Purogamer said:It's great when I happen upon an old ramones classic, but the point of satellite is choice that FM radio doesn't offer...Last I checked there's still tons of rock on FM, so I can't support getting rid of the niche groups. They aren't the core subscriber, but that's not the point. Removing one niche channel for another niche channel is just a vice-president trying to look busy to justify his salary...
In the area that I am, there are no rock channels on FM.. which is the reason I picked up Sirius to begin with..
All of the channels around here are hip-hop/rap, pop (which might as well be the same thing), talk, and college... no rock channels at all.
The last rock channel around (FNX Radio), changed to sports talk about 2 years ago, and therefore lost 90% of its listener base.
Since then, I have gone to sirius, and I havent listened to FM since.
One thing I will note is.. Channels dedicated to a single artist are really bad. Why in the world would I want to listen to an Elvis/Hendrix/Stones/etc channel? Make a channel dedicated to their genre, and I would be interested, but narrowing it down to a single artist and their covers, is a bit TOO much.