[Scan-DC] XM Radio

[b_thom@juno.com]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:02:06 -0500 "Larry Van Horn" <larry@grove-ent.com>
writes:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 b_thom@juno.com
> writes:
> 
> >How is XM doing commercially?
> 
> I honestly do not have a clue.
> 
> >It seems like a great idea.
> 
> Actually I think it is a lame idea charging a sub for radio service 
> IMHO.
> I'm sure that satellite delivered radio is well received by some who 
> spend
> hours in their cars, but it isn't for me. 
[snip]

I was listening to the shortwave last night; Alex Jones, one of those
call-in talk shows to be specific (note: this does not mean I agree with
everything I hear on Alex Jones. I was just shortwave-surfing.) A truck
driver crossing Nevada on I-80 called in. He was listening to Alex Jones
on XM. The antenna is, he said, not that big. What "big" means in
relation to a semi, I do not know.

I can see where people on the road all the time would get to like XM and
its rival a lot. I know when I crossed the country, my idea of what I'd
like to listen to on the radio was unavailable outside of big cities. I
grew tired of listening to the same fifteen tapes.

I'm too cheap to pay for TV, FWIW.