I am definitely going to get satellite radio. Which do I choose? Sirius has playboy and stern, what does XM have?

Which is better AND why?

8/3/2010 10:41:03 AM

stern is the only reason to have satellite radio.

The staff IQ test this past week brought the lols.

8/3/2010 10:44:04 AM

didnt they merge like 2 years ago?

8/3/2010 10:45:44 AM

you still have to choose which one you want to subscribe to unless if you get the combo package for more money.

8/3/2010 10:50:43 AM

playboy radio sucks.

if you like stern get sirius. if you like O&A get xm.

if you want baseball or the acc get xm
if you want football or the other big conferences get sirius

i've had both and listen to both quite a bit still. but i have sirius in my truck. i've never needed the ACC because i live in ACC country and can hear almost any game from the big 4 whenever.

8/3/2010 10:55:17 AM

^SEC and Big East are XM too


I have XM and I prefer it over sirius (and if you still want stern with XM, you can pay extra to get it- but I prefer O&A myself, so I don't get that)

8/3/2010 11:08:46 AM

what is O&A?

WHY MUST I CHOOSE BETWEEN STERN AND ACC????????!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 11:24 AM. Reason : too many O's]

8/3/2010 11:22:17 AM

Opie & Anthony

8/3/2010 11:24:15 AM

Opie and Anthony. They are a NYC based shock jock crew kinda like Stern. Jimy Norton is, by far, the best part of the show IMO. I listened to them when I first got XM but Stern is the way to go. I got the crossover package for two years when it first came out so I have it at like half the price it is now. I get all major sports, all major conferences and Stern.

8/3/2010 11:24:38 AM

If I get the Sirius with best of XM I get stern and college sports right?

http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=ChannelLineup&cid=1218563499691

it says they have a bunch of play by play with NHL, MLB and more. does this include college sports?

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 11:33 AM. Reason : forgot to cross the t]

8/3/2010 11:32:38 AM

shit nobody listens to duking it out

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

8/3/2010 12:47:36 PM

Can I subscribe to a Sirius package on my XM radio? It's a 2009 model car

8/3/2010 12:51:38 PM

when you do choose one, check out jason ellis. shit's hilarious

8/3/2010 12:54:20 PM

I looked at it and XM with the best of sirius has all the acc channels and the stern channel.

its more expensive but whatever

8/3/2010 1:34:45 PM

what the hell is the point of playboy radio anyway

8/3/2010 1:38:31 PM

During commercials on Stern I used to just click channel down and the Playboy morning show actually wasn't really that bad. Andrea Lowell and that dude from Syracuse are actually pretty funny...

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 1:42 PM. Reason : andrea]

8/3/2010 1:41:53 PM

^ That's what I want to know, but I also want to know what the point of all the naked people Stern has on his show.

8/3/2010 1:41:53 PM

Quote :

"stern is the only reason to have satellite radio."

I would agree with this. But if you are choosing Sirius only because of Stern, keep in mind that he only has 5 more months left on his contract. So you might want to only do a 6 month subscription until he decides what he wants to do.

^ Howard TV

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM. Reason : a]

8/3/2010 2:01:25 PM

is that kind of like AT&T's iphone contract was up after the 2G?

or is this fact based?

8/3/2010 2:19:17 PM

http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/02/howard-stern-sirius/

ok, guess noone knows. 6 month contract it is.

8/3/2010 2:39:36 PM

I have been an avid listener since he came to Sirius. And before that I followed his show on E. It is completely fact that his contract ends the beginning of January. Whether he will retire, sign a new contract with Sirius, or go somewhere else is anyone's guess at this point.

He seems to be leading the listeners to believe that he wants to retire. But he has been saying that for years, it's kind of part of his schtick. My opinion is that he will still be on the radio in some capacity, but I'm not sure it will be on Sirius. I can pretty much guarantee he would never go back to terrestrial radio, though.

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 3:08 PM. Reason : a]

8/3/2010 3:04:30 PM

Quote :

"I can pretty much guarantee he would never go back to terrestrial radio, though"

that is pretty bold.

8/3/2010 3:36:42 PM

Haha, no it's not...

He's going to re-up with Sirius IMO. Maybe a reduced schedule or not an early morning show. Probably like a 7am to 11am type of time slot...

8/3/2010 3:39:56 PM

RED DRAAAAGONS!!!

8/3/2010 3:40:01 PM

I don't think he is going to go back to terrestrial radio either. just saying that a guarantee is pretty bold imo.

i think XM with best of sirius for 6 months seems to be a good start

8/3/2010 3:42:26 PM

Podcast

8/3/2010 3:48:26 PM

^as long as his podcast doesn't sell out and become a load of crap like adam carolla's has.

8/3/2010 4:32:38 PM

XM + Sirius ftw

I get every single MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL game, and pretty much every single college football and basketball game

as well as way too many other stations to listen to

8/3/2010 4:34:35 PM

^
Nailed it.


