Re: [Swprograms] OT: Satellite Radio market share < 0.5% of listening audieenc

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

But for both Sirus and XM, the top 20 cities do get traffic
reports...roughly every 5 mintes.  With Sirius, there are 10
narrow-bandwidth phone line-quality "channels" that alternate two
cities... e.g. Philadelphia and NYC, Baltimore and Washington.

80 over-the-air stations?  Perhaps 3/4 of them are one of eight or 9
format alternatives.  There may be only 15 or so legitimate format
choices.

I particularly enjoy the lack of commercials, reduction of inane host
banter, and access to several cerebral alternatives including the
BBCWS, WRN, and PRI.

I am not rural -- actually fringe suburban to Philly and NYC, and in
the Lehigh Valley market...but your hypothesis, Joe, regarding the
geographic distribution is an interesting one.

Rich Cuff 

On 5/17/05, Joseph Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> That could well be the case.  In metro areas people want their local traffic reports.  In rural areas ther is no traffic, only 5 stations broadcasting more or less the same thing.  In metro areas listeners have as much as 80 stations between AM and FM here on the Atlantic Coast.  Why pay for more?  Rural listeners would seem to me to be the most deprived and, therefore, the most apt to go for pay radio.
>

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