Currently XM has the best trucking channel and information. The best personalities and variety. To me the music channels have a much beter variety, and news channels. IF you are into baseball, hockey, and college football, then XM would be your choice.

Sirius has NFL and currently NASCAR, Howard Stearn Oprah if you are into that.

Currently there is a proposed merger of the two companies, as Siruis is in serious financial trouble. The FCC has the final say on this! XM's press release stated that if the merger is completed, the best of the channels from both services will be available across both formats. Duplicated channels will be eliminated and some new channels will be added. XM has issued a guarantee that current rates will not change for either service.

So basically, make your choice now based on what is important to you now, and the system will take care of itself if the merger is completed.

I have personally had both systems, Sirius only lasted for 2 weeks in my truck, as the programming was not to my liking. Even though I miss allot of my NASCAR races, currently on Sirius.

Good luck on your decision!

 

I think I will stick to my Sirius radio. I am a NFL junkie and Sirius is the one that carries that for now. As for the other things like hockey, baseball and such......I just don't care for them. Thanks for all your replies.

 

XM channel 150 they play 3-5 minute excerpts from all comedians throught the past 30 years. Late at night I am driving the semi and holding my stomach from laughing so hard.

 

I have both, but I find myself listening to XM way more. Personally, I think the talk radio on XM is better.