Virulent talk radio may be a loser, too

The Buffalo News ^ | 11-10-2008 | Douglas Turner

[xkaydet65]

XM and Sirius is fee for service and on a specific narrow band. They’re not public airwaves. I suppose Obama could charge exhorbinant fees to launch anynew sats but I think the French would be happy to pick up the slack. I expect Sirius XM will be where Rush and Sean and a few others will wind up. At that time I’ll sign up for sat radio.

[Myrddin]

The recent permission to merge Sirius/XM came from the FCC. Part of the deal was the allocation of more "channels" where liberal drivel will have access...likely at a reduced rate, but certainly subsidized by paying customers. Similar to bundling of shopping, sports and music channels on cable whether you want to pay for them or not. As a consumer, I'll check the product and price. If it doesn't measure up, it will be off my list of bills. Right now, I enjoy listening to Levin on XM166 or Sirius144 depending on which vehicle I'm using. Our 2008 Mercury Mariner came with a Sirius radio. Previously, I put the XM SkyFi into the old Escape 4x4. We'll just have to see how things pan out.

[xkaydet65]

When I was a teen I became a long distance radio nut. I was a big sports fan and loved listening to the pirates on WWVA in Wheeling, which introed me to country music. I began to enjoy just listening to the varied voices of America and Canada. One station that came through in the clear at night was around 800 on the AM band. It was a religious show from Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles. They must have been using a 500KW transmitter. If the international agreements haven’t changed I suspect that conservative talk radio could find such a home,if necessary. Of course it would limit talk to the evening,but the idea of a Radio Free America does have its interesting possiblities. This would also test the current radio personalities’ committment to a conservative ideal.

[Myrddin]

For now, we have the freedom to own radios and listen to what we want. That is a freedom that is exceedingly rare in the world.

[bootless]

Do we get to talk about the “chill wind” yet?

[bootless]

Cacique, this cannot happen. Check your Freepmail...

[bootless]

Hey, I wonder if Voice of America’s charter is still good.

What fools the fascist leftists are. Dangerous fools.