The Wall Street Journal today has an inspired article written by someone who is obviously hooked on satellite radio (much like everyone reading this blog). The thing I like about the WSJ article is that writer Jeffrey Zaslow focuses on the comedy channels (specifically he talks about XM, but it applies to Sirius too) which provides content that you would NEVER hear on terrestrial. Ever. Terrestrial can throw against the wall as many ideas as they want (Jack, Jill, HD Radio, whatever) but in the end they can’t give us true comedy in it’s untainted entirety. In the end, the laughs you get from terrestrial are watered down versions of what is possible.
The NAB can whine and complain, or talk about how great they think they are, but in the end - they’re inferior to satellite - and they know it.
Go read the WSJ article, it’s definitely worth it.
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