Counsel for Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. met with FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell last Thursday to discuss the pending merger with XM Satellite Radio, according to a recent filing.Little else is known about the meeting. other than "pending issues" were discussed, but the filing does indicate that the merger proceedings at the FCC are continuing.
It is expected that McDowell (pictured to the right, albeit, blurred) will vote in favor of the proposed merger alongside FCC Chairman, and fellow Republican, Kevin Martin.
I heard somewhere that there was supposed to be a meeting today with a vote... Tate was supposed to vote on something... is this true, or is it nothing?
There going to be one vote every two weeks,with lots of meetings with everyone under the sun between now and then.....This really sucks
Tate is in Africa so she won't be voting on anything for at least a week.
We will hit 500 days without a final vote ,no problem at this pace.
Maybe they will talk about what they did over the holiday weekend.
I called all five commissioners yesterday and encourage everyone to do the same.
Forget it people...this thing will drag on for at least a few months. Sorry I have given up all hope. All of Washington DC is corrupt...sorry but that is the truth.
the fact that sirius is STILL meeting is troubling. The fact that the FCC is STILL meeting with EVERY special interest group and their grandmothers is even MORE troubling.
it can only mean that the fcc is CONSIDERING EVEN MORE concessions and spectrum giveaway.
the fcc SHOULD be voting TODAY! No more meetings! if the two dems are the holdouts, then WHY in all that is holy aren't the two remaining republicans voting now???
They could END this TODAY!
THIS IS COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT!
Does anyone really care anymore? Just look at the hammering the pps for each company is taking today. You know the HR departmetns are readying the bankers boxes for the layoffs.
XM and Sirius stock taking a beating... IMO this means too many conditions will be imposed and both XM and Sirius will Walk AWAY... But also IMO... this was the plan. Least now they have the FCC to blame for the poor stock preformance.
Fucking vote already.
I thought there was a time period during the 180 days when the FCC would take information from the public, and then everything was cut off? Business and lobbiest, etc are all Public
How come NAB and the Georgetown freaks can STILL meet with the FCC on this issue?!
Does this mean, you and I can make an appt with any ot the commissioners and have a little CHAT on what WE think about the whole merger thing?!
There HAS to be some cutoff here, this is just friggin ridiculous!!!!
And I am SO laughing my ass off at the congressmen and senators that out of the friggin BLUE after 500 days, start voicing there opinion!!!! Guess the NAB just toss somes votes/money there way huh? Come on.... Be done, one way or the other.
I am SO TIRED of our government wasting out money on this........
3 freakin weeks on the FCC "item on Circulation" list...you have got to be kidding me with this process... absolutely ridiculous! I can not believe these a-holes can honestly get away with this crap. And all we get is an occasional article on the issue. Absolute BS!!
I wish we would at least get some kind of feedback from Sirius... Something like "Yes we know this is bullshit, but we are working on it...bla bla bla...." who know....just aggravated
I bet we get a vote by after hours Thursday
Yes\No.
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU....EAT SHIT AND DIE...Im out
Vote is Yes, they would not have waited this long if they were going to say no. This is the ironing out of the concessions that were laid out, dotting their I's, crossing their T's and laying out the wording and new rules of the license transfer. Not sure why, but I feel that this has finally come to a head and the meetings with AG's & interest groups has ended & a meeting will be set for announcement this week.
By saying no, you put XM out of business and possibly Sirius and they cannot have this over their heads. Slowing growth, economy, car sales, retail and a very competetive environment for audio & video are why they would look like complete incompetents if not put through. It's bad enough what they look like now and they must be finally really feeling the heat. They wanted the political spotlight and show their power, well now it's really backfiring on them.
Vote within 2 - 3 days, my guess.
for christs sake make a choice allready
"Counsel" for Sirius Satellite Radio pushing desperately, aka bribing FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell to push Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge:" MONOPOLY scheme will accomplish the same as the uneducated and ignorant people (like Plowboy) calling and emailing the FCC whining about the "merge" because of poor, risky, failed, investments and ignorance.
