Re: [IRCA] Poll on satellite radio acceptance.

["W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick,

Like you, I get a bunch of music channels, but on my cable rather than 
satellite dish.  Only of use in the house though.  I rarely listen to it.

In the past I listened to baseball I couldn't otherwise hear, via the 
Internet and still do.  Every game is available for what I consider a small 
fee for the season, but again confined to the house -- although I guess if 
you had an elaborate mobile computing arrangement it might be possible to 
break free of the wires.

If I could listen to a game on a local broadcast outlet, that would be my 
preference because it is the most convenient.  Since my team is not the 
home town one though, that option is not available.

What convinced me to buy XM Satellite service was the availability of 
baseball and the announcement of the portable XM receivers.  I could now 
take baseball with me just as I might with an AM portable radio, with the 
advantage of not being limited as to teams that could be followed.  Clearly 
more expensive than an AM radio, and with a subscription fee, but with a 
far broader reach in return.  Now that I have it, I find other content I 
enjoy that is not otherwise available.

This was the justification for me.  I expect others were similarly 
motivated, though likely not a major percentage of all XM subscribers, and 
no doubt a minute percentage of baseball fans.  Of no interest to me, but 
obviously considered a big draw by Sirius, Howard Stern (I think that's the 
guy) is another reason some people will subscribe.  Mobile music without 
the need to download or record is likely a major draw.

If the content on satellite is not unique enough for an individual, then 
the alternatives are always there and they'll not be satellite 
subscribers.  In every instance it is the content that attracts 
subscribers, as I see it, not the sound quality or other technological 
issues -- so long as there are not major impediments in the technology.

As a mobile medium, considering what people must be paying in cell phone 
charges, satellite radio is almost free, and more expansive than all the 
local AM and FM outlets combined.

And as I always add, IMHO.

Curt



At 06:16 PM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
>Curt,
>
>In my case, I have satellite radio with the Dish Network and also with
>my Big Dish. Not in the car though. The Dish Network has Sirius's music
>channels, plus there are zillions of music channels and radio stations
>on satellite in different digital formats. I would not pay for it
>separately either. If I want music, I just record it and play it in the
>van which I do often anyway, especially when I travel.
>
>73,
>
>Patrick
>
>Patrick Martin
>Seaside  OR
>KAVT Reception Manager
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