Howard Stern is in FACT the most recognized radio personality... EVER. Love him or hate him, like popeye, he is what he is.
When sirius signed him, they saw it as locking in the TALK RADIO market. And enjoy paying the extra 2 dollars a month for Opie and Anthony (stern wanabees) that you will NEVER have to pay for Stern. XM has raised their 9.99 price to match sirius' 12.99? Now add 2 bucks for Opey and Goofy, and 2 bucks for the Playboy Channel (if ur into that kind of thing), and you've now got a 17 dollar subscription
With NFL, NASCAR, March Madness, and NBA sirius has effectly cornered the SPORTS RADIO market. Non-regional coverage of pro sports is something that terrestial radio cannot offer. And yes, XM has MLB and NCAA Football. Regardless I think Sirius is the winner in that battle as well.
Now for the real meat... music. XM has more music channels, however a few of them are "re-broadcasts" of terrestial radio stations... complete with COMERCIALS and all. I guess music is music and you can only get 50 Cent's new top 50 song so many times. I DO know however that I listen to more than the Top 20 and SIRIUS has tons of channels that give me the "obscure/underground" stuff that I love. XM probably does too, my sister likes the choice of music. Unless you start seeing artist's sign exclusive music deals... that's a tie and always will be.
I own sirius and my sister and brother in law are sadly locked into XM for the next 3 years. They bought thier's back when no one heard of sirius... which is why XM still may have the subscriber lead. And I bet like many other XM subscribers, My sister is waiting for her contract to run out so they can purchase Sirius.
An ipod/sirius combo... well that just seals the deal.
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Howard Stern is in FACT the most recognized radio personality... EVER. Love him or hate him, like popeye, he is what he is.
When sirius signed him, they saw it as locking in the TALK RADIO market. And enjoy paying the extra 2 dollars a month for Opie and Anthony (stern wanabees) that you will NEVER have to pay for Stern. XM has raised their 9.99 price to match sirius' 12.99? Now add 2 bucks for Opey and Goofy, and 2 bucks for the Playboy Channel (if ur into that kind of thing), and you've now got a 17 dollar subscription
With NFL, NASCAR, March Madness, and NBA sirius has effectly cornered the SPORTS RADIO market. Non-regional coverage of pro sports is something that terrestial radio cannot offer. And yes, XM has MLB and NCAA Football. Regardless I think Sirius is the winner in that battle as well.
Now for the real meat... music. XM has more music channels, however a few of them are "re-broadcasts" of terrestial radio stations... complete with COMERCIALS and all. I guess music is music and you can only get 50 Cent's new top 50 song so many times. I DO know however that I listen to more than the Top 20 and SIRIUS has tons of channels that give me the "obscure/underground" stuff that I love. XM probably does too, my sister likes the choice of music. Unless you start seeing artist's sign exclusive music deals... that's a tie and always will be.
I own sirius and my sister and brother in law are sadly locked into XM for the next 3 years. They bought thier's back when no one heard of sirius... which is why XM still may have the subscriber lead. And I bet like many other XM subscribers, My sister is waiting for her contract to run out so they can purchase Sirius.
An ipod/sirius combo... well that just seals the deal.