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Old 07-27-2011, 06:33 PM
 
Location: Central TX
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My CD changer jammed 2 days ago. Thank heavens for Sirius. My car is a 2004 so no Aux input for my iPod.

I do have a cassette player, however...
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Old 07-27-2011, 06:56 PM
 
Location: Broomfield, CO
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Are there still people who listen to terrestrial radio?? If there are, which one of you has been living under a rock for the past decade?

The last time I listened to Terrestrial radio I was still living in Kansas City. From what I have heard, nearly all stations in most markets are owned by a handful of big corporations. The music is pretty much the same 20-30 song playlist in every market.

Sirius/XM!! You'll never go back......


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Is it just me, or is the Austin radio terrible? For such a big city for live-music, you'd think we'd have some awesome radio stations for back up. But god, I'm so jealous of other major metropolitans, which have a nice, clean selection of radio stations.
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Old 07-27-2011, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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Are there still people who listen to terrestrial radio?? If there are, which one of you has been living under a rock for the past decade?

The last time I listened to Terrestrial radio I was still living in Kansas City. From what I have heard, nearly all stations in most markets are owned by a handful of big corporations. The music is pretty much the same 20-30 song playlist in every market.

Sirius/XM!! You'll never go back......
That's why Austin radio is good. It's not all owned by Clear Channel. Unless something has changed in the last couple years.


A lot of the music I listen to now is stuff I first heard on the radio in Austin.

In fact 100% of the country music I listen to I heard on the radio in Austin or Maui, because I hate that Nashville crap they play on the big business stations. I would have no idea who Ryan Bingham was if they didn't play him on MauiFM, and the guy is from 45 min away from where I lived in Houston. Same with Rodney Crowell, the Houston Kid.
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Old 07-27-2011, 07:32 PM
 
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Pretty bad stations here which I find surprising. All I can say is thank goodness for XM.
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Old 07-28-2011, 06:40 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Sirius/XM!! You'll never go back......
Sat radio costs money. Terrestrial radio is free. That is a good enough reason for me to put up with the bad selection.
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Old 07-28-2011, 07:47 AM
 
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Sat radio costs money. Terrestrial radio is free. That is a good enough reason for me to put up with the bad selection.
True, but if you really love music and it's your favorite form of entertainment, $13 per month is nothing for satellite radio. I'd cancel cable TV before I would give up my music subscriptions (SiriusXM/Spotify). I have to add that Sirius/XM customer service is possibly the worst that I've ever encountered, but their actual product/service is so good that we put up with the poor customer service. Trying to cancel Sirius/XM service can be a painful experience if you ever have to do it.
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Old 07-28-2011, 08:14 AM
 
Location: Folsom, CA
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True, but if you really love music and it's your favorite form of entertainment, $13 per month is nothing for satellite radio. I'd cancel cable TV before I would give up my music subscriptions (SiriusXM/Spotify). I have to add that Sirius/XM customer service is possibly the worst that I've ever encountered, but their actual product/service is so good that we put up with the poor customer service. Trying to cancel Sirius/XM service can be a painful experience if you ever have to do it.
If you have a smartphone, you can use any of several audio apps for static free reception for free. I use Pandora for favorite artists and genres. TuneIn and Reciva apps are great for news and talk programming. Here is how to cancel Sirius/XM without grief of the retention department. Tell them you are moving to Mexico so won't be able to use it any longer. They will probably say the signal extends down there (true) but technically it is against international law to knowingly provide the service to residents down there. A gentle reminder of this will result in immediate cancellation. I have done this twice in the past when satellite radio was the state of the art. Now I find it to be too expensive for programming that can be obtained for free.
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Old 07-28-2011, 08:55 AM
 
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If you have a smartphone, you can use any of several audio apps for static free reception for free. I use Pandora for favorite artists and genres.
Pandora is alright, but Spotify actually lets you choose what you want to listen to. You can listen to an entire album from a specific artist if you want and you can't do that with Pandora. It's worth the $10 per month to get it on your smartphone. It is going to put a serious dent in the use of Pandora.
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:17 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, Tx
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Radio stations in Austin are ridiculous.

...especially for the Jazz/R&B/Hip Hop crowd.

I would die without XM.
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Broomfield, CO
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I am a sirus/XM subscriber, but also listen to slacker and pandora as well. It is true, that you still must deal with probably 5 minutes of commercials per hour with slacker and pandora (assuming you don't pay the monthly fee), but overall the quality of music is great! Terrestial radio is in "SIRIUS" trouble and probably won't even exist in 20 years.


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Radio stations in Austin are ridiculous.

...especially for the Jazz/R&B/Hip Hop crowd.

I would die without XM.
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