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New XM Channel lineup sucks balls!

NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
edited November 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Holy shit, they really ruined things. Somehow all the Sirius stations took over the XM ones. Gone are Lucy, Squizz, Top Tracks, Flight, etc. They're been replaced by the Sirius counterparts Lithium, Octane, Classic Vinyl, The Pulse. It's only been a day but already I've noticed more DJs talking (and talking over song intros to boot), changes in the tone of the stations (Korn on Liquid Metal??) and less uncensored channels. They totally got rid of The Rhyme - classic hip hop which was such a fun channel.

Way to go Mel Karmazin, after ruining FM you finally fulfilled your dream of ruining satellite. I guess as long as Howard Stern is happy, you're happy. Who cares about the 8 million people who chose XM over Sirius probably in part because they don't like Howard.
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    I listened to XM a couple times in rental cars, and have Sirius in my car.

    Sirius channels are way better, in my opinion.

    And they have a classic hip-hop on Sirius. I think it's called Backspin or something.
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  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    meistereder wrote:
    I listened to XM a couple times in rental cars, and have Sirius in my car.

    Sirius channels are way better, in my opinion.

    And they have a classic hip-hop on Sirius. I think it's called Backspin or something.

    Yeah, Backspin didn't make it on to the combined lineup.
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    I have been calling to cancel Sirius for 4 months now.and they keep giving me free months
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,300
    I just noticed the transition too. Tuesday night in my rental I was listening to Lucy and Ethel like I always did. Wed. morning I tune in and it's Lithium and some other nonsense. I was like WTF!?! Granted Lithium is "similar", but not as good. They fuckin played Creed today!!!!!! WTF?!?!

    With this merger I was hoping to get XM channels PLUS the Sirius channels...not have the shitty Sirius channels instead of XM's.

    Sirius is ok, but man...XM (pre-merger BS) was soooo much better IMO.
  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    The new line up sucks. I noticed the announcer talking over the music today on channel 26. Pissed me off.

    Also, I loved indietalk channel 110, now it's some channel named POTUS. Now Pete Dominic is on at some completely whack time.

    Thanks Sirius.
  • NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    I'm pissed they got rid of 'Backspin'.
    Other than that, it's great! Led Zep on ch. 33 now. And, we get Tom Petty/Bob Dylan radio...

    And to the op... Howard had nothing to do with this change. Hell, Howard said even he was confused by it.

    The stock is in the toilet (Less than $.30 a share as of yesterday). This had to be done if we want satellite to stay around. It's still better than ANY FM/AM stations out there.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    meistereder wrote:
    I listened to XM a couple times in rental cars, and have Sirius in my car.

    Sirius channels are way better, in my opinion.

    i agree....and as for mel ruining satellite, this merger had to happen regardless of whether howard went to sirius or xm...mel is trying to keep satellite radio afloat
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    I have Sirius, well had since my truck was stolen yesterday, and I am pleased with the line up they have.
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    NothingSound wrote:
    Yeah, Backspin didn't make it on to the combined lineup.


    Oh, well then that blows. So you now no longer have any classic hip-hop after the merger?

    On that note, I could have sworn last year that Sirius had the NBA. Is that now only available if I buy the best of XM thing???
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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    meistereder wrote:
    Oh, well then that blows. So you now no longer have any classic hip-hop after the merger?

    On that note, I could have sworn last year that Sirius had the NBA. Is that now only available if I buy the best of XM thing???

    Yeah what is the deal, I though they were going to merge and the cost was not going to go up! Why the premium for the others sports?

    Did XM get Howard Stern for free?
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Yeah what is the deal, I though they were going to merge and the cost was not going to go up! Why the premium for the others sports?

    Did XM get Howard Stern for free?


    No, XM listeners have to pay extra for Howard.

    But seriously, it is bullshit that as a Sirius subscriber, I had NBA last year and now I have to pay extra for it. That is taking away a service and they said they wouldn't do that.
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  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    NoCode_inMT wrote:
    I'm pissed they got rid of 'Backspin'.
    Other than that, it's great! Led Zep on ch. 33 now. And, we get Tom Petty/Bob Dylan radio...

