Mark S.
02-10-2005, 02:18 AM
>>> Well everyone, I have been a Sirius subscriber since July of 2002.
>>> I have generally been pretty happy with the service. . . Until
>>> recently. .. .
>>>
>>> Last year at this time, to hear a disk jock was a rarity. Those
>>> that did exist, were very professional and kept the comments short
>>> and did not talk over the intros to any of the tracks. That seems
>>> to be changing lately, especially on channel 7. There is some clown
>>> who calls himself "The Unknown DJ" or some such nonsense. He has a
>>> annoying tendency to talk over the beginning of track. He seems to
>>> think that his "clever commentary" and comedic style is wanted.
>>>
>>> Some of the Jocks think that their name is more important than the
>>> song titles and display their names in the digital channel that
>>> allows for track title and artist. Thus, negating another
>>> "advantage" of satellite radio over local FM.
>>>
>>> If you are paying an price for Satellite radio, it is too much. We
>>> can get this crap on local FM. I don't know that I would recommend
>>> it until they clean up their act and dump the Juvenile DJ's.
>>>
>> I couldn't agree with you more. It's the same with XM. Both Sirius
>> and XM don't make a profit so why don't they fire all of the DJ's and
>> make an attempt at becoming profitable. I can't think of anyone who
>> actually cares about what the DJ's are jabbering about. Another
>> annoyance you don't mention, but undoubtedly don't like, is the fact
>> that they advertise no commercials on their music channels but I
>> guess that doesn't cover the extensive self promotion of their own
>> channels which becomes quite annoying and time consuming as well.
I consider a commercial to be a 30 second or more break from the music
containing an advertisement for something which has absolutely nothing to do
with the channel whatsoever. Like commercials on FM for example where you
can be listening for 5 minutes and not hear a single song, just ads about
pills that make the DJ's thinner, TV shows on FOX tonight, and how I need to
buy a new car.
> I dunno. I get a kick out of hearing Scott Muni, on of my fav's from the
> east coast in the early 70's.
>
> Some of the anecdotal stuff is interesting, as long as it is kept
> short....
Yes I don't mind that. It has been getting slightly annoying on some Sirius
channels where they decide to talk over EVERY intro of EVERY song. That I
don't like. They used to have a habit of chopping off the ends of songs,
too, although I think they've stopped doing that so much now.
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>>> I have generally been pretty happy with the service. . . Until
>>> recently. .. .
>>>
>>> Last year at this time, to hear a disk jock was a rarity. Those
>>> that did exist, were very professional and kept the comments short
>>> and did not talk over the intros to any of the tracks. That seems
>>> to be changing lately, especially on channel 7. There is some clown
>>> who calls himself "The Unknown DJ" or some such nonsense. He has a
>>> annoying tendency to talk over the beginning of track. He seems to
>>> think that his "clever commentary" and comedic style is wanted.
>>>
>>> Some of the Jocks think that their name is more important than the
>>> song titles and display their names in the digital channel that
>>> allows for track title and artist. Thus, negating another
>>> "advantage" of satellite radio over local FM.
>>>
>>> If you are paying an price for Satellite radio, it is too much. We
>>> can get this crap on local FM. I don't know that I would recommend
>>> it until they clean up their act and dump the Juvenile DJ's.
>>>
>> I couldn't agree with you more. It's the same with XM. Both Sirius
>> and XM don't make a profit so why don't they fire all of the DJ's and
>> make an attempt at becoming profitable. I can't think of anyone who
>> actually cares about what the DJ's are jabbering about. Another
>> annoyance you don't mention, but undoubtedly don't like, is the fact
>> that they advertise no commercials on their music channels but I
>> guess that doesn't cover the extensive self promotion of their own
>> channels which becomes quite annoying and time consuming as well.
I consider a commercial to be a 30 second or more break from the music
containing an advertisement for something which has absolutely nothing to do
with the channel whatsoever. Like commercials on FM for example where you
can be listening for 5 minutes and not hear a single song, just ads about
pills that make the DJ's thinner, TV shows on FOX tonight, and how I need to
buy a new car.
> I dunno. I get a kick out of hearing Scott Muni, on of my fav's from the
> east coast in the early 70's.
>
> Some of the anecdotal stuff is interesting, as long as it is kept
> short....
Yes I don't mind that. It has been getting slightly annoying on some Sirius
channels where they decide to talk over EVERY intro of EVERY song. That I
don't like. They used to have a habit of chopping off the ends of songs,
too, although I think they've stopped doing that so much now.
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