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Actually, this isn't accurate. I don't actually hate XM radio, but I'll admit, it can get under my skin sometimes. Let me explain.
in early 2010, I bought a brand new Chevy Cobalt. This Cobalt came with a free year's subscription to XM radio. I enjoyed that free year, listening to it fairly often in the car. When the free year was up, I didn't get a paid subscription.
Several months after that free trial ended, I started getting these notices in the mail from XM. They were offering me a five month subscription for $25. I think it's usually about $12.00 a month, or something like that, so this was a pretty good deal. After I got a few offers for this in the mail, I thought, what they heck, and I bought my five months for $25.
XM gives you access to a pretty big selection of radio stations. Almost anything you want, they have. There are several news stations, several talk radio stations, some comedy stations, lots of different music stations. However, I've found that this makes XM subject to the same fate as a cable TV subscription: you have access to over 100 channels, but can't find anything you want to watch (or listen to, as is the case with XM).
For example, XM has several stations dedicated to decades. They have a fifties station, a sixties station, and so on. Basically, there's a station for every decade from the forties to the nineties (not sure if there is a 30s station or not). I try to listen to the 90s station, since, after all, that was my "coming of age" decade. I swear, though, they will pick the absolute worst songs from the 90s to play on that station. On top of that, to listen to that 90s station, you would think that people in the 90s rarely listened to anything other than rap, R&B, or dance music. The 70s station is even worse. Now, I know there was good music made back in the 70s, but they'll pick the most irritating songs from that decade to play (they do whenever I tune in, anyway).
It's not all bad, though. There is this one XM channel that is a station out of New York, and I usually enjoy it. Plus, it's still better than the local stations where I'll often have to hear six minutes of commercials before I hear any music. Still, it really is a lot like cable: lots of channels, but very little on that I'm interested in.
Maybe having less really is better sometimes.
in early 2010, I bought a brand new Chevy Cobalt. This Cobalt came with a free year's subscription to XM radio. I enjoyed that free year, listening to it fairly often in the car. When the free year was up, I didn't get a paid subscription.
Several months after that free trial ended, I started getting these notices in the mail from XM. They were offering me a five month subscription for $25. I think it's usually about $12.00 a month, or something like that, so this was a pretty good deal. After I got a few offers for this in the mail, I thought, what they heck, and I bought my five months for $25.
XM gives you access to a pretty big selection of radio stations. Almost anything you want, they have. There are several news stations, several talk radio stations, some comedy stations, lots of different music stations. However, I've found that this makes XM subject to the same fate as a cable TV subscription: you have access to over 100 channels, but can't find anything you want to watch (or listen to, as is the case with XM).
For example, XM has several stations dedicated to decades. They have a fifties station, a sixties station, and so on. Basically, there's a station for every decade from the forties to the nineties (not sure if there is a 30s station or not). I try to listen to the 90s station, since, after all, that was my "coming of age" decade. I swear, though, they will pick the absolute worst songs from the 90s to play on that station. On top of that, to listen to that 90s station, you would think that people in the 90s rarely listened to anything other than rap, R&B, or dance music. The 70s station is even worse. Now, I know there was good music made back in the 70s, but they'll pick the most irritating songs from that decade to play (they do whenever I tune in, anyway).
It's not all bad, though. There is this one XM channel that is a station out of New York, and I usually enjoy it. Plus, it's still better than the local stations where I'll often have to hear six minutes of commercials before I hear any music. Still, it really is a lot like cable: lots of channels, but very little on that I'm interested in.
Maybe having less really is better sometimes.
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