I'm the only one to cancel my XM Radio because Mike Malloy was dropped?

[tencats]

The XM girl said I was the first customer she had that complained about AAR dropping Mike Malloy.
She advised me to call AAR to protest and gave me their snail mail and phone contacts. Of course all XM customer service is outsourced, in this case their offices are in Jamaica. They were very nice to talk to and said they were very very sorry about the changes at AAR. Although I stressed how angry I was with AAR and wanted to stop receiving XM radio, they insisted that I take 90 days of free service and then if I can find that I can tolerate XM radio programing they will offer me a lower cost service then I had previously. So OK, I mad as hell about Mike being fired but I'll suffer the free XM service for the 90 days and by then maybe MM will be back on the radio somewhere.
I want my Mike Malloy program back!

[William769]

1. Ok call me stupid.

What does XM have to do with this?

[ronnykmarshall]

21. EVERYTHING!!!!!!

They just DO!!!!!

They do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, DOOOOOOO!!!

Can't you see the doo-doo??

[MADem]

2. That's like boycotting a grocery store because your favorite cereal

had been discontinued by the manufacturer.

Or blaming your cable company because HBO stopped producing Six Feet Under.

What does the CARRIER have to do with programming? Nothing. That's probably why you were the first one. You shot at the wrong target.

[F.Gordon]

5. My cable company stopped "Six Feet Under"???

:wtf:

Those... bastards. Next you're going to tell me they cut Carnivale. On the phone to Dish as I type this....

[MADem]

Give 'em a good piece of your mind!!!!!!

:rofl:

[pstokely]

31. The carrier can influence programming from its suppliers

[MADem]

32. Not if there aren't any sponsors to pay the bill

And it's unlikely in the extreme that the carrier would charitably foot the expenses, unless some rich Democrat owned the carrier.

It's all about the money. Malloy's replacement is a freebie. She brings her own sponsors, so AAR doesn't even have to PAY her.

[waldnorm]

3. How About. . .

Suggesting XM pick up Malloy? They've done so with Bob Edwards and Opie and Anthony and other DJ's who were dumped by networks or NPR, etc. There's other talk radio stations on XM. I've read on another board that someone's already contacted them to see if Malloy can be added to High Voltage (Channel 202), but there's other slots. I can also see Sirius making efforts, too, if they're smart.

[bowens43]

4. Yes, you're probably the only one.

[skooooo]

6. yes

[Ksec]

7. Ive stuck with FM

Its free and easy.

[wicket]

20. True, but some of us would rather have commercial-free radio

For a small monthly fee. Not to mention uncensored since the FCC can't touch it.

[ronnykmarshall]

22. That's my motto ...

'free and easy'.

[calico1]

8. How is that effective?

He was let go by AAR, no? If a company stopped making your favorite cereal or cookie, would you boycott the supermarket you shop in to protest? :eyes:

I personally don't like any radio personality so much as to think of boycotting a whole station in protest. I just can't see myself hanging on any one person's opinion or being that dependent. That seems too much like what Limbaugh and Hannity fans do. But if I did, it would be the station I would target, not XM radio.

[bbgrunt]

9. well, I'm waiting to see if he is picked up by highvoltage--

I wrote and told them that the ONLY reason I have XM is because of Malloy. So if they want to keep me as a customer they had better snatch him up.

[ET Awful]

10. Why would I drop XM for something AAR did?

XM didn't make the choice, they had nothing to do with it.

That's like disconnecting cable because Fox cancelled Arrested Development.

[tencats]

18. This will be hard for you and the others here to imagine.

Its just me.
I for one very much enjoyed and appreciated having had the access to the Mike Malloy progressive talk radio program. When AAR contracted with XM to broadcast their program content I was very pleased to sign up with XM so that I could get just that one 3 hr of day of Malloy. Thats 3 hours a day that had value to me. No Malloy then no XM for me. Malloy is very special human being and a real fine one in my humble opinion. XM customer service asks why you want to cancel their service when cancellation of service is requested. I told them and asked them if I was the first. So whats your problem? I think that a few here will read my original post and get it or maybe not.

