Are you working for NAB?, or are you planning to run for congress? Before I click the link to your article I know that there is probably negative news about SATRAD. You never said anything positive about SATRAD.

In the three years I have been invested in both XM
and SIRI, I have NEVER read a positive word from
Douglas McIntyre about Sirius. I no longer pay one
bit of attention to anything he says about SatRad.
Same with some of the other fools. Just ignore
anything they say.... in a year or two, we won't
hear from them again (unless they get smart and
invest in a winner!)

Consumers don't care about how they get the content, they just want the content. The competition might not have the ability to send satellite signals with radio content to receivers, but they do have the ability to play music with out commercials (HD RADIO). This is what the business is all about and this would be competition (and the competetion is free).

I'm surprised there is no uproar about one person owning so many media outlets, ie The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, NY Post, Fox News and Fox Five. Yet the FCC is worried about XM and Sirius merging. I guess Rupert has an in with the FCC or he's paying them off. If Sirius and XM aren't allowed to merge it will prove that regulators don't have the consumer's best interest at heart because the combined XM sirius would cut prices and provide competition for terrestrial radio. The only reason politicians like local radio, who have the real monopoly is because local radio provides them with free PR.

Of course the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) aren't going to happy with Sirius and XM merger. The combined Sirius and XM would pose a great threat to National Association of Broadcasters' monopoly of the radio. And the National Association of Broadcasters are pushing politicians who they give free airtime on their local radio stations to fight the merger which would lower the price that both XM and Sirius currently charge.


Separately, on another subject, The Sirius XM price cuts show that the merger will benefit consumers. Therefore, if the merger is stopped it will show that regulators don't have consumer's best interests in mind. Also aren't these the same regulators that approved the ATT-SBC merger after the companies were split up years ago for having a monopoly and the AOL Time Warner Merger? Let's not forget that we buy oil and diamonds from the biggest monopolies in the world: OPEC and
DeBeers.

Is 300 Choices From The Same Programming Director, A REAL Choice?
It's Like Letting Your Mother Pick Out Your Clothes--Exclusively.
Bottom Line 300 Choices, From ONE Person Is No Choice At All.
The Legislators Are Concerned About Control Of News And Information, From ONE Source Only.
And True Choice, Of New Entrants Into the Adult Radio Content Arena, Remember, Content On SATRAD Is Not Subject To SAME Rules As Terrestrial, So If You Have An Adult Content Radio Show, You Have One Chance At A National Market--That Has No Rules, That's Mel's Opinion Of Your Product.
Is That A Real Choice, For Consumers?
EMIL J KOVACH JR

Hey, don't forget us RVers out here! Everyone we
have met has SATRAD, mostly Sirius and some have
both. You can go across the country and never have
to change channels if you so desire and, the best
part is NO COMMERCIALS!! Just wish Satellite and
Cable TV offered the same. No government agency
or lobbying group should have the right to choose
what the people want. Let the merger happen soon!!

"and, the best
part is NO COMMERCIALS!! "
Well--Forget All That.
"We Have Only Scratched The Surface Of The 18 Billion Dollar Radio Ad Market"
Is A Quote From XM's Gary Parsons,
Both Will SLOWLY Be Loaded Up With Commercials--After The Merger, If It Happens.
Up Till Now--COMPETITION Has Kept Them Out.
But It's ALL OVER, If Mel + Gary Get Thier Way.
Free, Un Monopolized , Competitive Markets, Work BEST.
EMIL J KOVACH JR