Satellite Radio - XM and Sirius Battle For the $$$
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Satellite Radio, in short, is actually a commercial-free music, news, sports and talk shows. Many of the biggest players and events are now available from Sirius radio and XM radio like Howard Stern, Fred Schneider (the B52s), NFL, English Soccer, NBA, NASCAR, NHL, Mlb, INDY, and the PGA.
Satellite radio began in 1992, if the 'S' spectrum was allocated with the FCC to four companies. Each main ones, Sirius and XM paid a fairly penny (in fact almost $80 million dollars worth) to acquire a license. Satellite-based radio began on May 15th, 2001 when XM Radio completed their satellite system. Sirius followed shortly after they launched in July, 2001. After that, expanded products and competition has changed the radio landscape.
While automobile manufacturers started installing satellite radio in 2001 and 2002, most new vehicles come built with one now. XM has two satellites (called 'Rock' and 'Roll') in parallel orbits to pay for the mainland US market, while Sirius has three. Have recently been awarded licenses to the Canadian market.
So which are the differences between the two providers?
XM contains a flat $9.99 on a monthly basis fee with no contracts to sign. They've the latest portable equipment. XM offers among the better varieties of programming available today. They offer 68 commercial-free music channels; 32 channels of News, Sports, Talk & Entertainment; and 21 channels of instant Traffic & Weather in primary metro areas. Here's the most recent information of channels:
15 channels of Rock music
11 News channels (Fox, CNN, ABC, CNBC, MSNBC, BBC, C-SPAN, Bloomberg)
11 Talk & Variety channels (Discovery, E!, Experts & advice, Black Talk, Christian Talk)
10 channels of Pop music & Top Hits
7 New bands options
7 channels of Blues & Jazz music
7 Gangster rap and Urban
6 different channels of music with the Decades (40's through 90's)
5 Sport shows (ESPN, Fox, Sporting News, NASCAR)
4 Dance music channels
4 World music channels
3 Christian music choices
3 Comedy entertainment channels (adult comedy, family comedy)
3 Classical music channels
2 Kids entertainment channels (Disney)
2 Latin music choices
Sirius provides a $12.95 per month fee and you will pre-pay for a full year to renegotiate deals (works out to $9.99 per month). They offer better sports coverage with play-by-play of the NBA, NHL, and NFL. Sirius has signed some very nice talent of celebrity DJs. Sirius offers 60 channels of music without commercials, 50 channels of News, Sports, Talk and Entertainment; and 20 channels of 24/7 Traffic & Weather in primary cities. Here's how Sirius assemble with their channel fall into line:
16 Talk & Variety channels (Discovery, E!, Talk for women, CourtTV, Air America, Gay/Lesbian, Body/Mind/Spirit Talk)
14 channels of Rock music
12 channels of Pop music & Top Hits
10 News channels (CNN, CNBC, Fox, NPR, PRI, C-SPAN, BCC, World Radio, Bloomberg)
9 Gangster rap and Urban music choices
7 Sport shows (ESPN, play-by-play channels)
6 Country music choices
6 Jazz music channels
5 Dance music channels
4 different channels of music with the Decades (50's through 80's)
3 Classical music channels
2 Christian music choices (Catholic)
2 channels of Blues & Reggae
2 Latin music choices
2 Comedy entertainment channels (regular and uncensored)
2 World music choices
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1 Kids entertainment channels (Disney)