Piolin Show Cancelled On SiriusXM
He was heralded as the “Howard Stern” of Spanish speaking content and a central component in SiriusXM’s Spanish language push that was designed to bring more Latino listeners to the satellite radio medium. Less than a year after a much hyped launch, Piolin is no longer available on SiriusXM. The two parties apparently mutually agreed to end the relationship.
Is the failure of the show a sign that Latino audiences do not like satellite radio? Arriving at that conclusion is premature. While it appears that SiriusXM has a substantial Latino offering for consumers, many non-Latino people do not understand the large diversity within the Latino community. The fact of the matter is that there are many styles and genres of Latino music and content. People from Puerto Rico have different musical tastes than people from Mexico. Think of it as the difference between rock, pop, rap, country, and electric music. The same applies to Latino content.
It would appear that the audience numbers were simply not there for Piolin. If they had been, the show would likely still be on the air. The biggest fear in this news is that Piolin is top notch content, but his show did not translate to paying subscribers in the numbers that could support the contract. The recipe for talent that can draw subscribers seems to require very rare talent. Howard Stern has likely been satellite radio’s biggest draw, but aside from the “King of All Media”, other shows simply do not seem to lure subscribers. SiriusXM seems to have had a revolving door of sorts with talent these days. Bill Mack left, Art Bell left, Bubba The Love Sponge, Scott Farrell, and others have come and gone as well. The company seems to actually have more success with limited engagement channels, which may point to the transient nature of audio entertainment these days.
Certainly fans of Piolin that did follow him to satellite will be scorned. Piolin has not announced any new plans as yet.
Boooo, This was just about the only channel I listened to through this service. Won’t renew.
This sucks I used to listen to this show since the first day it aired. Now it’s canceled. But I don’t think I’m going to have satellite radio for long because I don’t think I should be paying $27 a month and I been a customer for years
This sucks man… This show really helped me when I was in a lot of stress he really understood what I was going through and helped me succeed n move on.. I was on a point of being another case if suicide… thanks to his show I realized a lot n now I’m happy living my life… thanks piolin for your support.. can’t believe your show was canceled 🙁 hate it.. good bye XM.. ????
I had never listen to Piolin Show, but once I found his show on Sirius XM radio I began to listen to his show… to see about his show. I must say I enjoyed listening to his show. Piolin and his team are very talented! The Piolin show not only made listeners laugh with their jokes, but it also provided the Mexican/Hispanic listeners with useful information. Information that would benefit listeners in regards to health, immigration/ legal issues, spiritual, charity events, etc… Topics that the listeners should be aware of…many of these topics are great topics! Most Mexican/Hispanic radio shows do not offer a lot of information on such topics. I like that the information came from reliable sources, for example Attorneys, Doctors, Psychologists, etc…Talk shows like Piolin show are essential for the Mexican/ Hispanic listeners. Unfortunately, not all Mexican/Hispanic obtain a high school or college level education, but in the Piolin show every day the listener obtain a new learning experience. It’s sad to hear that the Piolin show cancelled on Sirius XM …maybe it just needed more publicity.
The reason why he stoped at Sirius xm because once the free trial ended people just stop and never tryed to renew like me.
I downloaded the app when he first came back on Sirius xm channel 147. Then piolin started to extend there free trial up to 6 months. After 6months the had less and less subscribers.
After that I never payed any attention and just started to go back on my fm radio app and hear my local station wicth has people act just like piolin sort of but you don’t need to pay $7.99 a month.
It’s free FM RADIO IS FREE and that’s why they lost more then have there subscribers once the free triel ended. Remember they extended the free trial 3time lliterly 3x and still people wornt that dedicated to subscribe because its $7.99 a month