Satellite Radio Will Be Gone In 3 Years

[jjgold]

Never caught on, viewers decreasing. Its too much hassle and also internet and ipods have hurt satellite radio.

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

viewers decreasing.

makes sense to me.

[wal66]

I hope you are wrong. I just paid my $460 for the lifetime membership to Sirius.

[philswin]

Its nice to get baseball broadcasts if you dont live near your team or are out of your local broadcast area - but besides that would rather listen to IPOD - Howard Stern used to be funny but show is getting stale

[MartinBlank]

Actually JJ is wrong here.

The same things that are being said about satellite radio were being said about DirecTV and Dish Network.

Sirius/XM have increased subscriber numbers every single year they have been operating. Both individually and as a now merged company.

Next year, their growth will pull them into the plus side for the first time since they opened for business.

JJ usually lets facts get in the way with his perception of something. This isn't any different.

Liberty purchased almost 500 million dollars of debt from Sirius last year, that alone will keep them in business for a decade.

[onthewhat]

Nope, many people like my self use the service daily

[exstatman]

I have it in all my cars, office and home.

[dwaechte]

It would be nice if JJ knew how to use google before making threads like this.

[Powderguy]

WHAT! It's growing more & more. Tons of people use it just for ESPN radio daily.

[Doug]

I think it pretty much sucks, and is worth about $1 a month.

[MartinBlank]

When JJ typed "viewers declining"-----a hammer should have sprung up from his keyboard and cracked on the side of his noggin.

That is the type of behavior modification JJ needs to stop the bullshit.

[illmatick]

love my Satellite Radio, wouldn't go a day without it

my entire family has one, JJ you're a fukin idiot

[Brock Landers]

nonsense, Directv has it as part of their feed for every customer, have it in most cars now. Hotter than ever.

[pavyracer]

Never had it. Don't care what other cities listen to. I support my local stations.

[cappinthepigs]

I've never listened except on DirecTv

[JerseyLove]

Youre wrong JJ. Once the automotive market comes back it will be fine.

[Doc JS]

Being wrong has never stopped JJ from cranking out another ill-conceived post!!!

Doc

[KC]

If Stern re ups they will make it a while longer

[seaborneq]

I just cancelled last month after a couple of years of subscribing. It is not going away anytime soon.

[DOMINATER]

Stern is the key , I dont believe he is going anywhere, lots of money tied up, I hope not I bought a few shares last year.

[flyingillini]

I think JJ is wrong on this one. I love my Sirius guey

[3PtShooter]

what is satellite radio ??

[Poker_Beast]

Sirius is the best!

[nosniboR11]

wow jj is wrong again

[maersksealand]

Paying to listen to the radio ? Why ?

[vitalogist]

Stern's not going anywhere. He obviously holds the key to their future success. Why listen to terrestrial radio? God, it's awful, commercials, stale playlists. Sirius is a great product, with a huge subscriber base. They just had a lot of large startup costs, and the government messing up their merger (the longest approval period in history), really stung as well. Wish I would have bought $100 of stock last year when it was at $.12 - it was over $1 last time I checked. Now if only Artie could get well, and return to the show....

[beach nut]

XM Sirius will be around for years. Most new cars now have satellite radio preinstalled and XM is tied in with DirecTV.

[patswin]

Had XM for 3 years finally canceled it once they added on the monthly copyright fee. I enjoyed for a few years now with my iphone I would rather listen to that

[JerseyLove]

XM Sirius will be around for years. Most new cars now have satellite radio preinstalled and XM is tied in with DirecTV.

You hit it on the head Sirius is the best. No commerical breaks every 10 minutes, and can say what you want!

[Reload]

Stern is the key , I dont believe he is going anywhere, lots of money tied up, I hope not I bought a few shares last year.

Still remember the deal he got when starting with them. It was an obscene amount of money and stock. That alone made him an icon for anyone not believing he was before.

[eidolon]

I hope you are wrong. I just paid my $460 for the lifetime membership to Sirius.

Don't worry. Satellite radio has been around longer then most think. It just didn't hit the main stream until around 2004. The won't "DIE".

[scarp]

pretty sure it will be there in 5 years. But yea, unless it gets cheaper and better reception in some places, there will be decreases

[gcarp707]

I love my satellite radio but I pry wouldn't have one if my work didn't pay for it. I use it a lot but its not worth that fee for me personally.

[craig4nr]

Never had it. Don't care what other cities listen to. I support my local stations.

As someone who works (read: trying to work) in the industry, this is what I like to hear. Although, the reality is your "local" station is probably owned by a giant corporation, but I digress.

[craig4nr]

The bottom line is this; you may all enjoy satellite radio, but that doesn't mean it's staying put. XM/Sirius is still in deep financial trouble. There's a reason these two companies "merged" in the first place. They were on the verge of bankruptcy as late as last summer. Not sure how well they're doing now but I don't imagine it's much better.

Stern probably won't stay with them for a number of reasons. He's lost most of his relevance since moving to sat radio. If he wants ot be in the spotlight, he'll get back into terrestrial radio. If he doesn't want the spotlight he'll just retire. Furthermore, I don't think Sirius/XM have the money ot pay him $100 million a year anymore. I highly doubt he will take a significant pay cut, which is what they need him to do to stay profitable. Howard brought a lot of listeners to Sirius, but he also came with an ENORMOUS price tag; one that may not have been worth it.

Sat radio may be around in five years, but this is by no means certain right now.