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Satellite Radio Is Officially Here

Posted by timothy on from the just-when-my-car-gets-a-decent-cassette-deck dept.

dragons_flight writes: "XM Satellite Radio has officially launched, initially selling equipment only in the Dallas and San Diego markets, but going national by Nov. 15. A reciever for home or car costs ~$300 plus a $10/month subscription service. Many new cars will be pre-equipped with satellite-ready radios. XM provides 100 digital channels, a signicant number of which are commercial free. Sirius satellite radio says they are committed to launching be the end of the year." Any readers out there with the equipment for this have comments about it? ($10x12 + $300 makes $420 I'll be putting toward other things.)

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  1. Obligatory question/potential poll by Pope · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How long before Clear Channel buy them out, bans half the songs, and replaces all the stations with their unique brand of MOR crap?

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    It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
  2. Re:good concept, marketing plan isn't there yet by iso · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Totally off topic, but do you have any psytrance mixes of yours that I could get ahold of? I'm a hard house and hard house DJ from Toronto, and while I prefer to spin housier stuff, I've been a big psytrance fan for years. Actually there's a really good reason why I won't spin psytrance, but I won't get into it here :).

    Anyhow, if you (or anybody else reading this!) has some good psytrance mixes, send 'em my way! And if you like UK Hard House or Hard Trance, listen to my mixes at djnumbernine.com.

    - j