NO it's not government "corruption"
"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters after an FCC meeting that the Commission would not approve a merger between satellite radio rivals Sirius and XM Radio... When the FCC initially licensed the two satellite radio companies in 1997, there was language in the licensing barring one from acquiring control of the other"
NO! to ignorance
NO! to poor, risky, failed, investments
NO! to government bailout of the satradio industry due to years of poor management, on the backs of consumers.
NO! to Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge:" MONOPOLY scheme
I read your post twice and I can't help but get the impression that you are against this merger.
No! to Anonymous Cowards.
NAB Tool.
I'm a NAB Tool
NO! to ignorance
NO! to poor, risky, failed, investments
NO! to government bailout of the satradio industry due to years of poor management, on the backs of consumers.
NO! to Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge:" MONOPOLY scheme
YES! to NAB not paying artists!
No! to Mat and his desperate need to share his ignorance.
Nothing but a blind, ignorant, satradio fanboy and one of Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's bitches.
NO! to ignorance
NO! to poor, risky, failed, investments
NO! to government bailout of the satradio industry due to years of poor management, on the backs of consumers.
NO! to Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge" MONOPOLY scheme
I'm a NAB Tool
NO! to ignorance
NO! to poor, risky, failed, investments
NO! to government bailout of the satradio industry due to years of poor management, on the backs of consumers.
NO! to Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge:" MONOPOLY scheme
YES! to NAB not paying artists!
48 hours to the "YES"
the merger will take place Friday while the world is consumed with the iphone release....just my dumb ass guess.
The Wonderful World of HD Radio
The NAB, iBiquity, and virtually every congressman and Attorney General who steps in to this circus that we call a merger has been asking for the inclusion of HD chips into Satellite Radios. Of course, they never once mention who should pay for the design, the installation, the manufacturing, etc, etc, etc, but they claim they do it for the “benefit of the consumer.” Let us take a look at that claim.
As of 2008, less than 500,000 HD radios had been sold in the US. According to Bridge Ratings survey in August of 2007, less than 1 percent of respondents said that they planned on buying an HD radio in the next 2 months. There obviously is not a high consumer demand for the HD radio. Must be something else.
A quick google of HD Radio brings up a long list of places selling HD Radios at Retail. The average price is around $125, with some units running less than $100. The problem? According to John Gorman’s Blog, there are virtually no radios in Brick and Mortar stores for people to look at and play with. With such a new technology, you would figure that the HD radio alliance would be subsidizing those radios, to make them cheaper and more affordable.
Perhaps the HD advantage is it’s sound quality and ease of use? Nope, and Nope. Again Gorman cites multiple complaints about a large bulky antenna (which you have to move manually until you pick up the signal), signal’s fading in and out, and additional static on surrounding channels.
So what on earth can the HD Radio alliance and all of these top political figures mean when they say that HD radio is in the public interest?
Perhaps it is because it is the American Public that has been paying a large portion of the development costs for HD radio? Yup, that is you and I. An FCC filing from North Carolina’s Public Radio Stations cites “Just a few weeks ago, the House Appropriations Committee approved an additional $40 million to assist public readio stations’ transition to HD radio technology. Clearly the Congress supports our transition to terrestrial digital broadcasting.”
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is “A private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. It has already awarded well over 200 million dollars for the advancement of HD radio, and those awards are continuing to this date. A quick search for “Satellite Radio” “Sirius” “XM” or “SDARS” brings up only a single result: The award of “nearly” $2 million dollars in SDARS.
Yes, clearly Congress supports PUBLIC radio. Why then, does HD radio need Sirius and XM?
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IGNORE POCKETRADIO, HE IS A DESPERATE TROLL, FEARFUL OF HD RADIO, YET EVERYTHIN HE POST TO TRY AND MAKE HD RADIO LOOK BAD ENDS UP WITH POCKETRADIO GETTING HIS TROLL A** DEBUNKED, NOT JUST HERE BUT INTERNET WIDE.
