Comments on: Sirius gets serious, reshuffles lineup, cuts DJs

At the satellite radio company--should we call it Sirius XM Radio?--big programming changes are starting to shake things up. Are the cost savings impacting you?

[bootchmagoo]

They kept JamOn, (channel 17) and the Grateful Dead Channel (32) and added several others... No complaints here.

Sure, it doesn't sound like CD if you use the FM transmitter. It never did. Suck it up and have it connected to your stereo professionally or use a tape adapter. It still won't sound like CD but it does greatly improve the sound quality.

I am interested to see how the merger plays out. As someone noted above, Sirius has always listened to customer comments about content. I imagine this will continue.

[webaggression]

I already miss Ethel from XM, but I suppose "Alt Nation" will do. U-Pop gone too. :-(

[lauren770]

Sirius Disorder was by far the best channel on Sirius. I may now need to cancel, unless we can convince them otherwise. Not sure how I am going to survive without David Johansen's Mansion of Fun on Friday. And the DJ talk was minimal....and only added to the experience (this coming from someone how dislikes a lot of DJ talk on radio). Please keep us all informed if anything changes or we can hear this type of music selection anywhere else because the Loft is not going to cut it for me. I tried to listen to it this morning but it in no way compares to Disorder.

Why couldn't they just get rid of the Grateful dead channel or Led Zep channel? I mean aren't these arists played on Jam On (Dead) and every other rock station hourly?

[myvinyl333]

Finally another Disorderly voice. My sentiments exactly. As Joni said, You never know.....etc. Disorderly was a blessing. One could appreciate music and intelligent, thought provoking insights. I spent the day trying Spectrum and The Loft. My best to any other Disorderlies who have been sidelined by the merger~
jorge'

[carayogamama]

I am Disorder Lady Cara - and I cannot express how angry and sad I am at the loss of Disorder. The music AND the DJs - they are all great personalities. I'm linked to Ghosty on myspace, and it sounds like he's out of that job! I wanna cry!

The mix of music was the best on any radio station I've ever listened to (and I've lived in NY, NJ, FL, WA and IL). Meg and Ghosty, David Jo, Rick Allison, Vin Scelsa, Larry Kirwan and they Kennedys - they're all fabulous.

What was wrong with Disorder? I listened to the Loft on the way home from work yesterday as was UTTERLY disappointed. Bland. And I tuned in this morning to a b-side cut from 10cc!!! Are you effing kidding me?? a bside from 10cc - that's not eclectic, that's lame.

I'm going to call Sirius right now, been planning to all day, now very motivated. I encourage the rest of you to call as well - be nice, I've always gotten good help from the customer service people there. But we must express our dismay.

I told Ghosty on myspace today that I would follow the gang of DJs wherever they might go, to a new Disorderly paradise, if necessary.

Does anyone know who is still there and who isn't, in re Disorderly djs? SO we can email them directly? I haven't been able to find Megless anywhere on the Sirius website, save the old Disorder pages.

[siriusxmsux]

The Led Zeppelin channel is no longer on channel 12, Sirius says it's supposed to be but it isn't. ( just an indication that they have no idea what is going on). I agree that the first stations that should have gotten the ax are 24/7 Bruce, Dead, Zep and AC/DC. I mean how long can you have one of these stations playing for?

My favorite station, Buzzsaw 19 was relaced by Boneyard (comparable programming), but I will not get to hear it until January because its been "taken over" by 24/7 AC/DC radio. Are you kidding me???????

I have emailed several times to complain and I suggest you do the same if you too are unhappy. But it may just be a matter of time until the whole thing goes belly up.

[KimoTom]

Lady Cara, I saw that Megless is on Sirius Spectrum in the afternoons. I've also emailed her there to see what's up and if there are any plans to possibly bring Disorder back from the dead. This is sad, indeed... it was the only channel with soul... (well, other than the R&B channels!)

[sirhobson]

I'm a Sirius subscriber thats. feel we got very little of XM. Why couldn't we have got The Power (African American) Talk Radio. Obviously there was a little bit of collusion before the merger. Did anyone noticed that the NBA games were no longer on Sirius this year unless you buy them as apart of THE BEST of XM package? How convenient.

[Healeyblue]

Steve,

My main reason for subscribing to Sirius was Disorder. Now that it is gone I have less incentive to renew. Obviously, I am in a minority. IPod on shuffle here we come.

[carayogamama]

I don't think you are. Call Sirius and complain.

[jamoke00]

Bring back Disorder!

Looks like free-form is dead...My subcription expires in December. I will not renew.

This blows chunks!

[peteyboy84]

I've been an XM subscriber for over 2 years now. The only station I listen to is Liquid Metal. Now on my way to work this morning I'm listening to the same station (in name ONLY) and there are TERRIBLE hosts, from the Hard Attack channel on Sirius, and equally terrible music. Thanks a lot! Now I'm definitely canceling my subscription! What a load of crap!

[nyranger74]

Oh people, stop complaining. Cancel your subscriptions and listen to Z-100 or WPLJ.