[ET Awful]

25. Once again, cancelling XM because of the actions of AAR is like

cancelling cable because of the actions of Fox, it accomplishes nothing.

You're attacking a target with no real relation to the problem you're complaining of.

[SoCalDem]

34. true..BUT if you only GOT cable to see AD, it might make sense to

drop cable :)

[ET Awful]

35. But I wouldn't blame the cable carrier for a single networks actions. n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. You got 90 days free plus a discount? I may misdirect some anger myself.

[Sherman A1]

12. Sounds like

cutting off your nose to spite your face, but it could just be my opinion.

[Peace Patriot]

13. Yup, wrong target. Here's my email to High Voltage/XM, and to AAR

management.

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To: [e-mail]
Subject line: Air America Radio's firing of Mike Malloy

Dear XM and High Voltage:

Below is my letter to Air America Radio about their stupid firing of Mike Malloy. I got an XM subscription for life in large part to have access to the Mike Malloy Show, and several other AAR offerings that AAR has now axed, or cut back (the Randi Rhodes Show, cut back; the Majority Report with Sam Seder, also axed). A huge listeners’ movement on the blogs is trying to get AAR’s foolish management to change its decision on Mike Malloy. (There was also a big movement in support of Sam Seder, which succeeded in keeping him on the air on another show.) If we fail to move AAR’s management on Mike Malloy, I think AAR will lose half its listeners. He is the best political commentator and talk show host in all of radio. AAR seems to be opting for political pablum and boring talk shows (Al Franken, Jerry Springer). If we, the listeners, can’t turn this clueless AAR management around, I urge you to find some other way to put Mike Malloy back on the air.

Satellite radio is one of the few hopes our country has for open political dialogue—the linchpin of our democracy. If the few leftist radio shows push political pablum, then we will have a baby food democracy. I appeal to your patriotism, as well as to your commercial prospects! Keep the Mike Malloy Show on the air.

XXXXX
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To:
Subject line: The death of AAR? Put Mike Malloy back on the air!
Dear AAR:

Mike Malloy was the VERY BEST host on AAR! His rightful anger at the Bush Crime Family never caused him to be impolite to a caller. His great intelligence and knowledge of current events never caused him to look down on anyone. His passion for democracy was palpable and tremendously inspiring. He was the best of AAR, the best of radio anywhere at any time, and the best of the political left.

So, goodbye, AAR! You’ve lost me as a listener. I’ll miss Randi, Sam and RFK, Jr. That’s about it. I’ve been with you FROM THE BEGINNING, and I’ve seen you steadily erode AAR programming as a creditable and influential force in leftist (majorityist) politics. You buried Mike in off hours. Now you’ve axed him. Randi and Sam are the other good regulars. You killed Sam’s show, and cut Randi’s hours back. I don’t know what you’ve done with “Ring of Fire,” but it wouldn’t surprise me to see that gone, too. Anything good, anything hot, anything truthful and hard-hitting—going, going, gone.

And you hand endless hours of air time to the flabby-brained, boring, uninformed Al Franken and Jerry Springer. Yesterday on the Al Franken Show, I heard some asshole Franken substitute pushing Christopher (“Diebold”) Dodd for president, and letting Dodd go on and on and on in a blathering, self-promoting interview. This is the man who brought us TRADE SECRET, PROPRIETARY vote “tabulation” by Bushite corporations-- Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia--in collusion with Tom Delay and Bob Ney, the biggest crooks in Congress! This is a man who helped destroy our democracy in 2004, being shamelessly touted by ignorant or collusive hosts in the mode of Bob Woodward peeing on Bush’s pantleg in his excitement at being close to the powerful.

This sickening corporate tripe is a disservice to the nation. AAR was once the hope of many for restoring democracy and balance among corporate news monopolies who have gone fascist. Apparently, AAR’s management doesn’t have the spine for that. For a time, your best hosts, led by Mike Malloy, inspired a new decade of leftist (majorityist) politics. Perhaps that’s all we could expect in BushWorld, which inevitably fouls everything it touches with death, torture, thievery, lawlessness and lies.

