I would think that we should judging by our numbers but, do we... I would say no. I don't think its personal, I just don't think the PR/Marketing team has a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demian
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I would think that we should judging by our numbers but, do we... I would say no. I don't think its personal, I just don't think the PR/Marketing team has a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demian
Apparently enough to have SiriusXM call him directly regarding it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiriusBuzz
Contact SiriusXM about it directly. They seem to be in the mood to actually listen to complaints and accept feedback. Or just e-mail Mark at SiriuslyScrewed or Ryan at Orbitcast they have the programmers contact information.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demian
They "called" orbitcast and siriusbuzz as well. This was a big PR spin.Quote:
Originally Posted by DScum
I do not think that any one individual site has that kind of clout.
This is simply a matter of a company listening to their subscribers. If enough people send in emails, and call, then changes can be made. That is what we have been telling people all along is voice your complaints. If there are enough people, then they will be heard.
Keep up the fight and keep sending emails. Obviously,they are listening. If there are enough voices, changes can be (and obviously are being) made.
http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/musing.asp?xid=310
An Open Letter to XM-Sirius Satellite Radio
Country Musings by Robert Loy, January 2009
Dear XM,
It's hard to know when to let go, especially in a relationship that has been as close as ours. I was one of your biggest fans, constantly singing your praises to anyone who would listen. Very few days went by that I didn't have XM with me in my car and when I did I missed you so much I couldn't stand to go back to FM and just left the radio off, preferring to commune with my thoughts -- many of those thoughts about how much I loved XM.
And now, I'm ready to cancel my subscription.
I was against this merger with Sirius from the very beginning for several reasons, mostly having to do with not trusting big business mergers, which inevitably lead to fewer choices and higher prices.
But also because Sirius didn't have anything that I wanted. You tried to get me excited about the merger by telling me what all I could get from Sirius - Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, NASCAR and the NFL. Wow! I hate Howard Stern, couldn't care less about Martha Stewart and have no interest in any sport other than baseball - which I already had with XM, and was one of - okay, the - reason I chose XM in the first place.
And you merged anyway, didn't you? I found out when I turned on my XM to one of my two favorite channels - XMX, channel 2 which I could count on to play "Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour" all day on Wednesday, and "Bill Anderson Visits With the Legends" all day Tuesday as well as Marty Stuart's "American Odyssey" on Fridays - and it was gone. Just gone, nothing in its place, nothing on Channel 2.
I went to my other favorite channel - America, the alt-country channel, channel 12, and it's gone too. But there's something in its place. Something called "Outlaw Country." My hopes are not high right off the bat for this channel. I haven't heard the term "outlaw country" since the 70's - but I guess it's apt, because this channel doesn't play cutting edge-country like America did; it plays stuff that was cutting edge in 1977 - a lot of Waylon and Johnny Cash and other stuff you can already find on the classic country stations. Seriously, most of these outlaws are long dead, hasn't the statute of limitations run out? I felt like I was in a time warp, and I had no way now to find new alt.-country artists. But I wanted to be fair, so I gave Outlaw Country a chance - and in addition to a lot of dead guys you also played Neil Young and Tom Petty (neither of which are country or cutting-edge. Did they get a parking ticket sometime? is that why you consider them outlaws?) And then I heard Black Betty from Ramjam.
Ramjam? No, I get why you're called outlaw country - it ought to be against the law for a country station to play Ramjam.
And of course there's no baseball in the winter. So you tell me, why shouldn't I cancel my subscription?
Sincerely,
Robert Loy
P.S. I decided to give you one last chance in view of our past relationship. Here's some of what you played on my ride home today. The Flying Burrito Brothers, David Allan Coe, Pam Tillis and Johnny Horton.
Come on! If nepotism is not a crime than Pam Tillis has never been an outlaw. Johnny Horton died in 1960, and I'm sure would be amazed to learn that he's an outlaw. Oh, and I also heard Jingle Bells done in all fart noises and a song from the idiot disc jockey (don't even get me started on the idiotic and intrusive DJ's) some foul-mouthed libertarian knucklehead named Mojo Nixon who did a Christmas song to the tune of Louie, Louie. It was excruciating. Unbearable.
On the old XM 12 what most of the artists had in common was that they were stretching the definition of what country music could be. Now what the artists on channel 12 have in common is that they're all dead - or in the case of that egomaniacal name-dropped David Allan Coe it's just his career that's dead. Look, I love classic country but we've already got an oldies station for when I want to hear Johnny Horton. Can't we have one that plays new country - I mean progressive country - Reckless Kelley, Chris Knight, Jim Lauderdale - the stuff XM played before this damned merger?
Unfortunately, this is all about money as all business are and need to be to survive in this market today. You try to please the customers as much as possible, but the primary people you have to please in the business world to day are the investors and the board. This is just reality it doesn't matter if it sucks or not. Even if they loose a million customers because of this if they cut the budget by 100 million a year they have pleased their primary customers. Now I am sure there intention isn't just to be greedy and not care about their subscribers, it is to make cuts with the best information they have at the time. Unfortunately, that isn't going to please everyone and may be incorrect. It will take some time to re-adjust, best thing you can do is share you opinion politely and without malice, state your opinion and why and you feel this way. Then hope for the best and if it doesn't change after a reasonable time the cancel, it is really as simple as that.