    It's not Tom Petty or Bob Dylan radio. They host their own 1 hour shows. I don't think they even play their own stuff. I for one think the single-artist stations are a waste.

    XM doesn't get Howard for free. To get him you pay more and its Howard 100, 101, NFL netowrk and games, NASCAR channel and Martha Stewart.

    Sirius people can pay extra for O&A, MLB channel & games, NHL channel & games and Oprah
  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    You know what pisses me off the most about this? I am one of the dumb asses that paid for my Sirius all at once, not monthly because I tend to keep cars for, like 10 years. Thinking I'd never have to pay for it again in my life. Now, if I want these extra channels, now I have to pay extra. That blows.
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    meistereder wrote:
    No, XM listeners have to pay extra for Howard.

    But seriously, it is bullshit that as a Sirius subscriber, I had NBA last year and now I have to pay extra for it. That is taking away a service and they said they wouldn't do that.

    I think XM got the NBA contract before the merger and Sirius was losing it anyway!
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  • NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    NothingSound wrote:
    It's not Tom Petty or Bob Dylan radio. They host their own 1 hour shows. I don't think they even play their own stuff. I for one think the single-artist stations are a waste.

    XM doesn't get Howard for free. To get him you pay more and its Howard 100, 101, NFL netowrk and games, NASCAR channel and Martha Stewart.

    Sirius people can pay extra for O&A, MLB channel & games, NHL channel & games and Oprah

    Really :rolleyes:

    I know they are only an hour shows. But, us Sirius people NEVER had it before...

    And the only thing I want off of XM is MLB(and, that won't be avalible untill 2010).
    O&A are worthless Howard want-a-be's.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    anotherclone wrote:
    You know what pisses me off the most about this? I am one of the dumb asses that paid for my Sirius all at once, not monthly because I tend to keep cars for, like 10 years. Thinking I'd never have to pay for it again in my life. Now, if I want these extra channels, now I have to pay extra. That blows.


    I paid for a two year subscription to Sirius, but I don't regret it. i still get Howard, I still get stations that I like and I still get NFL and NCAA football. I would have liked the NHL but I'm not going to pay extra for it when I can watch it for free at home.
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  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    NoCode_inMT wrote:
    Really :rolleyes:

    I know they are only an hour shows. But, us Sirius people NEVER had it before...

    And the only thing I want off of XM is MLB(and, that won't be avalible untill 2010).
    O&A are worthless Howard want-a-be's.

    Why anyone wants to listen to washed up music stars playing DJ is beyond me. I want Squizz, the Rhyme, Top Tracks and Lucy back. Get rid of the Elivs, Bruce, Dead, and AC/DC channels. Such a waste of bandwidth. Give me back my uncensored rock channels and for the love of God stop talking over the music!

    Oh, and PS: 2008 O&A >>>>>>>>>>>> 2008 Howard
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    NothingSound wrote:
    Why anyone wants to listen to washed up music stars playing DJ is beyond me. I want Squizz, the Rhyme, Top Tracks and Lucy back. Get rid of the Elivs, Bruce, Dead, and AC/DC channels. Such a waste of bandwidth. Give me back my uncensored rock channels and for the love of God stop talking over the music!

    Oh, and PS: 2008 O&A >>>>>>>>>>>> 2008 Howard

    Sirius has some really good stations, even though I agree with you on the Dead, Elvis and Springsteen stations. Octane, Buzzsaw, Lithium, Alt Nation, Faction, Garage Underground are all really good stations. Ocassionally you will hear a crappy band on them but it is far and away better than anything on terrestrial radio. They also have Hip-Hop Nation, Beatbox for rap and if you are into it they have Area 38 for some kick ass deep house and dirty house music.
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I have had both for a couple of years and will say:

    Ethel was much much better than Alt Nation

    Lucy was better than Lithium

    Left of Center was 1000x better than XMU

    They chose the Sirius channels on these other than XMU which they 'blended'- Sirius is/was a better than XM, but I wish they would have kept ethel and Lucy, as well as Backspin and Boombox
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I have had both for a couple of years and will say:

    Ethel was much much better than Alt Nation

    Lucy was better than Lithium

    Left of Center was 1000x better than XMU

    They chose the Sirius channels on these other than XMU which they 'blended'- Sirius is/was a better than XM, but I wish they would have kept ethel and Lucy, as well as Backspin and Boombox

    I forgot about Left of Center
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    mammasan wrote:
    I forgot about Left of Center

    I've listened the last 2 days and have come to the conclusion that it is essentially the same channel, but they just changed the name. I miss Boombox though, and ethel on XM was much better than Alt**emo**Nation.