Been with Sirius for the last 5 years (for Stern). If I could start over today I would get XM and pay the extra few dollars to get Howard.

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 4:39 PM. Reason : f]

8/3/2010 4:38:18 PM

i've had sirius for 3+ years and have listened to less than 1 hour of howard stearn in that time

8/3/2010 4:39:56 PM

Howard Stearn was awesome in Privite Paarts

8/3/2010 4:43:58 PM

I am looking into getting a new radio so I will have to make this decision as well. Taking Howard out of the equation, I still love having the NFL coverage. Plus the NASCAR In-Car coverage is pretty sweet. And like a previous poster stated, I can get pretty much all NCSU games on a local radio station if I need to. I will most likely stick with Sirius.

8/4/2010 9:05:12 AM

i'll get satellite radio when NPR goes satellite-only

because nothing else on the radio is worth listening to (that i can't download or listen to online for free, anyway)

8/4/2010 9:09:20 AM

national private radio

8/4/2010 9:36:01 AM

NPR

seriously?

8/4/2010 10:27:06 AM

that's my reaction whenever I hear people snobbing it up about NPR

8/4/2010 10:28:34 AM

Quote :

"RED DRAAAAGONS!!!"

8/4/2010 10:30:43 AM

Does NPR have Swap Shop?

8/4/2010 10:31:35 AM

or Traaaaaaaaaaadio?

Btw a friend of mine called to cancel his subscription (Sirius) and they talked him out of it by giving him a year's subscription at $4 a month with a free voucher for their latest radio when it comes out in a few weeks. I might have to "cancel" tonight.

[Edited on August 4, 2010 at 11:48 AM. Reason : 4]

8/4/2010 11:45:10 AM

hey now hey now now
sing this corrosion to me

8/4/2010 11:45:52 AM

now i am getting pissed because there is a new xmp3i handheld that xm has on their website, but best buy doesnt have it. i dont want to order anything online, i just want to go to the store and have it when i walk out

8/4/2010 1:35:32 PM

^^^ It works. The last time my subscription ran out they charged my card automatically $95 for a 6 month renewal. I called up, raised holy hell, had them reverse the charge, then canceled. They called me back the next day and gave me 6 months for $20.

8/4/2010 3:27:27 PM

is either choice fully 100% commercial free? I thought that was the whole point of satellite radio in the beginning?

8/4/2010 6:29:14 PM

The music is 100% commercial free. Shows like Stern have a few commercials. He averages about 6 or 7 minutes of commercials for every hour on the air. Compared to commercials every 7 or 10 minutes on terrestrial radio. Stuff like CNN and Fox News have commercials.

8/4/2010 7:00:24 PM

Yeah there are a lot more commercials than I expected. Kind of sucks actually.

I thought I was paying so that they didnt need commercials. whatever, content is better and more reliable. wish it didnt cost as much of course

8/9/2010 10:27:00 PM

^what are you listening to? talk will always have commercials.

your music shouldnt, but i know a couple xm exclusive music stations have commercial breaks

8/9/2010 10:52:39 PM

there are some music channels, on XM at least, that have commercials, as marked in the channel name by "CM" at the end of the name. I've never taken the time to see exactly what the deal with these channels are but I think they are required to be on there as some kind of anti-trust thing, clearchannel owns some channels on XM.

XM doesn't promote or advertise those channels in any way though, other than having them on channel listing guides. you can't even listen to them online.

despite all that I like those channels more when they don't have commercials on because some of these XM channels are putting WAY TOO MUCH FUCKING TALK into their music channels.

the highway (16) country channel might as well be a commercial channel as much shit as they put on there... they hardly ever go from one song straight into another, you have to be reminded the service and channel you are listening to, MULTIPLE TIMES, in case you had no fucking idea you were listening to it... i don't give a shit about celeb news, nor do i want callers with random stories taking a minute or two between songs.

today they had that guy that walked from nashville to phoenix to raise awareness about the foster system or something, which is fine, that's cool that he stopped by and they put him on, but the interview went on for like 15 minutes, no music. cmon.

20 on 20 (which is Hits 1 when there isn't a countdown going on, and is actually better to listen to then when the countdown is going on and it's an XM-only station... less promos) and The Pulse aren't much better either.

am i the only one that this annoys?

[/rant]

[Edited on August 9, 2010 at 11:14 PM. Reason : ]

8/9/2010 11:13:37 PM

sirius has nascar radio.

+1 for sirius

8/9/2010 11:14:33 PM

^^no, i too am annoyed by most of those issues as well. I completely agree, the highway isn't much better than your average FM country station.

Some stations like the pulse or the spectrum it really depends on the DJ as to how much talk you're going to get. Carol Miller who has a block on the spectrum, the pulse, and maybe the loft is probably the worst at this.

8/10/2010 8:25:21 AM

I have started flipping between 90's, cnn headline news, stern, playboy, virus, and kiss.

wish i could just pay for those

8/13/2010 3:18:30 PM