SiriusXM Channel Lineup Changes + More Starting 11/8/2023

[luperm]

The radio in my 2018 VW has no problem tuning in the highest SiriusXM channel numbers, but the car's gauge cluster display must use an 8-bit value to store the channel number, because it maxes out at 255.

My car goes into the 400s. My wife's car has one of the newer 360L tuners with many more channels, a significant number of which are delivered via a cellular radio rather than by satellite. It's pretty neat.

 

[CTListener]

Siri integration is a huge miss on their app. They push the app so hard but skip something as basic as that? Strange.

Could there be some sort of financial kickback coming to SiriusXM from Amazon, which makes Alexa, in return for their shutting out of Apple's Siri?

 

[Kelly A]

Could there be some sort of financial kickback coming to SiriusXM from Amazon, which makes Alexa, in return for their shutting out of Apple's Siri?

More like a strategic partnership, nothing illegal like "kickbacks".

 

[gr8oldies]

Soul Toen moves to channel 74 and is rebranded Smokey (Robinson)'s Soul Town.

 

[Kelly A]

Noticed this morning that SXM shares were down to $5.10 per share. The reason for mentioning this is for those who frequently rail on media companies that are publicly traded and their low share price. SXM's declining per-share stock has nothing to do with debt, ratings, or whether they play certain artists, but rather that Wall St. believes media companies we use today have little to no future.

 

[Mikey Radio]

On an unrelated topic, anyone know when the two-week free trial starts? It's usually around Thanksgiving.

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