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HD Radio is very lucky to have Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin pushing his "merge" scheme like a crack dealer. A "merge" of satradio will be as good to consumers as crack is. Educated consumer know this and HD Radio is going to get a whole lot more consumers quickly IF mistakes are made and Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin "merge" scheme is allowed to move forward. Of course even IF Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge" scheme goes forward it won't be long before HD Radio gains all those orphaned satradio subscribers when Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge" scheme completes and the satradio industry will be more dead than it already is.
For those unlike Pocketradio troll, those who can read and understand:
HD Radio stations tune in to everything
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-07-07-hd-radio-side_N.htm
"More than 1,700 broadcasters have added higher-quality HD Radio signals to their current traditional AM/FM ones. And programmers are using the extra broadcast channels that digital technology provides to woo audiences accustomed to niche-targeted Internet and satellite radio stations.
The broadcasts are free, but listeners need a new HD Radio to get the stations.
"What we come up with on HD has to be different than what we offer on terrestrial," says Thomas "Chase" Rupe of Emmis Broadcasting in Austin. "We are looking for that next level of audience satisfaction. The average listener may not be pleased with just the choices available in a market."
HD Digital Radio • IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE!
HD Digital Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER IT!
www.hdradio.com/
Pocketradio - Troll
Pocketradio - DEBUNKED
National retailers who sell HD Radio:
Amazon.com
Apple
Best Buy
Circuit City
Crutchfield
JCPenney
RadioShack
Sony Style
Target
Wal-Mart
Regional Retailers who sell HD Radio:
6th Avenue Electronics
ABC Warehouse
Abt Electronics
Adray Appliance Photo & Sound
Advanced Integration Services
Al & Ed’s Autosound
Alamo Electronics
Alterman Audio
American TV
Anchor
Audio & Video Expressions
Audio Advisor, Inc.
Audio Craft Co., Inc.
Audio Ecstasy
Audio Symphony
Audio Toyz
Audio Video Connections
Audio Visions
Audio/Video Concepts
Audiotronics Audio Video
AV Arts
B & B Appliance
B & H Photo Video
Bjorn’s Stereo Designs
Bob and Ron’s World Wide Stereo
Brainstorm Logistics
BrandsMart USA
Car Toys
Carlin Audio
Classic Stereo
Colorado Hi-fi Services
Custom Audio Works
Custom Integrated Systems
D & H
Ecost.com
Electronic Express
Electronics Expo
Entertainment Solutions
Flanner’s Audio & Video
Fry’s Electronics
Ginsu Guys.com
Glenn Gleixner
Goodman Radio
Gramophone
Great Indoors
Hammacher Schlemmer & Co
Harvey Electronics
HH Gregg
Hi Def Radio
Hilo Audio
Hitech Stereo & Video
Home Entertainment
Hometech Innovations
House of High Fidelity
House of Stereo
Huppins
Insight Audio Visual Services
Integratus Technologies
Intuitive Environments
J & R Music World
Ken Crane’s
Listen Up
Magnolia
Marvin Electronics
Mickey Shorr
Mobile One
Mom’s Warehouse
MyerEmco AudioVideo
Nebraska Furniture Mart
New Wave Home Systems
One Call
Ovation
Pair Enterprises
Pdq Photo
Petra
Pflanz Electronics
Projectus
Prowire
Pyramid Audio
Quality Audio Sound
Rancho T.V.
RC Willey
Rex TV
Rogers Stereo
Rudy’s Autosound
Secure America
Sight & Sound
Sodaro’s Electronics
Sonic Electronics
Sound 2
Sound Approach
Sound FX
Sound Investments
Sound Shack
Sounds Incredible
Soundscape
Spearit Sound
Specialized Sound
Starpower Home
State Street Discount Hs
Stereo Barn
Stereo King
Team Electronics
The Great Indoors
The Music Store
The Sound Shop
The Stereo Advantage
The Stereo Shop
Tweeter
Upstairs Audio
Video & Audio Center
Water Street Stereo
Wilshire Home Ent
World of Sound
Pocketradio - Troll
Pocketradio - DEBUNKED
Superior digital sound quality. Digital HD Radio has the potential to deliver better sound quality than the usual analog FM and AM radio, with deeper bass, more extended treble, more stereo separation, and greater dynamic range (the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds). The actual quality depends on what the radio station transmits and how good a job the tuner does with it.