[OhSoSilkee]

The reshuffling of the lineup is some straight GARBAGE... and of course BOTH of the old-school hiphop stations are gone... RIP Backspin (Sirius) and The Rhyme (XM) ... (but what joy - I have six country stations to choose from - even one completely dedicated to Texas HonkyTonk *extreme eye-roll*)

[tehskwid]

I was a subscriber to XM for the last 4+ years...then they pulled Fungus and replaced it with an all AC/DC channel and did the same over on the Punk channel on Sirius. I called that day and cancelled 4 XM account (2 with XM NaviTraffic). Already received the weak autmated mail response to come back for a discounted rate. F them. They killed XM and all the good music that was played there. The rotations were becoming smaller and smaller with more and more repeats. Way to distance yourself from terrestrial radio.

Goodbye XM...we hardly knew ye. :(

[disorderlady]

Disorder was my favorite, too, and I'm really angry that it's gone. I like a bit of DJ'ing. Johanssen's and Lou Reed's shows were way too talky, but I loved Ghosty and Meg and Larry Kerwin and Rick Allison. It was a good mix and different from other satellite shows. I'll try to reserve judgment but , come on, Bing Crosby and other holiday music already?! Aargh!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrsMonday]

I've had XM for about 5yrs and can't complain. I'd rather stab my ears out than listen to FM any more.
I have a receiver at home hooked into my Bose and can travel with me with its portable speaker, also listen in my Honda while on the way to work or traveling and also listen online at work. I do listen to Opie and Dopie (lol) as one put them, for the entertainment value. But after 9am when they 'walk over' to XM, they do get a little raunchy. So I (used to) switch over to Fred, Ethel, the Boneyard and etc. Thank goodness Ch. 45 is no longer the Starbucks channel! After they switched it from XM Cafe and changed the songs to crappy sappy ones, I found Ethel, Fred and Lucy. But alas, they too are gone.

And they did open ESPN Ch. 140 to Online too so VERY happy about that. Love Mike & Mike in the morning. The normal commute to work/home, I used to get dead air in one area but yesterday I did not nor on my way to work today.
There's good and bad changes but still better than listening to FM. So I'm just going to wait to see how this all pans out.

[Don_Oh]

The biggest disparity I see between the two "Best of" lists is you cannot get MLB channels on Sirius, yet XM get's all "The Best of Sirius"!

Don from VA

[tglopez]

Yay to XM's 80s on 8 for going with Sirius' Big 80s and its MTV VJs. Yay for also keeping Casey Kasem and Rick Dees on the weekends.

HOWEVER, how horrible that 1st Wave replaces Fred. Unless the company can guarantee that it will expand 1st Wave's catalog with time...this is going to be a major bone of contention.

BTW -- does anyone know if Richard Blade still spins for 1st wave?

[mansionoffun]

What happened to sirius disorder??? Boy did they make a mistake. Friday nights will never be the same without Mansion of Fun. Don't know where to tune to for the range of music that we are used to. I don't want to listen to one type of music... even started to enjoy Vince. If they don't come up with something close to disorder I won't renew. Didn't seem to be any warning they disappeared over night. If any XM listeners know of anything comparable I would appreciate the channel.

I'm pleased to see there are a lot of Disorderlies here. Maybe Sirius can be convinced to change their decision.
I expect this was a bottom line decision (DJ salaries vs. robot DJs) - but maybe they didn't factor in mass defections.

BTW mansionoffun, it's Vin (Scelsa), not Vince.

His show is why I subscribed. I came to Sirius the same day he announced he was joining.

[ronnopiano]

I'm definitely going to miss The Vault as well.

Change is difficult.

[TTyrr]

This is ludicrous--they are cutting Sirius Disorder, the very heart and soul of their business, the one last refuge for free-thinking, educated DJ's and radio programming, and the very reason I subscribe. I'm writing them to let them know that I and others I know are cancelling their membership as a result, and I encourage others to do the same.

[lesinnh]

I agree 100%!

[bottle12am]

Haven't seen anyone else complain about this, but I liked to puke when I heard 'RAW DOG' today instead of XM Comedy. Hated the 'Funny in the Morning' tag where the name of the performer should have been. I want my Sonny Fox!

And now I'm reading about the death of Fred. Unless my kids do some serious begging to keep it alive for the sake of the Disney Channel and XM KIDS (which I am assuming is dead in the water), I am out. $40 every three months can buy a whole lotta iTunes.

[the46zone]

What are you talking about ?

"Oh, anybody know if Howard Stern still has any stock? He was such a big booster of Sirius, wasn't he?"

He help take Sirius from 600,000 subcribers to 2 million. Seems to have helped there. And that does not count the additional radios people buy or the advertising money he brings in. Perhaps we should know what we talk about before we write an article. Or is that not CNet's style.

[joevai52]

For those who just want music, you could check into the Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player. I haven't tried one, but I recently started using the Slacker web player quite often, and it's great. It's a great place to hear music you like and to find artists that are new to you.

I thought about signing up for XM or Sirus for a long time; now I'm glad I didn't buy into it