Chilly Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Good God, this sucks. Woke up this morning to find my favorite Sirius channel, Boombox 39, gone and replaced with some pop2k channel playing only pop songs from the 2000s. To make matters even worse, the update worked for about 5 minutes, and after that I only got an "Antenna Error" from my radio, which is built into my car. Sirius' site recommends Alt Nation if you liked Boombox. A rock station to replace an electronic station makes absolutely no sense. I'm heavily considering canceling my account with them. Removing the station I listened to almost exclusively without a replacement and bricking my radio in one update isn't exactly making me a happy customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Good God, this sucks. Woke up this morning to find my favorite Sirius channel, Boombox 39, gone and replaced with some pop2k channel playing only pop songs from the 2000s. To make matters even worse, the update worked for about 5 minutes, and after that I only got an "Antenna Error" from my radio, which is built into my car. Sirius' site recommends Alt Nation if you liked Boombox. A rock station to replace an electronic station makes absolutely no sense. I'm heavily considering canceling my account with them. Removing the station I listened to almost exclusively without a replacement and bricking my radio in one update isn't exactly making me a happy customer. You could always switch to XM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Good God, this sucks. Woke up this morning to find my favorite Sirius channel, Boombox 39, gone and replaced with some pop2k channel playing only pop songs from the 2000s. To make matters even worse, the update worked for about 5 minutes, and after that I only got an "Antenna Error" from my radio, which is built into my car. Sirius' site recommends Alt Nation if you liked Boombox. A rock station to replace an electronic station makes absolutely no sense. I'm heavily considering canceling my account with them. Removing the station I listened to almost exclusively without a replacement and bricking my radio in one update isn't exactly making me a happy customer. I read this, this morning. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZyY6BZ...dixgVgD94CR3BO0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Good God, this sucks. Woke up this morning to find my favorite Sirius channel, Boombox 39, gone and replaced with some pop2k channel playing only pop songs from the 2000s. To make matters even worse, the update worked for about 5 minutes, and after that I only got an "Antenna Error" from my radio, which is built into my car. Sirius' site recommends Alt Nation if you liked Boombox. A rock station to replace an electronic station makes absolutely no sense. I'm heavily considering canceling my account with them. Removing the station I listened to almost exclusively without a replacement and bricking my radio in one update isn't exactly making me a happy customer. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on a minute! You sleep in your car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 You could always switch to XM. Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Great idea! I thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 They did bring in some new channels, though. BB King's Bluesville on Channel 74. Willie's Place (Willie Nelson) on Channel 64. Bob Dylan and Tom Petty come to Channel 16's Deep Tracks (formerly The Vault). I know these probably aren't your cup of tea, Bluefire, but give the changes a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 As long as Howard Stern is still on, everything else is gravy. I do wish they could add a Beatles channel. They have Springsteen, Elvis, Sinatra, Grateful Dead, and now Led Zepplin, so why not the Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Good God, this sucks. Woke up this morning to find my favorite Sirius channel, Boombox 39, gone and replaced with some pop2k channel playing only pop songs from the 2000s. To make matters even worse, the update worked for about 5 minutes, and after that I only got an "Antenna Error" from my radio, which is built into my car. Sirius' site recommends Alt Nation if you liked Boombox. A rock station to replace an electronic station makes absolutely no sense. I'm heavily considering canceling my account with them. Removing the station I listened to almost exclusively without a replacement and bricking my radio in one update isn't exactly making me a happy customer. I almost canceled last week. For similar reasons. They used to have the Punk Channel on 124. It was the only music station I listened to on there. They replaced it with a all AC/DC station. That, combined with Howard and Co continual campaigning for Obama prompted me to cut it off. I went to do it online but there was no way to do it at their site. Want to make you call I guess but I didn't feel like going through all the holding, automation and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 As long as Howard Stern is still on, everything else is gravy. I do wish they could add a Beatles channel. They have Springsteen, Elvis, Sinatra, Grateful Dead, and now Led Zepplin, so why not the Beatles. The problem with that is that the Beatles' rights holder(s) haven't allowed a lot of their music to be available. There will be a Guitar Hero or Rock Band Beatles edition (I forget which), but you still can't purchase Beatles songs or albums off iTunes. Which sucks, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 The problem with that is that the Beatles' rights holder(s) haven't allowed a lot of their music to be available. There will be a Guitar Hero or Rock Band Beatles edition (I forget which), but you still can't purchase Beatles songs or albums off iTunes. Which sucks, of course. I don't understand why they won't make them accessable. Now is the time to maximize their exposure and profitablity, while the generation that grew up with them, as well as their children, are the prime spending demographics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in CA Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I almost canceled last week. For similar reasons. They used to have the Punk Channel on 124. It was the only music station I listened to on there. They replaced it with a all AC/DC station. That, combined with Howard and Co continual campaigning for Obama prompted me to cut it off. I went to do it online but there was no way to do it at their site. Want to make you call I guess but I didn't feel like going through all the holding, automation and so on. In the email I received re: the channel changes, it showed that the punk station is only temporarily an AC/DC station, and will resume its normal programming in January. They've done this before with Springsteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 In the email I received re: the channel changes, it showed that the punk station is only temporarily an AC/DC station, and will resume its normal programming in January. They've done this before with Springsteen. Thanks for info. May be the save right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I am really growing tired of the channels dedicated to one artist. Do I really need to listen to some Springsteen song that he recorded in the crapper or obscure Led Zeppelin songs that even the diehards wouldn't recognize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theesir Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I am really growing tired of the channels dedicated to one artist. Do I really need to listen to some Springsteen song that he recorded in the crapper or obscure Led Zeppelin songs that even the diehards wouldn't recognize. I agree with one exception... The Grateful Dead Channel which I now, FINALLY, have on XM channel 57! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in CA Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I agree with one exception... The Grateful Dead Channel which I now, FINALLY, have on XM channel 57! FTW, don't ever take that away from me, Sirius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 I know these probably aren't your cup of tea, Bluefire, but give the changes a chance. The problem is all of the electronica stations now either suck or are the same. BPM is the same exact thing as Area 38, why did they add that and take away boombox? And really, another pop station instead of the electronica station? Freaking sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Good God, this sucks. I know, I have had XM since its inception and only need two chanels. One is bing ganked/reshuffled. --The Groove-- Older R&B--(Early 70's-Now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyemike Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I agree with one exception... The Grateful Dead Channel which I now, FINALLY, have on XM channel 57! FTW, don't ever take that away from me, Sirius! According to the Sirius website, there is no current end date for the Grateful Dead channel or E Street. They did run Springsteen once before about three years ago, ended it, then brought it back. E Street's been on continuously for the past year or so. End date for Led Zeppelin is 1/1/09; for AC/DC it's 1/15/09. New channel info for Sirius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 The problem is all of the electronica stations now either suck or are the same. BPM is the same exact thing as Area 38, why did they add that and take away boombox? And really, another pop station instead of the electronica station? Freaking sucks. Howard reports on the Sirius channels' popularity sometimes. He says Hits 1 is the #2 station (behind him) so another hits station makes sense. I don't listen to the music stations anywhere as much as the talk ones so the music shuffling doesn't bother me much. (A little annoyed to lose Buzzsaw to AC/DC radio for a bit.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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