New XM Channel lineup sucks balls!

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  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    meistereder wrote:
    OK, I don't know if it was this thread, but I am a long-time Sirius listener and I have noticed the last couple days that stations I listen to like First Wave and Lithium are playing crappier music and music that did not used to be played on the stations. This morning, I heard Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus on the Lithium channel (supposed to be grunge and 90's alternative). Depeche Mode USED TO be played on First Wave. Now, I feel like the First Wave station is playing poppier 80's songs, and Lithium is playing less Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc.

    Am I going crazy here? Why did they change the programming for Lithium? Are they using XM's programming from Lucy or whatever? God damn it.


    You aren't going crazy. I'm noticing crap like Creed. Fucking Creed. Jesus.

    Also, I heard the Goo Goo Dolls, Iris. Now, I'm a Goo fan, but this does not qualify for 90's alternative. I was kinda in shock.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    anotherclone wrote:
    You aren't going crazy. I'm noticing crap like Creed. Fucking Creed. Jesus.

    Also, I heard the Goo Goo Dolls, Iris. Now, I'm a Goo fan, but this does not qualify for 90's alternative. I was kinda in shock.

    lithium has been playing that since the start
  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    cutback wrote:
    lithium has been playing that since the start

    Really? Huh. I guess I just never heard it before. That's crazy though.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    anotherclone wrote:
    Really? Huh. I guess I just never heard it before. That's crazy though.

    sugar ray on right now :eek: :D
  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    cutback wrote:
    sugar ray on right now :eek: :D

    there is something wrong in the universe. :D
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    cutback wrote:
    sugar ray on right now :eek: :D


    Sugar Ray was never on Lithium before. This is bullshit. They are using XM's crappy programming.
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Lithium, since I first got Sirius, has from time to time played a shitty song. I don't think them playing the Goo Goo Dolls or Sugar Ray is a new change since the merger.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    mammasan wrote:
    Lithium, since I first got Sirius, has from time to time played a shitty song. I don't think them playing the Goo Goo Dolls or Sugar Ray is a new change since the merger.


    it isn't....i've heard plenty of crap on lithium....not everything from the 90's was good :)
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    cutback wrote:
    it isn't....i've heard plenty of crap on lithium....not everything from the 90's was good :)

    Exactly. Technically the Goo Goo Dolls, Creed and Sugar Ray are considered 90 Alt Rock, not very good 90's Alt Rock.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    meistereder wrote:
    Sugar Ray was never on Lithium before. This is bullshit. They are using XM's crappy programming.

    That's ridiculous. Lucy (replaced by Lithium) and Ethel which were on XM before the merger never played that.
    I was listening to Lithium for about an hour yesterday and I got Pearl Jam, and AIC (sweet!) and between I got the Goo Goo Dolls, and Creed (not cool at all!).
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,594
    sirius seems pretty similar though some of the channels have different names. i noticed the pulse is now 90s on 9 and the big 80's is now 80's on 8.

    left of center is sirius xm u or something like that. i guess its the same station right?
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  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    mca47 wrote:
    That's ridiculous. Lucy (replaced by Lithium) and Ethel which were on XM before the merger never played that.
    I was listening to Lithium for about an hour yesterday and I got Pearl Jam, and AIC (sweet!) and between I got the Goo Goo Dolls, and Creed (not cool at all!).


    I'm telling you it is different and somehow more poppy now. I never once heard Sugar Ray on Lithium before, although maybe that was just luck. They used to play poppy 90's music on channel 9, and Lithium was reserved for grunge and good 90's music.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    sunscreem???? wtf is this shit? this is not grunge....and following it up with drain you doesn't make it so :confused: :mad:
  • NothingSound
    NothingSound Posts: 198
    The truth is, this merger could have gone pretty smoothly without anywhere near the amount of dissatisfaction if they would not have seen fit to COMPLETELY homogenize the lineups. The whole point of two satellite radio services was that people got a choice. Just because you do a merger doesn't mean you automatically take that away.

    They should have given the XM people the good stuff from Sirius, like Margaritaville, but where there were channels that really weren't very similar, like X Country and Outlaw, they should have maintained what they had, maybe kept 10 or so channels unique to each service.

