[Fredog]

Originally Posted by Bumper

I hope they dont merge......

why? if they merge and keep the best channels of both,, what would be wrong with that?

[Bumper]

Because there wasnt any part of Sirius that I would want to see on XM.

Plus I dont want my hard earned money to support that bloated Howard Sterns 100M a year contract!

[rigidsporty]

XM 150... not sure about a trucking station but it damn sure hepled passed the time!

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by Bumper

Because there wasnt any part of Sirius that I would want to see on XM.

Plus I dont want my hard earned money to support that bloated Howard Sterns 100M a year contract!

Howard has already brought in more than enough subscribers to pay for his contract. Sirius has lot of great stuff and so does xm anyway, both companies say all the talk about a merger is just bullshit.

[ben45750]

Originally Posted by Bumper

both companies say all the talk about a merger is just bullshit.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/news...ion=2007011016
Actually Sirius would welcome the merger.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio told investors Wednesday that he would be open to a combination with his company's top rival, XM Satellite Radio.

Mel Karmazin, speaking at Citigroup's annual entertainment, media and telecommunications conference in Las Vegas, said that a merger between Sirius (Charts) and XM (Charts) could be in the best interests of both companies.

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by ben45750

http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/news...ion=2007011016
Actually Sirius would welcome the merger.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio told investors Wednesday that he would be open to a combination with his company's top rival, XM Satellite Radio.

Mel Karmazin, speaking at Citigroup's annual entertainment, media and telecommunications conference in Las Vegas, said that a merger between Sirius (Charts) and XM (Charts) could be in the best interests of both companies.

yes, he said he would be open to the idea , but the papers have the deal done, they announced again yesterday that the deal had been made, both companies denied it, it's mostly coming from regular radio because they know they are in big trouble and they need to make satellite radio look bad. whichever one you subscribe to, you have to admit that it's a hell of a lot better than regular radio. By the way Howard got an 89 million dollar bonus because the deal called for 3.5 million subscribers by jan 2007 and instead they are up to 6 million, I guess you are glad you didnt pay any of that.

[ben45750]

I saw he got that bonus........ personally I think a merge would be great. I had Sirius before Hoo Hoo came, they have some good music channels and some others i liked.

The best thing about the merge would be that they would have a combined total of about 14 million subscribers and Howard would still probably only have 1 million and O&A (202 XM's top channel) would have 4 Million or "maybe more than that jimmy"

[Fredog]

Originally Posted by ben45750

I saw he got that bonus........ personally I think a merge would be great. I had Sirius before Hoo Hoo came, they have some good music channels and some others i liked.

The best thing about the merge would be that they would have a combined total of about 14 million subscribers and Howard would still probably only have 1 million and O&A (202 XM's top channel) would have 4 Million or "maybe more than that jimmy"

I don't really care how many subscribers they have or who listens to what, they both have better stuff than any free station Will ever have, you will never know how many signed up for what particular show unless you personally conduct a poll, they are all going to say they have the most listeners, anyway, who cares? I like Howard better, but if he leaves I can still hear the same basic show by listening to O&A. And if they leave, there is always Ron and Fez.