Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sirius and XM allowed to merge
I’m not sure what took so long, but the FCC has finally agreed to allow Sirius and XM to merge into one satellite company.
I used to have XM, but I got rid of both my radios and switched to Sirius a few months ago. I decided that I would rather listen to Howard Stern in the mornings then Opie & Anthony. I felt like their show had gone down the tubes since they made the jump back to regular radio. When they weren’t going to commercial, they were complaining about other radio shows getting better ratings then them. It got boring.
Howard Stern on the other hand has been Howard Stern. He’s as great as he has ever been. In fact, he’s actually better then ever.
The music channels on Sirius are better then the music channels on XM. I find myself listening to a lot of channel 22 First Wave. They play a lot of classic alternative and new wave. I also enjoy channel 29 Punk Rock. They play nothing but new and vintage puck rock.
One of the things I don’t understand about this merger is one of the stipulations forced on Sirius and XM by the FCC. The two companies had to agree that after they merge, they will not raise prices for three years. If the government can do that with satellite radio, why can’t they do that with gas?
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