I love my XM and hear almost no commercials at all...maybe one every hour or two? At the time I subscribed Sirius wasn't even working and Pioneer was partnered with them. Pioneer was the only company to offer satellite radio AND an in-dash CD changer package, plus I know from experience that their car audio is some of the best made. So I went with it and I'm happy. That was two years ago! Would I like Sirius better? I dunno, but if I can't get it on my Pioneer system it doesn't matter.

As far as the Clear Channel thing goes, I just don't know. All I know about Clear Channel is that they are HUGE and own a lot of radio stations and such. I also know that quite a few people don't like them, but I don't know why; nor do I really care. I don't have time to go on Witch Hunts or worry about who's sleeping with who. I suspect it's mostly people who are jealous of what they've accomplished or a select group of people who don't approve of their views? Kinda like FORD owners vs. Chevy owners. Or maybe they are the same type of people who like to read the trash magazines or care about what celebrity is marrying who or who's wearing what. Whatever, as long as my XM works I don't care, and it works great!

I just thought of another way to look at it. The people who brought us the Encore and Alliance are in control of Nissan, but we all bought Xterras. Hell, 2 months before I saw an Xterra I had sworn I would never buy and SUV OR a Nissan. But I did it and I don't regret it.

BTW, I finally saw a Delphi unit just a few weeks ago when I was out shopping. Pretty neat deal! I am also seriously considering the XM PCR for my computer...looks pretty sweet.