Satellite radio - XM or Sirius?

Too much Stern-O&A stuff in this thread.

I have listened to both units for a few weeks before I decided to get XM.

<font color="red"> If you are interested in better MUSIC, get XM. </font>


Who listens to football on the radio? I live in Philly, if I want to listen to the eagles, i turn on WYSP.

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Yeah, you need to put Big Pussy's legal woes out of mind to fully enjoy the show.

I bumped this because I'm mighty PO'd at Sirius right now.

They're using Channel 2 for Christmas music, AND THEY KEEP PLAYING THE SAME 20 SONGS OVER AND OVER. Just different versions of the same song.

You like "No Place Like Home for the Holidays"? Great! You get to hear Karen Carpenter do it...then 30 minutes later, you get to hear Perry Como's version...Kenny G due up next within the hour, same song.

I don't think I ever heard "Baby, It's Cold Outside" before this year, but I've heard four different versions of it, over and over, this week.

There are 10,000 Christmas songs out there, but I swear these guys haven't played more than a few dozen, over and over, this week.

I'm sure all this will be forgotten Sunday, when I catch the repeat of this week's Wiseguy Show.

Stern is so damn overrated...

Go with XM - Opie and Anthony are so much better 202 on XM

XM has better electronic equipment and is a smidge cheaper on a monthly basis if you buy a multi-month plan. Sirius has NPR if that matters to you. You should compare sports programming carefully if that matters to you, as they each have respective broadcast rights that vary by sport.

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Too much Stern-O&amp;A stuff in this thread.

I have listened to both units for a few weeks before I decided to get XM.

<font color="red"> If you are interested in better MUSIC, get XM. </font>


Who listens to football on the radio? I live in Philly, if I want to listen to the eagles, i turn on WYSP.

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I just want to echo this. As a big football fan, I spend my Sundays watching the football package on Direct TV. So the fact that Sirius has NFL is worthless to me. I have XM, and it's great. I listen mostly to music and the baseball package. While Sirius may have equally as good musical selections, it doesn't have baseball.

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i just got sirius and LOVE it!

the 'backspin' station RULES! howard soon will be icing on cake.

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xm

opie and anthony

nuff said

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these guys are terrible

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and howard's act has been tired and stale for 10 years....so what ground are you standing on?

you think vulgarity will be enough to rejuvenate a 50 something has been?

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stale?

lol, i laugh during his whole show and am not easily entertained.

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Wow. People are actually eager to pay for the radio.

It's just sad.

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i thought the same until i actually set mine up and listened to it for a few days. its WELL worth paying for. the cable TV to regular TV comparison is spot on.

Here is something else to think about before buying, you may not care about this but I do:

XM is owned by ClearChannel. ClearChannel is a HUGE world wide media network that owns like 70% of the radio stations around the country. They are the reason why you can drive clear across the country and listen to the same 12 songs over and over. I personally have a problem with them because they farked up the radio industry as a career choice for me, its a story for another time. Basically CC is considered by many as "evil"

Sirius is independently owned.

Meh, some people don’t give a crap about this, but just thought I'd throw it out.

I think XM counts clear channel as an investor, I am not sure what %. Also, both products are largely owned by public share holders.

XMs Xmas channels are great. They have 5 and they are all distinct.