Sirius vs. xm progressive stations - commercials?

[wildflowergardener]

Hi. I have xm satellite radio now. I've been thinking of switching to Sirius, partly because they have two left stations. I am wondering what Sirius does in the commercial breaks. For some reason the parts on xm really annoy me - partly because there is not enough variety and I end up hearing the same thing over and over.

For those of you, who have tried both - which do you like better?

[otohara]

1. I Love Sirius,

especially the Disorder channel - David Johanson has a show on Friday. This channel plays everything from Miles Davis to Modest Mouse.

No commercials

[tx_dem41]

3. David Johanson's show on Friday (Mansion of Fun) is

excellent, as well as Vin Scelsa's Sunday night show on Disorder. Disorder is my favorite station on Sirius, although I'm also a big fan of Symphony Hall and Left of Center.

[TrueAmerican]

2. I got XM before

Siruis signed up with Air America Radio.

Than Siruis got two left stations and XM has Alan Colmes on at night.

So I was somewhat pist. But now that XM has added MLB to their lineup, I'm going to stick with them.

[tx_dem41]

4. Sirius has the whole AAR lineup...

as well as a second Sirius Left talk channel. Alan Colmes is on at night on that channel. I actually don't mind him on that show, he comes across as actually having a spine on the radio.

As for commercial breaks on the talk channels, yep, they are there because almost all the shows are also played on terrestrial radio where there have to be commercial breaks. And, yes, there is a lot of repetition during these breaks. The nice thing that I have noticed is that the two left talk channels don't go to commercial breaks at the same time usually, so you can easily flip back and forth.

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[Gabi Hayes]

6. they do, and they're AMAZINGLY annoying

AAR has ads for SAM's CLUB!

anybody else have trouble with signal cutout on a VERY frequent basis?

this is at home

Sirius comedy on two channels has some excellent stuff: lots of bill hicks, pryor, lewis black, and the david cross snip I threaded just now:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3182593

[tx_dem41]

8. I don't have any signal cutout problems with Sirius.

Luckily, I live near downtown Dallas and am blessed with being located near a ground repeater.

[Claire Beth]

7. Love my Sirius.....

but can't speak for XM because I have not had it.

[dogman]

9. I have both.

I had XM Roady in work truck. My new car came with Sirius. When my son-in-law wanted sattelite I recomended Sirius. Time will tell which survives, maybe both.

[biscotti]

10. Sirius definitely

[Maat]

11. Sirius definitely.

Like being able to switch between Sirius Left (Hartmann, Schultz, Young Turks) and Air America (Majority Report, Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy).

And I agree - I can switch back and forth and avoid commercials.

I haven't had trouble with interruption.

I get Sirius through my DISH network TV (the music).

They have NFL.