    Is that Madison gone? god she was annoying. What about Cane that was on Ethel?
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    mammasan wrote:
    I forgot about Left of Center
    Yeah I could not figure what was going on this morning as that is predominantly the only channel I listen to these days!
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I've listened the last 2 days and have come to the conclusion that it is essentially the same channel, but they just changed the name. I miss Boombox though, and ethel on XM was much better than Alt**emo**Nation.

    Is that Madison gone? god she was annoying. What about Cane that was on Ethel?

    I don't know about the XM station since I never had XM, so I will take your word for it. My point is that the stations are not that bad. Still far better than terrestrial radio.
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  • NoCode_inMTNoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    NothingSound wrote:
    Why anyone wants to listen to washed up music stars playing DJ is beyond me. I want Squizz, the Rhyme, Top Tracks and Lucy back. Get rid of the Elivs, Bruce, Dead, and AC/DC channels. Such a waste of bandwidth. Give me back my uncensored rock channels and for the love of God stop talking over the music!

    Oh, and PS: 2008 O&A >>>>>>>>>>>> 2008 Howard

    Because, those 'washed up' music stars have great tastes in music. Also, they play stuff that I have never heard before.

    I could do without Elvis, AC/DC, and the Dead. The Bruce channel is good, lots of live shows on there.

    I personaly have never heard one show by O&A... But nobody is better than Howard. Funny, there isn't an O&A thead on this board with over 1200 posts.
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  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    mammasan wrote:
    Sirius has some really good stations, even though I agree with you on the Dead, Elvis and Springsteen stations. Octane, Buzzsaw, Lithium, Alt Nation, Faction, Garage Underground are all really good stations. Ocassionally you will hear a crappy band on them but it is far and away better than anything on terrestrial radio. They also have Hip-Hop Nation, Beatbox for rap and if you are into it they have Area 38 for some kick ass deep house and dirty house music.

    I'm just nervous that Octane is no longer uncensored, and listening for a half hour last night, I heard "commercials" for other stations on the platform - something that never happened before it was called Octane.

    I just want the satellite radio to be like an infinite ipod. Play a song, tell me on the screen what it is and who it's by, repeat. I don't need DJs telling me stories I don't care about, talking over intros to "hit the post", and I really don't need to pay for censored songs.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    NothingSound wrote:
    I'm just nervous that Octane is no longer uncensored, and listening for a half hour last night, I heard "commercials" for other stations on the platform - something that never happened before it was called Octane.

    I just want the satellite radio to be like an infinite ipod. Play a song, tell me on the screen what it is and who it's by, repeat. I don't need DJs telling me stories I don't care about, talking over intros to "hit the post", and I really don't need to pay for censored songs.

    Well I was listening to Faction yesterday morning and they where playing Straight Outta Compton and there was absolutely no censorship.
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I tried listening to O&A when I had XM in my car and it was painfully funny how much they just copy Stern. Plus I found one of them very annoying as to how they throw their voice to make themself sound laidback but hip. It's funny that Howard went to Sirius and made Sirius become relevant and the dominate player in the takeover; while O&A went to XM and nobody cared.

    As a Sirius subscriber, there is no incentive to ever get the best of XM
  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    is fungus still there? i really hope that comes to Sirius
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    TheDecline13 wrote:
    is fungus still there? i really hope that comes to Sirius

    the fungus is no longer among us
  • NothingSoundNothingSound Posts: 198
    thunderDAN wrote:
    the fungus is no longer among us

    It's gone because a 24/7 station of AC/DC was more important.
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