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XM Radio Plans Online Music Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the joining-the-fray dept.

Grump writes "Diving into the already crowded online music business, XM Radio Online, will launch sometime in early October and operate commercial-free, just as its satellite programming does. XM will charge $7.99 per month for unlimited listening and offer a discount rate of $3.99 to subscribers of its existing radio services."

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  1. Re:discount rate of $3.99 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    For sirius satellite radio

    Surely you can't be sirius....


    Thank you, thank you. No checks. Cash only, please.

  2. Re:discount rate of $3.99 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am serious, and please stop calling me Shirley.

  3. Re:yep by jerw134 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, it would be awesome if they offered it to existing subscribers for like $3.99 or something. Hopefully they do it!

  4. Thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But I think I'll just download the music for free instead, thank you internet.

  5. News Flash! by BadMrMojo · · Score: 5, Funny

    John Smith of Nowhere, PA is reportedly not planning an online music store. We have yet to receive official confirmation that Mr. Smith, a 72 year-old retired janitor at Nowhere Middle School who is a local hero after bowling a 300 game back in '86, is indeed without plans for opening an online music store at any point within the next 6-12 months. Neighbor and long time friend Bob Jones was quoted as saying, "Nope. Y'uns gotta believe it... he ain't never thought of it a'once."

    We'll have more on this breaking story as it develops.

  6. Re:XM radio? by Tyler+Eaves · · Score: 5, Funny

    >I use FM radio and don't have any complaints

    Are you in some bizarro world where FM doesn't run 20-25 minutes of commericials per hour?

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  7. Re:XM radio? by cubicledrone · · Score: 3, Funny

    where FM doesn't run 20-25 minutes of commericials per hour

    Oh, it's great! Especially when you hear a song you really like and think, "oh, that's really a nice song--" YOUUUOOUUUVE GOT THE GReeEEeeEEN LAYYYYGHT boomboomboomboomboomboom chuckachuckachuckachucka ARE YOU PAYING MORE FOR YOUR HOME LOAN?? REFINANCE AGAIN AND SAVE 47 CENTS TODAY!! SPECIAL PRICE FOR TEN REFINANCES BY TUESDAY!! CALL NOW CALL NOW CALL NOW CALL NOW

    Yeah. I think we've had enough commercials for a while.

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  8. Re:yep by dykofone · · Score: 3, Funny
    It'd be really cool too if they made most of their receivers portable, like so you're not stuck only listening to it in the car. Like, just have this little adaptor that the receiver can plug into, and you can quickly switch it between car, office, home. They could even make a boombox sorta thing!

    Yeah, right, but when is a big company like XM gonna cater to the demands of their fans and customers....