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?

[ktklein]

What happened on the 80's station? It used to be Big 80s w/all of the original surviving MTV VJ's and now it's 8 on 80's and they're gone. What gives? That was my favorite station!!!

[orange1peel]

The clowns at the top running this debacle have salaries that range in the millions. That is not counting the millions that they continue to rip the stockholders. They should be fined in the millions and spend a lot of time in prison. If they all gave up two years of salary to help out this company that would be a start in the right direction. But as always with govenment and ALL companies greed is the watchword. Does the IRS tax the money ripped off...probably not.

[spincraft]

RE: XM merger - Bad news!! Half of my presets are gone, forever. I was on the $12.95 per month plan with discount for annual payment. So, I downgraded to the Mostly Music plan @ $9.95 per month with no discounts. I was not told that I would lose my online listener account !!
I used the online account to tryout new stations. Can't do that anymore.
It looks like I will cancel at the end of my contract. Its too bad since I spent big $$ for a custom installed system in my car. I'm looking at other options now.

[paintjay]

I was suspicious of this merger with XM and Sirius from the get-go... now I know I was right.
I always considered Sirius Disorder to be the flagship or (one of the hubs) of the Sirius Satellite radio.
The reason I think was that there was always a DJ personality spinning the songs- and you could tell as a listener that they were free to play what they wanted.l As a listener, we were along for the ride when Ghosty, or Meg Griffin, or Larry Kirwin and the rest of these talented DJ's and avid music fans
were in charge... That is alot different than "The Loft", which seems to be programmed from a computer and seems to be designed to not offend, and sooth with boring songs!.... The yahoos in charge don't seem to understand what this format was all about- as a listener and fan, I listened because it
was something I couldn't find on radio.... now, I'm not sure this is any better than spinning my own
tunes on my ipod. I will likely cancel as my subscription is up this month.... I've been a huge fan of Sirius for about 3 years now- to be told that my favorite channel is gone and replaced with a lame format like "The Loft" is hard for me to get over.

[evannave]

Did anyone see this in Rolling Stone? Damn it made me angry:

The company claims that the programming decisions were largely not made with financial considerations in mind ? and that the haters are outnumbered by the silent majority of happy listeners. "There are people who didn't like the Beatles or Elvis when they came out," says Sirius' Greenstein. "There were de minimis complaints, I mean minor. The ones that did complain were loud and had a lot of time on their hands to do it." Presumably because they weren't listening to the radio.

"a lot of time on their hands"
"people who didn't like the Beatles or Elvis"

I have three jobs and I love Sirius Disorder, but that little email I sent as a three radio subscriber suddenly renders me out of touch and a slacker!! How arrogant and insulting!! Way to go Sirius, you just insulted one of your strongest advocates and supporters. Salt in the wound.

[99mustangcobra]

I hate the new lineup! I use to listen to Buzzsaw now it is just AC/DC ( which I do like but not 24/7) and the New Country now has talk in the afternoon. If I wanted to listen to talk I would save myself a monthly subscription and listen to the regular radio! My husband hates the new line up and we have talked with friends who feel the same way. I was just wondering if anyone felt the same?

[krimsonkelly]

Those who are upset with the changes should visit

www.SiriuslyScrewed.com

I am a Sirius subscriber and not totally happy with the changes post-merger. I am not a big fan of DJ's and thier talking all the time. I subscribe for the MUSIC!! The only change I have like is that The Vault is now Deep Tracks. They have a DJ at 9 AM PST named Pat St. John. He introduces the song and may give a short background and then nothing but the MUSIC. If I want a lot of DJ talking I can go to commercial radiio.

[mph388]

For the most part I had always hated terrestrial radio, and listened to my own music. Then I got Sirius for certain specific genres in uncensored commercial free music. Then Howard Stern came along and I got hooked listening to him. Now all of a sudden the music channels I have listened to for the past 4 years have changed format and I'm not impressed. For me it was originally all about the music but now if I'm not listening to the Stern show I find myself listening more to my ipod. So when Howard leaves at the end of his contract in about 2 years there will be no reason for me to continue paying $12.95 a month for programming that's now as bad as regular fm radio. By the number of siruis/xm complaint type forums I've seen, I suspect that a lot of Sirius and XM customers will be canceling as well.

[tango7700]

THANK GOD THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE OUT THERE WHO FREAKED WHEN MEG WAS STRICKEN DOWN. when the merger went down, i searched for disorder and couldn't find it. i called some service guy and he said the loft and the vault would be the same music. thought i'd die. the weakness of those stations. well, i got into politics and made it through early winter and today was just tired of talk radio and so i was skipping through and found a song that seemed doable and low and below there she was. and the whole gang is back. awesome. i truly was going to cancel my sirius radio subscription. i wish there was a way for me to contact meg and let her know how happy i was to find her today on the loft.

i wonder if she knows how upset people were over she and her crew being dropped. i sure rode their ass. i have learned so much about music through her! if you have a way to contact her, would you forward my comment! thanks.

thank you!