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article on the Sirius/XM merger did not speculate what the new channel lineup will look like. First, of all, OOIDA said the "new" radios will cost $200. That's not correct. The new line of combo receivers will cost pretty much what they are now $49 - $350. And then there's the 2 trucking channels, which has a small audience. XM has "Open Road" on 171 and Sirius has "Road Dog." XM's day starts with Dale Summers, the "Truck'n Bozo", then the OOIDA Land Line report, the (dinosaur) Bill Mack "the Satellite Cowboy", Kevin Rutherford trends and tech show and finally ends with the Midnight Trucking Network. Sirius has a weaker lineup starting with The Loading Dock show, then the (terrible) Freewheeling, the Lockridge Report then someone called Jonesy. I have listened to them all. I have suffered through many. So here's what we do. Ditch the Loading Dock, Rutherford, Freewheeling and Jonesy. Start the day with the Lockridge Report, then OOIDA, Bill Mack, Dale Summers and finally the Midnight Trucking Network. When the FCC approves the deal, Howard Stern will come out as the winner with something like l6 million listeners. You will have both baseball and football. There is much duplication with news, talk and music. Both XM and Sirius are wasting their money on folks yapping on the music channels and save a bundle on eliminating them with little or no effect on the quality of the shows. Oprah, Martha Steward, Barbara Walters, Opie and Anthony - well who cares? One of the best sports shows is Ferrell on Howard 102 and in the merger, it will most likely become more popular. The one show that everyone wants, but satellite can't get is Rush Limbaugh, who makes a fortune in syndication. Ever try to tune him in on the road. He's somewhere on AM, sometimes on FM, but he lasts about 10 minutes, then you lose him. Too bad. I would pay another $1.50 just to get him on the new combined XM/Sirius lineup.
article on the Sirius/XM merger did not speculate what the new channel lineup will look like. First, of all, OOIDA said the "new" radios will cost $200. That's not correct. The new line of combo receivers will cost pretty much what they are now $49 - $350. And then there's the 2 trucking channels, which has a small audience. XM has "Open Road" on 171 and Sirius has "Road Dog." XM's day starts with Dale Summers, the "Truck'n Bozo", then the OOIDA Land Line report, the (dinosaur) Bill Mack "the Satellite Cowboy", Kevin Rutherford trends and tech show and finally ends with the Midnight Trucking Network. Sirius has a weaker lineup starting with The Loading Dock show, then the (terrible) Freewheeling, the Lockridge Report then someone called Jonesy. I have listened to them all. I have suffered through many. So here's what we do. Ditch the Loading Dock, Rutherford, Freewheeling and Jonesy. Start the day with the Lockridge Report, then OOIDA, Bill Mack, Dale Summers and finally the Midnight Trucking Network. When the FCC approves the deal, Howard Stern will come out as the winner with something like l6 million listeners. You will have both baseball and football. There is much duplication with news, talk and music. Both XM and Sirius are wasting their money on folks yapping on the music channels and save a bundle on eliminating them with little or no effect on the quality of the shows. Oprah, Martha Steward, Barbara Walters, Opie and Anthony - well who cares? One of the best sports shows is Ferrell on Howard 102 and in the merger, it will most likely become more popular. The one show that everyone wants, but satellite can't get is Rush Limbaugh, who makes a fortune in syndication. Ever try to tune him in on the road. He's somewhere on AM, sometimes on FM, but he lasts about 10 minutes, then you lose him. Too bad. I would pay another $1.50 just to get him on the new combined XM/Sirius lineup. 