^ only businesses that are on their way out have an attitude like that....it's as simple as that ;)
I came across this post on the internet that touches on what I have been trying to express in several threads and posts on this forum about the sickening loss of XM's programming diversity...
A Trip to the Sirius-XM Supermarket
So new owners took over the local supermarket where I'd been a pretty happy customer for the last few years. It's a unique supermarket in that you have to pay to shop there, but it was worth it because there were so many things there the regular supermarket didn't have. The funny thing is, you could actually get things there that old supermarkets had years ago, like Freakies and Quake cereals. It was always a lot of fun to go there.
But now, since the new owners have taken over, something's different. I walk in and head to the produce and I find only Red Delicious Apples. My favorites, Cortland Apples, aren't carried anymore. I asked the manager in this department what happened, and was told that for every person who asked for Cortland, or McIntosh, or Red Rome, or Pink Lady apples, someone asked for Red Delicious. They can't please everyone, and they can't risk offending people who like Red Delicious by presenting these unusual types of apples.
So, since I don't really like Red Delicious apples, I don't buy anything in the produce department.
Next comes the cereal aisle. You can have Wheaties or Corn Flakes. Oh,wait, there's a big selection of Raisin Bran, too. What about Rice Krispies? Again, I'm told the same thing. Not everyone wants exotic cereals like Rice Krispies.
So.. since I couldn't get Rice Krispies, I don't buy anything in the cereal department. I mutter something to myself and am overheard by another shopper, who says, "I don't know what you're complaining about. When I come into a supermarket, I want exactly what I want to buy, and I don't want to have to sort through five different brands of cereals to get my Corn Flakes."
Stunned by that line of reasoning, I continue to make my way to the next aisle. I'm amazed by what I see: something I haven't seen since 1985. Could it actually be? Big 2-liter bottles of Coca-Cola, but with a funny silver imprint added to the label. It's bottle after bottle of it. I ask the guy stocking the shelf, "Excuse me," I said. "Is this aisle full of nothing but New Coke?
"Yes," he replied with pride. "Don't you know that in blind taste tests conducted in 1983 and 1984, more people chose the taste of New Coke over old Coke and Pepsi both! It's all about the testing. This New Coke tests off the charts. People love it!"
"But they don't," I said. "There was such an outrage over the introduction of New Coke that they had to bring back Coca Cola Classic. New Coke was one of the most high profile failures in US business history."
"It tests well!" he snapped back. "You just don't get it! People love this stuff."
So, I decide I'm not going to win this argument and make my way down the next aisle. They did have something I wanted. They had some Dolly Madison Zingers---with Charlie Brown on the wrapper! A favorite from childhood! So I reached down to get them and saw that through the cellophane, the three Zingers inside had actually been squished together. "Why are these all like this?" I asked. "To make them flow better."
Then as I make my way to the checkout line, I tell myself I need to get something. After all, I paid to shop here. So at the checkout line I pick up some gum. I could choose between Wrigley's Spearmint or Bubble Yum. No Orbit allowed, because for everyone who asked for Orbit, someone wanted to know why it was there. So I'm stuck with some Spearmint and as I pay for it, I read the fine print on my receipt that while it won't cost me more to come to the store once per month, if I shop on the store's website, it will now cost me even more money. And, if I use more than one bag when I'm leaving, there will be an additional charge.
As I leave the store, I wonder what happened to my favorite old supermarket and wonder how long this one will stay in business.
Poster: hourman
Hip Hop Nation was terrible the day/week after the merged channels. Now it rules. Maybe that guy should have gone to the manager.
A friend of mine went to the manager at Sam's Club and asked they bring back Green tea. The manager said, oh, i didn't realize we got rid of it, and brought it back.
In support of your argument, I really, really hope they counter the increase on March 11th with some added feature, option, channels...something.
IIRC, it's more than one channel that was effected.Quote:
Originally Posted by imromo24
Scott Greczkowski
On My Soapbox (rant mode on!)
http://www.multichannel.com/blog/The...t_mode_on_.php
That's fine if you want to erase my post Charles, but FYI I didn't post the entire article. I only quoted the part of the article that dealt with Sirius/XM and left out the part that didn't. I did this to save people time, but whatever.......it's your site.Quote:
Last edited by SiriusBuzz; Yesterday at 10:58 AM. Reason: No need for the entire article, the link will do just fine.
