Re: XM quality

["Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

I've found that the NAC channel (Watercolors XM71) tends to go a lot deeper
than any NAC station that I've listened to across the country.  Many of the
terrestrial stations that I listen to seem to think that the only female
vocalist is Sade.  I'm hearing a much wider cross section with an
occassional cross-over cut.  They will, for example, play a Pat Metheny cut
and backsell it with "if you liked what you heard try bopping on down a
channel to 'Real Jazz' on XM70" or they will tag a Marvin Gaye cut with "for
more Marvin Gaye, check out 'The Groove' on XM65".  They are constantly
cross plugging their other channels.

I'm really surprised at the total lack of mainstream talk on their.  Given
the Clear Channel ownership, I would have expected Rush and some of the
other name Premiere hosts.  Nada.  What they have is:

Money Talk w/ Bob Brinker
Bernie Ward, Bill Wattenburg, John Rothman (KGO)
Sam Donaldson
Sean Hannity
Art Bell (figures he's on satellite radio - makes it easier to tune in on
your UFO)
Bruce Williams (is he still alive? I thought that he peaked about 10 years
ago.)
Dr. Dean Edell
Some Kid named Adam from somewhere near Springfield...

They do have a channel for unsigned acts.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "SteveOrdinetz" <steveord@bit-net.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: XM quality


> Eli Polonsky wrote:
>
>
> >The classic rock channel, called "Deep Tracks" on channel 40, is
programmed
> >by ex-WBOS/WZLX George Taylor Morris and seems to play a much wider
variety
> >than the terrestrial classic rockers around here.
>
>
> It will be interesting to see how some of these deep library channels
> (especially the gold-based ones) shake out over time.  I don't think
> there's an oldies or classic rock station that hasn't tried to add
> lesser-known cuts to their library, and hasn't been been burnt by it.
It's
> always been a fine line to walk between offering the variety the audience
> claims they want, yet giving them the familiarity they expect.
>