In our tests the HD FM and AM broadcasts generally sounded clearer and fuller than analog content from the same station. All of the HD FM broadcasts, whether the main channel or the "side" channels multicast on the same frequency, were free of background noise--the hiss or crackle you occasionally hear with standard radio. The better-quality broadcasts had frequency response, detail, separation, and dynamic range that approached audio CD quality. HD AM programs were received in stereo with audio quality comparable to standard analog FM radio, minus the background noise.
Fine analog reception and sound quality. The tuner did an exceptional job when pulling in regular analog signals, even weak FM station broadcasts. Sound quality was smooth and well balanced, with low background noise for AM and FM.
Easy to use. Controls are well laid out and well marked. All functions could be accessed from either the remote or the console front panel. You can tune in stations directly by entering numbers for exact radio frequencies, choosing a preset (up to 20 FM and 20 AM stations can be stored), manually tuning through the frequencies, or automatically seeking standard and HD channels or HD channels only.
Informative display. The console display can show frequency band, station frequency, time, signal strength, or an audio frequency spectrum analyzer. When receiving an HD Radio broadcast or an analog broadcast from a station that uses the Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS, also known as RDS), the display can also show the station's call letters, song, artist, and other programming information.
the promise of HD radio, enabling you to enjoy digital radio sound quality and expanded programming without the subscription fees associated with satellite radio.
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Pocketradio - DEBUNKED
I'm a NAB Tool
NO! to ignorance
NO! to poor, risky, failed, investments
YES! to government bailout of the satradio industry due to years of poor management, on the backs of consumers.
YES to Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's "merge:" MONOPOLY scheme
YES! to NAB not paying artists!
Fuck HD Radio and there crappy signal
Why isn't the president getting involve with his people..I know he really don't care and its a small thing for him, but you would think with all the controversary he would have one of his cronies to move iit along..Plus fired the whole commission, for sleeping on this...If Martin is in charge and approves it, where is his authority... Also why don't we here anything on cnbc...The only one who has guts on that show is Creamer...This country really sucks...when ever you get them involve..No wonder most go to jail after serving...
Why isn't the president getting involve with his people..I know he really don't care and its a small thing for him, but you would think with all the controversary he would have one of his cronies to move iit along..Plus fired the whole commission, for sleeping on this...If Martin is in charge and approves it, where is his authority... Also why don't we here anything on cnbc...The only one who has guts on that show is Creamer...This country really sucks...when ever you get them involve..No wonder most go to jail after serving...
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Wh….what was I saying? It was so boring I fell asleep. Oh well it must not have been that important anyway.
This is not what I wanted to wake up to!
TESTICLE RADIO’S “ADVANCE TO THE REAR!”
Decline in Terrestrial Radio Audience
In an average week, 230 million Americans tune in to traditional radio. A large audience to be sure, but one in sharp decline from just five years ago. During the heady days of radio consolidation during the late 90s, stations increased their spot loads and promotional clutter. Listeners got annoyed, resulting in lower AQH ratings and time listening. During this same period, new on-demand devices, like MP3 players, were introduced and gained popular momentum. According to Billboard Radio Monitor, the number of ears listening [to terrestrial radio] every day has slowly slipped to about what it was in 1994. The audience of 18- to 24-year olds, a demographic particularly beloved by advertisers, has fallen nearly 22% since 1999. The sharp decline in radio advertising revenue reflects this change: In the radio expansion period of 1996-2000, total radio revenue (excluding network radio) grew 12%. Yet from 2000-2004, the increase was a meager .3%.
https://bostonglobe.com/advertiser/datacenter/datacenter.aspx?id=1404
IT"S STUFF LIKE THIS THAT STRAIGHTENS THE WRINKLES IN MY COLON (When my beloved pocketradio's not around)
Now you can see why I'm so desperate! When you're paid in used condoms and empty liquor bottles (like I am) news like this can mean I’ll be manning a glory hole again (If they’ll have me).
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