Satellite radio is exactly like cable TV. That is, somebody starts up a 
programming production operation and then tries to sell it to Sirius or XM. 
They (well, XM, anyway) also take purely commercial offerings--XM carries 
WLW out of Cincinnati, NASCAR's Motor Racing Network, and a ton of other 
stuff that you can also find on local commercial stations. The saving grace, 
of course, is that they also produce a lot of their own music shows like the 
fifties channel, bluegrass channel, etc. However, since neither XM nor 
Sirius is making a nickel in profit, the commercial boys aren't exactly 
going to get rich by syndicating through them. I think, though, that if/when 
satellite radio ever does become truly profitable, they'll do more and more 
of their own program production and will depend less on commercial 
sources--this seems to have been the way it worked with cable television.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: Clear channel


Who runs sattellite radio?  I.E. where does the programming originate
from?  If the megas are trying  to get hold of that that is just a way of
making us all pay in the back door for it and the rich folks who own them.