'allo Hugh! I'm Bruce!
Posted on 03/01/2007 9:13:38 AM PST by misterrob
3. Satellite radio will be gone in 5 years.
BREAKING NEWS: Cable TV is STILL on the air!
(Boy oh boy..do I remember hearing how Cable was gonna fail...hell..I remember hearing stories how FM was going to fail!)
You've actually answered your own question.
If people are willing to spend money for iTunes or any of the other stores, then they could conceivably pay for satellite radio.
If free radio continues to increase the amount of commercial time, people may turn to satellite stations (not all are commercial-free, but many are)
If music stations keep playing crappy music, people may pay for specialized channels.
And hard as it is to believe, there are people that RIGHT NOW are paying for satelite radio so that they can listen to NASCAR events!! Even I don't pretend to understand that one, but if people will buy that, they'll buy anything!
Satellite radio will be alive and well and possibly thriving in five years.
XM and Sirius, on the other hand, may be long gone by then.
TS
Why would anyone want a photocopier when we have carbon paper?
Hate to tell you this but the 2001 recession ended in 2001.
It will be cheaper, if not free, and it will be commercial and heavily so. It will not be gone. Satellite radio is here to stay.
It is commercial radio that will be gone. Satellite radio is just getting started. Your comment that people who want music should 'just get an ipod' begs the question of where will the music in the ipod come from if not a subscription music source....like Satellite radio?
""Satellite stations play the same old songs, even if they are commercial free," said one buddy. "Music now is about listening to what you want, when you want it.""
That is key. I don't see pay radio doing well.
'allo Hugh! I'm Bruce!
Why do I pay for radio when I can get it for free ?
Let's see. . . When I'm on the road, I'm tired of top-40 bubble-gum dreck. Most of the talk stations with conservatives on are low power, and I'm frequently out of range.
And frankly, listening without constant commercials for local merchants I'll never see, much less patronise, is WORTH a few dollars a month. . .
Me too! See my post #25.
Unfortunately tanking on Sirius won't drive a stake through Stern's tiny little heart, he'll be back polluting the airwaves in no time. Next radio topic: digital AM.
This article is FULL of "I am so smart" statements -- please
I knew you were being sarcastic. Sorry to use your post to jump in and declare my love for satellite!
Maybe I used the wrong word, or maybe I imagined the stock market dropoff between 2001 and 2003.
Kinda like that new-fangled Cable on the back of my Tee-Vee. I've had her for, oh, 25 years or so, but I don't think it'll be around much longer...
Good Lord . . . ignorance on this subject really abounds on this thread, and I don't mean to single you out, but Sirius had 600,000 subscribers before they signed Howard Stern. After only one year of Stern's tenure, they have over six million subscribers. That's after only one year.Sirius' investment in Stern is over the long term. Expecting him, singlehandedly, to earn the company a billion dollars within the first six months of his contract is as stupid as the investors this author rags on---people who expect that they're buying into some ridiculous get rich scheme. If you're that gullible, I have a bridge to sell you---cheap.
The man has not run a single episode worthy of listening to since the late 1980s...
If you don't like him, that's perfectly fine, but in my opinion, he's even better now that he's on Sirius---so guess what? Objectively, we cancel each other out. And of course, if you really yearn for the salad days of the late 1980s, you can now hear them all over again, as Stern owns all his old tapes. They play old shows every Friday, and often on the weekends, and there are "best of" shows, and music specials, and highlight shows featuring specific cast members (i.e., Billy West).
No, Midland.
Van Horn is home to a huge private spaceport now. Google and Virgin Airlines money. Aim to go orbital.
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