[willgolfforfood]

I'm guessing that over the next couple of years these channels that no one will listen to but a few hard-core lefties will be quietly pulled. No economic justification.

What are congress and the FCC going to do? Make the companies split apart again?

Then some executive will make a contribution or two to the necessary lefty Senator, and no one will ever care again.

[devane617]

i have subs with both siri and xm. love them both. i called bothy ir depts in both companies to voice my disgust if they willingly give away spectrum. check out the group demanding freebies...you will see al sharpton, and jesse jackson writen all over them. they are nothing more than blackmailers.

[weegee]

I'm guessing that over the next couple of years these channels that no one will listen to but a few hard-core lefties will be quietly pulled. No economic justification.

Why would they be pulled? Your monthly bill would continue to fund them regardless of the ratings and they would have to exist by government mandate.

[Myrddin]

I'm guessing that over the next couple of years these channels that no one will listen to but a few hard-core lefties will be quietly pulled. No economic justification.

Just look at all the crap programming lumped into your DishNet or DirectTV service. Nobody watches it, but you have to pay for it. The same applies to the liberal channels. You'll be subsidizing their access whether anybody listens or not.