I TRY to only post relevant information and leave out the parts that aren't. I spend a lot of time following the Sirius/XM news flow on a daily basis. I don't post everything that I find. I leave out many articles that say basically the same thing etc.. I also don't post every single article in it's entirety or even at all - many times just the link. If it's breaking news or seems really important and/or topical or may get deleted etc. - I post it. Believe it or not, I also have other things in my life going on that need my attention and I don't always have the time to quote just the "important part or parts". My bias has been towards getting the information out there as soon as possible. My post in the intraday thread today about The Young Turks being fired from Sirius/XM was changed on their website within minutes of me posting it. If I wouldn't have posted that, no one would have been able to read the original at all. BTW I edited that one too - I left out the big part about You Tube and only posted the part about Sirius/XM. Sirius/XM legal more than likely got to them. It's the same thing that happened to Scott Walterman's website when he had posted that he was fired and it vanished right away. Thanks to me, the original post saying he had been fired, and all of his comments about this, is intact at the beginning of this thread. In the intraday thread, I assume that people want the news NOW and I try to deliver it as fast as I can - saving them from having to click around through ad screens etc.. BTW, the whole Intraday Thread was my idea and it was created at my suggestion. For a long time in the beginning, I was the only one posting on it and keeping it flowing. I was committed to putting in the time and effort to get it started - under the theory that if I you build it, they will come. My vision was for it to become a vibrant place of information and discussion about the daily news and happenings of Sirius/XM. I had always hoped that other people would get involved and help out - and it appears to be working towards what I had hoped...
People know what this specific thread is about and they don't have to read this shit if they don't want to. Apparently, some people do want to read the shit in this thread - based on how many views this thread has...
Now you got me too paranoid to post anything........and I was just going to post this really topical piece that I just came across. I can't be in the zone now...
I guess I have been spoiled by the semblance of an uncensored arena to be passionate and creatively free in with what I was doing all of this time. It's kind of like when Howard Stern says that he doesn't really want to swear all the time, but it's more about the creative freedom of knowing that he can and that he won't be censored......it helps him relax, be more creative, and improves everything else - even if he doesn't swear at all...
Are the programming/content decisions at SiriusBuzz going to resemble some of the sucky programming/content decisions at Sirius/XM? You are already scaling back the live radio show to just 2 times a month.....Bubba is now on live twice as much.
BTW, the article I was just about to post was about how Sirius/XM has been censoring the Opie & Anthony show and how it is killing the creativity and passion in the show.
How ****ing ironic is that?
I guess people will have to search the internet and find it themselves this time...if it's still there.
Unlike Howard, I get paid absolutely zero dollars for this and can take a vacation or quit whenever I want....
I bet this post will get erased too......
Demian
Its not about censoring, its about doing the right thing. I wouldn't want people to copy our an entire article onto their site, I would much rather they post a link so people visit. Its about net etiquette. Sorry if you were offended.
We are only doing 2 shows per month now because we are low on content and frankly don't have the time. I think the last couple of shows have been much more entertaining because we aren't scrambling for content to talk about.
We only have a few people calling in and listening to the live show in comparison to the hundreds who listen to the archived show every week and as soon as the number of fans and content warrant 4 shows per month, I am sure we will revisit the topic.
I hope being new to this site allows me to ask this question.
What show, where can I listen to it?
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Sirius-...-Radio-Show-36Quote:
Originally Posted by DADEO
Charles,Quote:
Originally Posted by SiriusBuzz
Thanks for your diplomatic response. I do respect your reasoning and point of view. I'm all about the net etiquette and am sensitive to that - that's why I always post a link to everything I post when possible and ask others to do the same when they post something without a link. I have seen SiriusBuzz articles posted around the net without a link a handful of times and I always yell at them and link back to the site. The short bashers loved posting your last article about "Why Sirius XM Will Not Survive". There are some websites I am more sensitive to than others - The Motley Fool is not one of them, but other sat rad sites such as Orbitcast are (I only post a short quote if anything when I link to anything from Orbitcast).
As far as the radio show goes... It's one hour a week by phone for crying out loud. This is not the time to bail on the weekly show with the stock price where it is and all of the things going on now and all that is to be faced just right around the corner. There were recently some buffering problems with the live feed of the show which made it impossible to listen to live - even over a high speed internet connection. This may have explained the drop off in live listeners and an increase in more downloads of the show recently. It appears to be working better now, as of the last show. No content? There are tons of things to talk about. Tons, I tell you.....
Get some more guests.....
Talk about the credit market and the bonds....
Talk about the DirecTV and Dish Network deals...
If you want the SiriusBuzz momentum to continue, now is not the time to bail on the weekly show IMHO.
Nothing worth anything comes without some kind of fight....
Demian
I agree.....now is not the time.... I thought the show was good last week.. and it seems to be building up with more listeners....If there is anyway I could help with monitoring or maybe some of the other guys could help to reduce your berden and give you all a break every other week maybe that would help... I dont know if that actually possible but its a idea!
The momentum of SiriusBuzz is to the point that we can barely keep up. Tyler and I both have day jobs and we do the best we can. I know the show is just an hour but on top of that I spend time preparing topics and to be frank, I don't have a free 15 minutes never mind an hour.
On top of Siriusbuzz I am responsible for a dozen or so other websites and I freelance develop new sites for a growing list of clientele everyday.
BTW, I would love to get more guests but we don't even have time to do that. If anyone has someone in mind and a way to contact them, I would be happy to fire off some emails and phone calls.
As far as discussion points for the show... if its finance or stock related email Tyler and give him the suggestions!
Sounds like you and Tyler need to reassess your priorities...
Personal Life Coach?
I cant speak for Tyler but my priorities are spot on.