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Nyssa[_2_] · February 16th 17, 03:03 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:

Wow Nyssa it does appear that you Sirius subscribers are
being shortchanged. For the last 2 years or so when it
comes time to renew my sub (every six months) I am told
that if I want the NFL, MLB and NHL broadcasts the only
way to get them is to go the all access route. I am
receiving such a reasonable rate that is no issue at all
for me. I can honestly say I have never listened to Stern
or any of the other foul mouthed garbage in all the years
I've had access to them. That schtick is so passe I'm
surprised anyone tunes into it any longer. But considering
the mentality of the dumbed down public it shouldn't be
surprising. Catering to the lowest common denominator is a
formula for success in the USA nowadays.

Here is schedule of tomorrow's NHL broadcasts on XM. Just
out of curiosity how does it compare to what you are
getting on Sirius? If you can figure out the formatting
that is....too many columns and not enough width...

Game Time Away Team Home Team Away Home
National
Spanish
7:00 PM ET New York Rangers New York Islanders XM
Internet 939 XM 91 (Internet 938)
7:00 PM ET Winnipeg Jets Pittsburgh Penguins XM
Internet 949 XM 221 (Internet 942)
7:00 PM ET Ottawa Senators New Jersey Devils XM
Internet 940 XM 220 (Internet 937)
7:30 PM ET Colorado Avalanche Buffalo Sabres XM
Internet 927 XM 219 (Internet 923)
7:35 PM ET Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues XM
Internet 947 XM 222 (Internet 944)
8:00 PM ET Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild XM Internet 929
XM 223 (Internet 934)
9:00 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers Edmonton Oilers XM
Internet 941 XM 211 (Internet 931)
10:30 PM ET Arizona Coyotes Los Angeles Kings XM
Internet 921 XM 91 (Internet 933)

I remember back in the 70's I listened to the Bruins on
WBZ and Penguins on KDKA on terrestrial radio located in
Nebraska. How times have changed. I miss the good old
days.

Back in the six team NHL, I could get all the games via AM
radio, usually 50,000 watt powerhouses. Now with 30 teams,
only three or four on a good night are out there.

Last night I tried listening to KMOX for the Blues/Red Wings
game, but the drift and conditions meant that one minute
I'd have KMOX from St. Louis, the next it would be some
college basketball game out of Charlotte, NC, and Bloomberg
radio out of NYC the next. Made following the game extremely
difficult.

The final straw for me was when the Boston Bruins moved
their games from WBZ-AM to WBZ-FM. After more than 40 years,
I could no longer hear the games. The Red Wings had long
ago moved to a low-wattage station from WJR as had the
Canadiens and Maple Leafs. I finally caved and got Sirius.

As for your question about the sked for tonight's games,
all are on Sirius, just a different channel range. The only
reason tonight and tomorrow night's games are all on Sirius
is simple: the NBA is having its All Star Weekend, hence
no regular season NBA basketball games are out there to
bump the hockey off the channels. Sirius obviously thinks
there are more basketball fans out there paying subscription
fees than hockey fans, so they get priority. Burns me up!

Until two years ago, they'd bump the weather and traffic
channels to carry the basketball games, so the 211-220
channels were available for hockey. Now they don't. Plus
they've dropped channel 220 entirely off the range, so
one less channel for either hockey or basketball. Odd
decision.

Next week, we'll be back to only *some* of the NHL games
being on Sirius while the NBA games take over the channels.

Why they don't a) open more channels to allow BOTH or
b) drop some of the really idiotic channels to make room
for the live play-by-play which would seem to be more of
a draw to their subscriber base. Or even better, drop the
ever-growing number of Spanish language channels. AFAIK
the satellite signals do NOT reach far into Mexico, so
it must be all those illegals getting the sat radio
subscriptions to listen, no?

As for your All Access package, next time you re-up, ask
if they have an XM equivalent of either the Family Friendly
Premium package I have or the regular XM Premium (no Internet,
but everything else) package. Since you're looking for
the baseball games, you might want to look at XM Select
that has the MLB games but not the NFL games (if you don't
care about football) or NASCAR or Howard Stern which should
save you a few dollars a month. Enough to buy some Made in
USA crackers, at least.

I'm glad I bought the lifetime sub when I did, so I'm not
paying out additional fees or price increases, but I am
****ed off that they dropped all of those NHL games while
XM still gets them. Considering how long I dithered about
whether to go Sirius or XM (it was getting a truck with
Sirius that finally made the decision for me), it looks
like I made the wrong choice...even though they are
*supposed* to be the same company now.

Nyssa, who thinks by now we're probably boring the snot
out of everyone else on the newsgroup