[LostInBayport]

As an XM subscriber, I’m already subjected to Err Amerika, the Oprah channel, Take Five, The Power, and XM Public Radio. But I also get America’s Talk, America Right, Talk Radio, Fox News Talk, and Family Talk. It all balances out.

When I first became a Sirius subscriber in late 2006, the first thing I did when I installed the system was learn how to block channels.

Now my dial skips right by the two NPR channels, PMSNBC, CNN, the whiny bedwetting liberal talk channel and the miscellaneous rap and spanish channels as if they don't exist. I do the same thing with DirecTV.

As long as that feature subsists, I'll be more than happy to block the rest of this satellite welfare so long as the remaining portion has enough to satisfy me (love the Patriot Channel, Elvis Radio, Radio Classics, Spectrum...).

By the way, ratings are tracked for satellite channels...the last set I saw was from Arbitron. I bet these affirmative action channels will subsist on minimum funding and no listeners. I hate supporting it financially, but at least it won't thrive.

[hydrotech1]

I am an XM subscriber. If this merger goes through, I will cancel. I have no intention of supporting a company that supports Howard Stern and his garbage.