I don't know about Sirius...but that article on Wired is such a load of shit.

I was at NAB Radio 2002 in Seattle last month. They are blind to satellite radio - and try to ignore it. All this talk about digital radio bringing them into the game with satellite radio is wrong.

Hey guys...it's not so much the "digitalness" of satellite that beats your ass...its the CONTENT! Last night on my drive home I heard Xymox. When have you EVER heard them on a non-college station? Oh wait...that would be....NEVER.

IBOC, digital terrestrial (sp?), whatever you want to call it, will NOT give broadcast stations any edge. They STILL have way too many commercials, they STILL play the same old crap. They STILL have DJ's that don't know when to shut up. They STILL have lame morning shows. They STILL have to adhere to the FCC's seven words.

Washington DC is the #8 metro market (at least for television). And what radio do we have?

WAMU - NPR (American University)
WETA - NPR
WARW Classic Rock - Infinity Broadcasting
WPGC Urban - Infinity Broadcasting
WASH Adult contemporary - Clear Channel
WMZQ Country - Clear Channel
WHFS Alternative - Infinity Broadcasting
DC101 rock - Clear Channel
104.1 top 40 - Bonneville

Notice a pattern here? And on which of these channels am I going to hear Elvis Costello? Oh wait...none. I can hear him on 3 or 4 channels on XM.
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