I was at a friend of mine's house with digital cable and he has to pay an
extra $5 a month for music chanels, but he has quite a variety.  I liked
it, but you'd think that would be a basic with all the ads promoting
digital cable, it is hard to tel what is premium from basic.





On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Butch Bussen wrote:

> Speaking of music--I know not ham related, but what can I say.  Anyhow, I
> have direct tv and they use to have a good oldies station on 825.  It ws
> all music, no talking, no commercials.  They have since done away with
> these or their own channels and I think they have xm.  Only oldies they
> have is a channel with a dj.  I'd rather just have music.  I would guess
> it is their own service, but I was in i h o p the other day and they were
> playing some really nice oldies.  Also DISH, as I recall, had a good
> oldies channel, not sure if they still do or not.
>
> And speaking of clear channel, they own over half the stations here in
> Vegas.  They changed the format of the only oldies station in town and now
> call it a party dance station or some such.  It really sucks.  I don't
> know who did the market research on that one, but I know a lot of people
> who use to listen to that station.  I didn't particularly like their
> morning show, but there was a couple who moved from Kansas City a little
> over a year ago.  They came to work one morning a month or so ago and were
> told they nno longer have a job.  I feel sory for them, just put their
> kids in school, and who knows what incentives clear channel used to get
> them to move here.
> 73s
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
>