Well, faced with the choice between that and bankruptcy, which way do you 
think it will go.  Unless they've already dug themselves such a deep hole 
that it is only a matter of time, I think they will follow the example of 
American radio and go commercial.  For the coverage area that they have, 
can you imagine what the rate cards would look like for a 30 second spot?

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 10:02 AM 11/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>they put commercials on the music channels, there goes the rest of the
>subscribers. I wouldn't stick around, the only thing I like other than the
>music and nascar channel is the old time radio shows channel and if they
>take the one from Sirius when they combine the system, my listening time
>will be cut by 90% anyway. I've thought about putting up a site with old
>time radio shows playing around the clock but really don't have the knowhow,
>interest, and I have way too many computers and uses for all of them as it
>is.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:50 AM
>Subject: Re: satolite radio
>
>
> > Sounds like maybe it's time to sell advertisements.  That seems to be the
> > only way that commercial radio makes it in the long haul--subscriptions
> > along just do not generate enough revenue.  I've seen that time and time
> > again.  Ok, all you satellite commercial free listeners let out a
> > collective groan on the count of three.
> >
> > one, two, three!  GROAN <grin>
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> > At 07:07 AM 11/26/2008 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Potential subscribers should be cautious.  Sirius/XM has billions of
> >>dollars of debt and needs to add lots of new subscribers before they
> >>make a profit.  I see that their stock price has gone from $4 down to
> >>under 15 cents a share.
> >>
> >>
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