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BudSooner
6/27/2006, 08:50 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060627/media_nm/media_sirius_xm_dc
I doubt this is going to fly, Dish tried to buy Directv years ago and the gubmint put a stop to it.
slickdawg
6/27/2006, 09:27 AM
I like Sirius much better than XM.
OklahomaTuba
6/27/2006, 09:31 AM
Is it wierd that I like XM channel 84 - Chill?
Scott D
6/27/2006, 09:42 AM
In other news the RIAA wants to gag both for not paying sufficient royalties to it.
Hamhock
6/27/2006, 09:53 AM
I like Sirius much better than XM.


Why? I have XM and have wondered about the difference.
slickdawg
6/27/2006, 09:55 AM
Why? I have XM and have wondered about the difference.

Slickwife's Passat came with Sirius, I've got XM. The music channels
just seem to be better, with better playlists on Sirius than on XM.
Hamhock
6/27/2006, 09:56 AM
Slickwife's Passat came with Sirius, I've got XM. The music channels
just seem to be better, with better playlists on Sirius than on XM.


Is Nascar leaving XM?
Scott D
6/27/2006, 09:58 AM
Slickwife's Passat came with Sirius, I've got XM. The music channels
just seem to be better, with better playlists on Sirius than on XM.

that's because Sirius is WATCHING you...haven't you seen the commercials!?!?!?
mrowl
6/27/2006, 09:59 AM
Is Nascar leaving XM?

yes, starts in '07
Hoosier Dynasty
6/27/2006, 10:00 AM
When I signed up for Sirius, I was told you could only get the NFL on Sirius and XM had NASCAR.
mrowl
6/27/2006, 10:01 AM
When I signed up for Sirius, I was told you could only get the NFL on Sirius and XM had NASCAR.

well, now you get both on Sirius.
BudSooner
6/27/2006, 10:01 AM
yes, starts in '07

Brian France is a moron..go figure.
But................Nascar moves to ESPN/ABC next year!!!! No more NBC! :D
Downside to this is, we still get D.W. on Fox for the first half, and Rusty Wallace will be in the booth for the ESPN/ABC broadcasts.
Rusty did do a damn good job during the Indy 500 though.
mrowl
6/27/2006, 10:02 AM
Eh? They just went to XM last year...Brian France is a moron..go figure.

http://www.nascar.com/2005/news/headlines/official/02/22/sirius_2007/
Hamhock
6/27/2006, 10:02 AM
yes, starts in '07


And I'm sure it's not as simple as changing service, I have to get new hardware also?
mrowl
6/27/2006, 10:05 AM
And I'm sure it's not as simple as changing service, I have to get new hardware also?

yep, but in a year or so they will have hardware that works with both services.
AllAboutThe'O'
6/27/2006, 07:21 PM
Why? I have XM and have wondered about the difference.
XM - Major League Baseball package
Sirius - Does not

Big difference in my book.
OUAndy1807
6/27/2006, 07:24 PM
XM= 5 hours of Opie and Anthony and 2 hours of Ron & Fez daily
Sirius= Stern 4 days a week and on vacation the whole month of August.
mrowl
6/27/2006, 07:34 PM
opie and anthony don't take vacation?
GottaHavePride
6/27/2006, 08:09 PM
I can't even begin to comprehend how mind-numbingly boring NASCAR would be on the radio.
Vaevictis
6/27/2006, 08:10 PM
I can't even begin to comprehend how mind-numbingly boring NASCAR would be on the radio.

1. whrooooooom
2. whroooooooooooom
3. whrooooooooooooooooooom
4. Go to step 1.
royalfan5
6/27/2006, 08:13 PM
I can't even begin to comprehend how mind-numbingly boring NASCAR would be on the radio.
It's not bad if you have an imgaination as well as getting used to multiple play by play teams during the course of a race(usually 2-4)
mrowl
6/27/2006, 08:13 PM
I can't even begin to comprehend how mind-numbingly boring NASCAR would be on the radio.

"and they turn left....

now most of the cars have sped up....

turning left................

whoa! a quick left turn now!!............

speeding up again.....

another pesky left turn.............. Bob, do you think these drivers can mentally handle all these left turns?"
OUAndy1807
6/27/2006, 08:17 PM
opie and anthony don't take vacation?
not every week and not for a month. they'll take the ocassional day off, but they're one of the few national radio duos who don't even take off the week between christmas and new years.
mrowl
6/27/2006, 08:27 PM
not every week and not for a month. they'll take the ocassional day off, but they're one of the few national radio duos who don't even take off the week between christmas and new years.

I am pretty sure he is taking off 2 weeks in July, and 2 in August, he gets 10 weeks every year.
Sooner_Bob
6/27/2006, 09:23 PM
I can't even begin to comprehend how mind-numbingly boring NASCAR would be on the radio.


Heh
GDC
7/3/2006, 02:54 PM
I have had XM for a while, and finally tried Sirius. I think I like Sirius better, especially the selection of rock stations.