Comments on: Report: Sirius Radio prepares bankruptcy filing

Satellite radio company faces debt crisis, and bankruptcy may force EchoStar to acquire the company, according to The New York Times.

[chuck_whealton]

I'm sorry, but I just don't see why people would bother. Why waste dollars on satellite radio when you can get plenty of music for free, over the air waves. Now they've got HD radio.

Plus, how much did they pay Howard Stern? The guy isn't even funny. Certainly not worth millions of dollars.

They asked for this themselves and it looks like they got it.

[andychops]

HD radio just means you get the same old crap in better quality! Commercials in digital, whoooooo! To compare satellite radio to terrestrial is no contest, and anybody who makes the argument for terrestrial radio has obviously never had satellite. And besides the commercials, who the hell wants to listen to some DJ stroke the ego of some up-and-coming local band for an hour?!? Not to mention replays of the SAME OLD CRAP, YEAR AFTER YEAR. Don't these program managers listen to their own stations??

Now, I'm probably in a better situation than most Sirius XM subscribers, I jumped on board when I heard about a short-lived unadvertised deal where you could get a lifetime subscription for only $399. So obviously, no monthly fees for me (well I pay $2.99/mo for the "premium" internet radio - but I don't need it). I do take issue with some of the other comments about DJs blabbering nonsense, but all-in-all it's still a superior alternative to terrestrial. Altthough, with high-speed internet availability getting better and better, services like Pandora make it tougher for satellite to compete.