radio industry gets a bad signal

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.charlotte.com/business/v-print/story/294878.html

[GARussell]

None of the local radio stations here appeal to me. Many of these guys have poor signals. When I am on the road at night, I used to listen to 50,000 watt clear channel stations from Philly and elsewhere. Now I listen to Sirius exclusively.

Yet these guys enjoy 40% profit margins. I'm guessing it's because of their constant advertisements. I've got no sympathy for them. When they go out of business, I won't notice.

[vibes]

Here's another vote for satellite radio (XM). I haven't listened to terrestrial radio for years. There's nothing that XM doesn't offer that I want to hear, and the fact that I can get a signal anywhere in the US or Canada is a major bonus.

I might consider listening to terrestrial radio again if the ads were cut by 50% and there was actually a variety of music to listen to. I don't expect either to happen.

[Jazzmoose]

I still listen to KCSM on occasion, but of course now it's on the computer rather than the radio. Other than that, I haven't listened to radio regularly since KQAK-FM disappeared back in the eighties...

[MoGrubb]

The only radio I listen to are the NPR/collegiate stations, e.g. WSHA out of Raleigh and WUNC from Chapel Hill. I hope these stations don't get thrown out with the bath water.

Edited September 28, 2007 by MoGrubb

[catesta]

Here's another vote for satellite radio (XM). I haven't listened to terrestrial radio for years. There's nothing that XM doesn't offer that I want to hear, and the fact that I can get a signal anywhere in the US or Canada is a major bonus.

I might consider listening to terrestrial radio again if the ads were cut by 50% and there was actually a variety of music to listen to. I don't expect either to happen.

You must not be a fan of Howard Stern.

I had both XM and Sirius for a while, but now only Sirius.

I've been hooked on satellite for almost four years, and I'm never going back.

[kh1958]

Sirius and an auxiliary jack for my ipod in my car put an end to my listening to regular radio.

Edited September 28, 2007 by kh1958

[vibes]

Here's another vote for satellite radio (XM). I haven't listened to terrestrial radio for years. There's nothing that XM doesn't offer that I want to hear, and the fact that I can get a signal anywhere in the US or Canada is a major bonus.

I might consider listening to terrestrial radio again if the ads were cut by 50% and there was actually a variety of music to listen to. I don't expect either to happen.

You must not be a fan of Howard Stern.

I had both XM and Sirius for a while, but now only Sirius.

I've been hooked on satellite for almost four years, and I'm never going back.

I like Howard Stern (but haven't listened to him since the late 90's, since I've lived in markets that didn't carry him), but he's not enough to make me switch. I've been told that XM has better sound quality and more musical variety than Sirius (don't know if that's true or not), but since I've always been happy with XM, I've felt no urge to switch. Plus, my car has built-in XM, and I have a portable XM unit that I use at home, which I got for free. I'm very happy.

[alocispepraluger102]

i would really miss latenight am radio, especially the sports broadcasts, from the big clear channel blowtorches.

wfan and wbbm and wgn and wcbs and kmox and several others are pretty damn special and i would miss them.

[catesta]

Here's another vote for satellite radio (XM). I haven't listened to terrestrial radio for years. There's nothing that XM doesn't offer that I want to hear, and the fact that I can get a signal anywhere in the US or Canada is a major bonus.

I might consider listening to terrestrial radio again if the ads were cut by 50% and there was actually a variety of music to listen to. I don't expect either to happen.

You must not be a fan of Howard Stern.

I had both XM and Sirius for a while, but now only Sirius.

I've been hooked on satellite for almost four years, and I'm never going back.

I like Howard Stern (but haven't listened to him since the late 90's, since I've lived in markets that didn't carry him), but he's not enough to make me switch. I've been told that XM has better sound quality and more musical variety than Sirius (don't know if that's true or not), but since I've always been happy with XM, I've felt no urge to switch. Plus, my car has built-in XM, and I have a portable XM unit that I use at home, which I got for free. I'm very happy.

I had XM standard on one of my vehicles, and still dumped it. I can tell you the music programming is the same. As for sound quality the only difference is whether or not the unit is hard wired. If you went with one of those pulg and play units you will lose some of that quality.

An uncensored Howard Stern is well worth the switch. If the merger goes through you will see that I was right.