buckeyemike Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 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.) I know that 80s on 8 (formerly The Big 80s) has been in the top 3 consistently and #1 from time to time. Probably because of the presence of the four living original MTV VJs. For those of you under age 21, MTV used to play music videos. All the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Dude... They only get rid of the crappy music! Boombox 39? I always wondered if they can tell who is "pulling" what channel and figure out how many people are listening to what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 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. I think AC/DC may be temp? Like they would do with "The Bridge" and other formats that would take over. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownBillsFan Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 My fav channel is Lithium and I just noticed today since the change it is censored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I have XM - because I love baseball.........I'm away from home with little net access and haven't been in my car in days..........I got an email from XM, but not sure I understand it.........Are we getting a bunch of Sirius stations for the same cost and then if we want The Best of Sirius (Howard, NFL, etc.) that is extra per month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 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.) Uh, they have like 10 hits stations now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Dude... They only get rid of the crappy music! Boombox 39? I always wondered if they can tell who is "pulling" what channel and figure out how many people are listening to what? You didn't know what Boombox is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 as long as there's classic vinyl and the grateful dead channel, i am content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 lol, I just talked to a Sirius rep who as like... "another person calling about Boombox? here's another number to call, let them know you are gonna cancel, we're getting all kinds of calls about this." !@#$, BRING BACK BOOMBOX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 lol, I just talked to a Sirius rep who as like... "another person calling about Boombox? here's another number to call, let them know you are gonna cancel, we're getting all kinds of calls about this." !@#$, BRING BACK BOOMBOX No idea what boombox is/was. Had Sirius for 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 You didn't know what Boombox is? I think I don't... You said: "electronica"... Was it like Area 38 (previous 33)? That is listed as dance/electronic. ?? Sorry... I am just busting your chops... They have all that room, I can't see why they won't keep it. Frankly, I think Sirius had way better channels (and names) and they could have just left it at that... So I am sorta with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastabillz Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I have had XM the past 4 years and they got rid of one of my favorite stations XM 76 Fine Tuning. It was the only station they had that featured Progressive rock. They also played a lot Galeic and Classical music but still played a lot of Porcupine Tree/Yes/old Genesis etc. Thank god they kept Deep Tracks XM40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 My fav channel is Lithium and I just noticed today since the change it is censored! I used to listen to this station quite often. This weekend, I finally got back in my truck and heard the change... Depeche Mode?! Why not just emit an inaudible sound that causes my head to explode, it'd be less painful? Then I switch over to Octane and it seemed watered down as well (Jet? on Octane?). Alt Nation had U2 on??? I'm giving it a few weeks to settle out, but I'm on the verge of canceling my subscription. (I finished my 2 hour drive listening to NFL radio.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Alt Nation had U2 on??? Alt Nation has always played alot of U2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Alt Nation has always played alot of U2. Maybe thats why I typically only listen to it sporadically? Not sure how U2 classifies as Alternative music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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