Satellite radio.
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- mevsthem
Satellite radio. Is it worth the $12.00 monthly payment? Like Sirius satallite radio.
Link[s].
http://www.sirius.com
- WilliamH0
eminems shade 45 channel and howard stern will be something to look forward to. It got a hudge plug on Letterman show.
Im actually looking forward to get it. Im tired of the crap i get in the Car, sure i could make a cd or connect a ipod for example but i wanna discover new tracks....
- marryj0
Sirius is like XM radio but better in my opinion and satellite radio is the best thing in music since the iPod. The iPod replaced the Walkman like Sirius satellite radio will repalce normal radio.
- warheros0
it seems like a rad idea. id get it if i had the cash. but then again id rather just listen to my CD's.
- abstrakt0
Ummm... $12/mth is cheap. Skip 1 meal 1 day a month and you got it covered.
- superbaka0
for a second i thought you were talking about sirius' share price. if only i bought it a few months ago..
- Meeklo0
sattelite radio is better than regular radio, but in my opinion is nowhere near internet radio.
I think if there was a way to get streams from the internet on to your car, would be awesome.
but I dont really care about eminem saying fuck on the radio..
- ********0
I work out to it, it's not bad especially for $12
- sparker0
i doubt satalite radio will ever replace terrestrial radio. [again] it could just be because i work in radio that i think this, but it won't happen.
besides, satalite radio is doomed to follow the same path as dot-com's. right now, satalite radio is spending huge amounts of cash it doesn't really have on these shows that people have already predicted won't gain the listenership the require to be truely successfull, much less kill real radio.
there is no sales in satalite radio, which is where radio markets make their money. right now satalite radio is living off investment cash. subscriptions only account for a few percent of their cash flow; meaning NOT revenue or profit.
it's not a sustainable business model. satalite will never garner enough subscribers to a) make a profit, or b) kill radio.
while advertisements are annoying (and always idiotic, imo), terrestrial radio is still free. and, satalite doesn't really play that different of a selection - maybe a few channels have 'special' formats, but it will become more like real radio in the end.
plus, the cost of satalite operations is astronimical - you know how much it is to put a single bird (satalite) in the air? much much more than it cost to buy howard stern.
it's laughable to think that satalite will kill off terrestrial radio.
the big fear, and someone mentioned it earlier is internet radio and streaming media boxes. in st. louis there is a station (93.3 fm) which is a server that streams digital music to a transmitter all day. they play punk, indie, rock, hip-hop, etc (also a lot of unknown music). there is no sales, no staff, no employees, it's owned by a husband and wife engineer/radio team. just a server, some old radio equipment and a license. best station i've heard in a long time.
the threat to radio is convergence. radio on your ipod. radio in your home through your tv-computer-toaster-dvd player-server-etc.
of course, then again, i work for an evil radio/broadcast corporation...it's all just relative.
:)
- ********0
invest it in now and sell, sell, sell
- sparker0
besides our company is set for a 300% growth in 2005. if radio is dead, i don't want to know what our execs are thinking. we purchased a new station in our market already, and there were 7 others in that deal around the nation.
and, secondly, that means i will have to find a new job. i hate looking for jobs.
:)
- Stylus0
just saw stern on letterman he does a great sales pitch
- jpea0
well, since i guess he asked whether it was the shiz to get, i'd have to say it sure is (i've had sirius for a little while now). I'd never go back. ever.
unless, like everyone else's points are saying, the business model is screwed. then i guess i'd have to go back ;-)
- seed0
Sparker, interesting info. I didn't know about 93.3 fm in St louis. Is that the station that has a really small range like within the city limits?
Do you think satellite radio will eventually be censored by the FCC?
- sparker0
actually, the tower is in steelville, mo..so, it's range is pretty good. i can hear it past the wentsville exit on i-70 driving back to columbia, and all the way down to farmington (about 70 miles south of st. louy); my hometown.
it's an impressive station, and it's been around for a few years now.
i think the fcc will have to take control of it at some point in some way. it will probably be regulated like cable is. you can get away with a bit more since it's a subscription based model, but they won't let it get out of control.
satalite is a cool technology. it's just not the radio killer some think. especially with digital radio taking off, finally.
what's really cool is the new TCP/IP based audio studios. boards are now cat 6 instead of bulky 'audio' cable. everything is handled over a gigabit network; much like voip.
i've gotten to play with some of the new equipment for an upcoming studio build. not as stable as good old audio cabling, but neat all the same.
- abstrakt0
sparker, you'll still be watching 50 channels while we're watching 1000. Get the point?
If you've ever listened to the radio in a large city (LA, NY, etc.), maybe you'll see why satellite radio will take off. LA radio sucks. I HATE listening to the radio in LA because it pisses me off with their crappy music. Sacramento has good radio. Berkley has good radio.
- sparker0
i really don't watch tv...so your correct in that statement. i don't need 1000 channels. i hardly watch 10. it's a waste. if my townhouse didn't have cable included in the rent, i wouldn't have it.
it should be said, i don't really listen to the radio either. only in the car. and, that's really not a lot.
i spend my time working or gaming.
the 'point' is invalid.
:)
- abstrakt0
no, it's not invalid. DirectTV has taken off. people like options. people like 1000 channels because there's more choices. still, lots of people have basic cable, or even basic local channels. but you can't ignore the fact that satellite television has taken off. read about XM radio http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/…
- mevsthem0
no fcc cant; if its paid for ...
- mevsthem0
yeah
- sparker0
actually, it was ruled that the fcc wouldn't touch stern. there is nothing blocking the fcc from trying to regulate satallite radio.
and, it is very much on the table at the moment.