Goodbye AAR. Good night and good luck.

XXXXX

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Initial message to: [e-mail]

Subject line: Put Mike Malloy back on the air!

AAR, I am outraged by your decision to fire Mike Malloy. He is the VERY BEST commentator and talk show host on AAR! THE VERY BEST! I am a regular listener on XM sat radio. But I will be a listener no more if you don’t rescind this terrible decision.

XXXXX

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Best AAR tel. # to call (according to Mike himself): 212-871-8290

[bbgrunt]

23. righteous!! nt

[choie]

14. I don't get the responses to this.

Like the OP, I bought XM in order to listen to MIKE MALLOY on AAR. (The local radio affiliate in NYC never played the full three hours, and eventually they substituted the show with the crappy "Satellite Sisters" show.) I plan on cancelling XM as well, since I really don't listen to anything else and don't plan on paying a monthly fee just for the hell of it. Why shouldn't people like us inform XM of the reason we're cancelling? I'll certainly be mentioning that if Mike shows up on another XM channel, I'll resubscribe in an instant.

It's not a "boycott" -- it's a financial decision.

[patrioticliberal]

15. yep

[MADem]

17. Uh, XM did not cancel him. They had NO CONTROL over the decision.

They had NOTHING TO DO with it.

That's why the responses are all :wtf: The OP "BLAMES" XM for the decision. The OP called them up and gave them a piece of his/her mind.

Now, if your local grocer stops carrying that cereal you liked because Kellogg's stopped making it, and the only reason you went to the store was to BUY said cereal, well, it makes sense to stop going there...but no need to shout invective at the grocer because Kellogg's stopped making the product. You simply tell the grocer, nicely, that he doesn't carry the one item you wanted to buy.

[Rosco T.]

27. Ever tried listening to some of their other channels on XM???

Like BBC World Service (you get that on local radio right?)

or Left Jab (that's on local radio right?)

or The Agenda (very left, progressive, XM exclusive.. oops?)

or any of the shows on XMPR (the best of Public Radio... Bob Edwards is a treasure).

or .. or .. or ...

Even without Malloy, XM has more LEFT/PROGRESSIVE content than your local radio will ever have. Period.

[negativenihil]

16. You sure are.

As i've said in countless other threads - "you can pry my XM from my cold dead hands"

Yes it sucks AAR dumped Malloy (he was one of my favorites on AAR), however i don't feel this should refelct baddly on XM. There is far too much good content on XM to dump it IMO. Anyway, all this will mean is i'll listen to AAR far less and music even more.

[PresidentWar]

19. Good, throw the baby out with the bathwater.

This sort of circular firing squad the Left does all the time is EXACTLY what the reichnuts hope for. Thanks alot for helping them out. sheeesh.

[aquaman]

24. I had XM long before Air America came on board....

No way in Hell will I cancel, I love XM.

[Rosco T.]

26. Because.. it's stupid???

XM had ZERO TO DO WITH THIS DECISION.

Get that thru everyone's head.

XM had ZERO TO DO WITH THIS DECISION.

You're gonna feel might foolish if Mike resurfaces on XM.

[Maat]

28. I hope that Mike resurfaces on XM!

I sent that email to HighVoltage!

[Lex]

29. I didn't cancel my XM because I didn't get XM for Mike Malloy anyway and

because in my own personal opinion, the benefits of still having Air America and listening to the shows I actually enjoy outweigh cancelling my subscription.

Besides, someone on here was saying there might be another show/channel on XM that Malloy might fit into anyway.

[pstokely]

30. don't drop yet, maybe XM will pick up Mike Malloy

[mvd]

33. I'm waiting

If XM picks him up, I'll just listen to Malloy and not who they have at the same time on Air America. The music is enough for me to keep XM, unless Mike goes to Sirius. Then, I will switch to Sirius.