    The fact that seems to get lost here is that XM had many more listeners to its music channels. Sirius not only had fewer subscribers, but a lot of its listening went to Howard Stern.

    If it were not true that XM's listeners got the shaft here, I don't think you'd see this level of displeasure. Sirius listeners aren't unhappy - why should they be, as they're still getting what they signed up for, plus a few bonuses that moved over from XM. People say, oh, this is a merger so that's what happens. Wrong. Employees lose out in a merger, but customers normally don't. We're the revenue base - the reason they're in business. You don't screw up the product that more than half of your customers prefer.
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    NothingSound wrote:
    The truth is, this merger could have gone pretty smoothly without anywhere near the amount of dissatisfaction if they would not have seen fit to COMPLETELY homogenize the lineups. The whole point of two satellite radio services was that people got a choice. Just because you do a merger doesn't mean you automatically take that away.

    They should have given the XM people the good stuff from Sirius, like Margaritaville, but where there were channels that really weren't very similar, like X Country and Outlaw, they should have maintained what they had, maybe kept 10 or so channels unique to each service.

    The fact that seems to get lost here is that XM had many more listeners to its music channels. Sirius not only had fewer subscribers, but a lot of its listening went to Howard Stern.

    If it were not true that XM's listeners got the shaft here, I don't think you'd see this level of displeasure. Sirius listeners aren't unhappy - why should they be, as they're still getting what they signed up for, plus a few bonuses that moved over from XM. People say, oh, this is a merger so that's what happens. Wrong. Employees lose out in a merger, but customers normally don't. We're the revenue base - the reason they're in business. You don't screw up the product that more than half of your customers prefer.

    I am a Sirius listener and had Sirius for a couple years before Howard even came. I picked Sirius basically because I talked to a few people, including the guy at Circuit City who sold me the radio, who said that Sirius had the better rock lineup. I am sure you would disagree, but I found XM to be more poppy and censored when I listened in rental cars.

    I wouldn't say I am "unhappy" but I am not liking the change to more poppy programming on a couple of the stations as a result of this merger. Sirius used to have more of an edgy rock lineup than it does now.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    Since I actually do live in the middle of a corn field and all the local radio stations play pop country, satellite radio is a necessity for me. The only bad part was that since I drive a Chevy I was forced to subscribe to XM. Over the last several months I was considering canceling due to the lack of crappy programming (and a severe lack of pearl jam).

    That said, I’m ecstatic with the good Sirius channels that are now available to me. I now have better music stations plus the NFL. Now I’m just waiting for the Playboy channel to start working . . .
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Jason P wrote:
    Since I actually do live in the middle of a corn field and all the local radio stations play pop country, satellite radio is a necessity for me. The only bad part was that since I drive a Chevy I was forced to subscribe to XM. Over the last several months I was considering canceling due to the lack of crappy programming (and a severe lack of pearl jam).

    That said, I’m ecstatic with the good Sirius channels that are now available to me. I now have better music stations plus the NFL. Now I’m just waiting for the Playboy channel to start working . . .

    ooooh The Playboy Chanel :D

    I think car accidents are significantly up because of that ...
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,297
    Black Diamond wrote:
    ooooh The Playboy Chanel :D

    I think car accidents are significantly up because of that ...
    I hope to find out soon!
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  • NothingSound
    NothingSound Posts: 198
    meistereder wrote:
    I am a Sirius listener and had Sirius for a couple years before Howard even came. I picked Sirius basically because I talked to a few people, including the guy at Circuit City who sold me the radio, who said that Sirius had the better rock lineup. I am sure you would disagree, but I found XM to be more poppy and censored when I listened in rental cars.

    I don't know about Octane vs Squizz, but there's no comparison between Liquid Metal and Hard Attack. Liquid Metal is 1000x better the Hard Attack. I'm mostly upset that Octane isn't xL (uncensored), they got rid of the classic rap station on both platforms, and the Sirius DJs talk way more then XM ones ever did.
  • Corduroyboy
    Corduroyboy Posts: 1,256
    NothingSound wrote:
    Yeah, Backspin didn't make it on to the combined lineup.


    I'm so pissed. I loved Backspin. How that channel got cut is beyond me. If something is good, leave it alone!! I'm going to miss my daily dose of Kurtis Blow and Lady B.

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