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Old 11-18-2008, 07:29 AM
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I for one don't like it. They gave the ax to some of my favorite shows, channels and DJ's. Like everything else, greed is getting in the way of what could be a good thing.
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Old 11-18-2008, 07:37 AM
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Bring back channel 36 THE BEAT!


If they get rid of AREA 38 I will cancel...
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Old 11-18-2008, 07:43 AM
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Herk - what channels have they canceled/replaced? I haven't noticed anything on the Sirius side, only that you can purchase an additional XM package, but know they were talking about consolidating some of the channels - I guess the ones I listen to aren't affected.
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Old 11-18-2008, 07:55 AM
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"Many of the themed genre stations, however, were either axed or assimilated into one station. For instance, Sirius’ college rock mainstay Left of Center is done, replaced by XM’s similar XMU. The by-the-decades stations are now categorized as “’60s on 6,” “’70s on 7,” etc. A pair of Rock Daily’s favorite Sirius stations, Lithium and First Wave, thankfully managed to survive, while XM’s alt-rock trio of stations Fred, Ethel and Lucy learned their satellite days are over."

The Beat was replaced by BCM.
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Old 11-18-2008, 07:56 AM
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Disorder is gone, The Vault is gone, and I think some others.
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Old 11-18-2008, 08:04 AM
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At least we still got ATR, if they get rid of that they can color me gone!
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Old 11-18-2008, 08:44 AM
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I always felt that XM had way better music channels than Sirius did, but Sirius had better talent (Howard, Steve, etc.)

When I had XM, I enjoyed Fred, Ethel, Lucy, so it's too bad they are gone - I thought that the Bone Yard was miles better than Hair Nation, yet that's still around - go figure.
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Old 11-18-2008, 09:21 AM
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At least we still got ATR, if they get rid of that they can color me gone!

So much for those of us who are XM for baseball who still didn't get Byk despite a two year hot stove vigil for ATR but they syndicate that cachyphony dim wit Russo sans Mike.
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Old 11-18-2008, 11:04 AM
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Disorder is gone, The Vault is gone, and I think some others.
is now Deep Tracks. music is similar?
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Old 11-18-2008, 11:34 AM
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The Strobe is no longer.
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