Waaaaay too much virtue signaling.
Going to either Pandora, Iheart (yes i know, socialist) Spotify. Any ideas as he streams music when at work (HVAC tech driving from job to job)
Is Donnie Osmond endorsing mitt Romney as a write-in candidate?
I am using a free Sirius subscription they threw at me (no CC number required). I notice they have the POTUS channel, which is CNN dribble (e.g. Snohomish), Howard Stern, other assorted lefties. The Catholic Channel is not as solid as, say, EWTN. The closest thing they have to conservative, and it isn’t, is a Fox channel.
That said, they also have channels dedicated to different decades (40s on 4, 50s on 5, etc.) Vintage radio dramas, country specific news (which might be worth monitoring, even if left, as I like to keep some tabs on Canada).
While it is not balanced, they offer enough good programming compared to most other entities that I wouldn’t trash them for having five bad channels out of 200 (not counting Hip-Hop/Rap stations). Of course, I still won’t pay for the service, so what I think counts for nothing.
Amazon Prime Music or You Tube music.
Both commercial free.
Pandora is pretty good. $50 per year. All music and no talk.
The music in his heart, and the memory of your voice, may be sufficient
Stop and smell the roses, wave at neighbors, be grateful for Creation
Or fill an iPhone/Android with his favorite albums
I hope you don’t pay full price. I never pay full price. You always call and threaten to cancel and mean it. They will always come back with an offer. My personal best was eight months at four bucks a a month. Now I think I pay a little less than two dollars a week.
I don’t drive as much as I used to but I hate AM/FM and the same old music and endless ads. A handful of channels (Chill, 40s, Elvis, Patriot, Spa) are worth two bucks a week to make a drive more tolerable.
I’ve been an XM (now SiriusXM) subscriber since the launch of the service. SiriusXM carries both the Patriot channel and the Progressive channel. They carry the audio of both Fox News and Fox Business, as well as CNN and MSDNC.
I for one appreciate their even-handed approach of providing both political sides, instead of falling into the cancel culture mentality.
I’ll keep my subscription.
FWIW, siriusxm bought pandora
Willie Nelson is a pretty well known leftist. I’m not sure why you’d expect not to hear some occasional left wing drivel on his channel.
KlowdTV.com gives you OANN, Newsmax TV, Blaze TV, and several dozen Stingray music streaming channels. You can get all of these on the KlowdTV app for your phone, but you can get higher fidelity music for free then from the Stingay music app. $10/month on Roku/Chromecast/Amazon Fire.
You have to tell the Stingray app KlowdTV is your provider, let it listen to a minute of stream from your TV, then choose the highest fidelity stream level you like (it defaults to the lowest fidelity and there are two higher options).
We have Sirius / XM in both our Cars. We live in the Deep South and FM Stations playing the Music we like a few and far between.
We pay about $6.00 a Month for each Car which is well worth it to us. Every time the Agreement Period ends, I call and threaten to Cancel unless I get a cheap Rate Plan.
Th DJ’s Hosting the Shows make some stupid comments because they are Liberals, just like the DJ’s on FM did when I was growing up. I just ignore it. It comes with the territory.
Sirius / XM has Music, Sports and Political Programming that serves a wide diverse Audience. I wouldn’t cancel over the DJ exposing his ignorance is to the world.
I’m there for the Music, and the Performers are all Leftist nutcases. I’m just a shut up and sing kind of guy (but I never listen to any Springsteen Songs, he drives me insane - LOL)
My favorite music shows on Sirius are Pink & Black Days on Fifties on Five from 8-9 on Saturday evenings, the Pat Boone show on Sunday mornings, and the Sixties Satellite Survey on Wednesday nights over Sixties on Six. I occasionally surf over to Willie’s Road House, but I’ve never heard anyone over there get political.
I am in the process of reducing / minimizing the money I put into the large corporate media. I am not cutting all but reducing a lot of streaming and other as much as possible. Especially the most virtue signal focused like Disney and ESPN. It’s the only way to try to change behavior.
I recommend we all do this.
Sirius was free for life when I got my truck in 2004. Still have the truck. Sirius has gotten progressively worse as for selection. The classics station keeps moving or they have taken it off.
Usually I just plug the phone in and listen to Pandora or AM talk shows.
Good for you. Have fun listening to whats left of terrestrial radio.
SiriusXM has a Conservative talk channel. Why give up the ability to get radio in the middle of nowhere?
First, change the station. SiriusXM Patriot on 125 has a stellar lineup of conservative voices. That is a big reason that I subscribe, other than that my car has a sirius xm radio in it. Also the music stations are pretty good. I like firstwave on 33. Secondly, sirius xm bought pandora last year so you should only consider i heart radio. I sometimes listen to rush on iheart. Spotify I don’t know much about because sirius xm fills most of my time.
All the other services you mentioned require an Internet connection. That means he will likely need to access the service through his cell phone. If he’s a trucker he will find himself in many locations where there is not sufficient cell service for Internet. By streaming music, he will also quickly bump against whatever data limits his cell plan has.
“Going to either Pandora, Iheart (yes i know, socialist) Spotify. Any ideas as he streams music when at work (HVAC tech driving from job to job)”
If your going to subscribe to Pandora just be aware that Pandora is owned by Sirius Radio as is XM Radio.They’re all one company.
I know I’m a 15 Year subscriber.
I Enjoy The music channels as well as the Patriot Channel on 125. Well worth the money considering the crap on terrestrial Radio.
My daughter gave me a subscription to Spotify for Christmas two years ago. I’m hooked!
We have Sirius/XM as well. Out of 200 channels, the Missus and I listen to two or three . . .