not fall for the naive "nobody is going to pay for radio" thinking - people said the exact same thing about cable TV and everyone reading this likely is paying a monthly cable bill.
   
   I became a Sirius subscriber when Stern moved, and I wanted to keep listening to him and his people. What I found on Sirius is a whole assortment of content, including (commercial free) music, talk, politics, religion, comedy and even children-specific content.
   
   Being able to hear not only Stern, but the additional Stern-related content makes the monthly fee more than worth it for me, and I now have three radios active (two portables, one in the new Durango). Hell, I even love the fact that the radios I use have a memory/playback feature and the ability to tell me when specific content (artist or song) is playing on a channel.
   
   Being able to get my choice of 80s, 90s, rock, pop, metal, dance, hip-hop, etc. channels is gravy, and having KidStuff for when I have the kids in the car is kinda nice, too!
   
   People should really be subscribers to at least one of the two services before rendering opinions on them that do not have much basis in fact. IMHO, Sirius (and I presume XM) offer a lot of decent ad valuable content.
   
   People already pay much more for cable TV, when they are likely only watching that content for a few hours each day. I have been listening to Sirius since my day started (~4AM) and am listening to the 80s channel on Sirius right now at work while typing this! I am getting more than my money's worth here.
   
   I am happy as hell that I became a subscriber. Most other subscribers are, too... At least, the Sirius subscribers that I know and/or have gotten onto Sirius. I cannot imagine going back to plain old radio ever again...
   
   -=- James.