What happened to the XM/Sirius merger?

[gfreek]

The NAOB,, National Association of Broadcasters, which represents terrestrial radio is lobbying hard against the merger. I'm hooked on Sirius, have 3 subscriptions & would hate to go back to regular radio.

[OwnerCS]

On a recent trip to/from Chicago-ORD, I had to endure a few minutes of XM on the rental car bus. It was practically all commercials. Do people actually pay money for XM? I sure like Sirius. I can see where sat-radio is essential if you live in an area with limited radio stations.

[shovelhd]

There are commercials on both services. It depends what channel you are listening to.

[sprite]

Originally Posted by OwnerCS

On a recent trip to/from Chicago-ORD, I had to endure a few minutes of XM on the rental car bus. It was practically all commercials. Do people actually pay money for XM? I sure like Sirius.

I have XM and I enjoy it. Like shovelhd said, both options have stations with and without commercials. I've stayed with XM mostly for the MLB package. That said I would like the option of having a few of the Sirius channels in my ridgeline, but i haven't wanted to install a Sirius receiver and pay twice as much for two subscriptions.

[sprite]

Originally Posted by gfreek

The NAOB,, National Association of Broadcasters, which represents terrestrial radio is lobbying hard against the merger. I'm hooked on Sirius, have 3 subscriptions & would hate to go back to regular radio.

The NAOB has been one of the biggest critics of the proposed merger. However, the shareholders of both companies voted overwhelmingly to merge.... so while the competition is against it, the shareholders think its a good idea. Certainly the FCC are taking both sides arguments into consideration.

[shovelhd]

It's NAB.

Shareholders are always in favor of monopolies.

[Tcape]

Sprite, your posts have been excellent. You seem to know some facts, while the rest of us are languishing in rumors. Thanks for your informative posts. I hope the merger works out well for all of us. I do love my XM, and hope it won't be jeapordized by the merger. The merger could be great for all of us, or it could be just a way to jack up the fees. Satellite radio has been a boon to me, since I don't listen to many FM or AM stations day to day. I hope all this works out well.