[opiated]

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as a guy in the biz, i'm excited about satellite radio...it should make conventional radio change their ways, and if not...i'm jumpin to a satellite station...what it boils down to is the crtc has allowed the states to broadcast their stations in canada, while at the same time allowing chum to broadcast as well..

[j-monster]

Hey opiated... how will the satellite radio stations be different than conventional stations? And how should they be different, in your opinion?

Just curious...

[opiated]

Hey opiated... how will the satellite radio stations be different than conventional stations? And how should they be different, in your opinion?

Just curious...

for starters, the american channels won't have to deal with the can-con factor(as far as i know)..which is 35 per cent canadian content..secondly there will be no commercials!!! the music will be 100 per cent digital sound, and there will be channels that cater to all types of music fans...in turn, i think conventional radio HAS to change the way they do biz..they've had to for quite some time anyways, but if they have to deal with a service that provides no commercials, we're going to have to find a way to make our stations more attractive..we're still going to have commercials, so we have to look at the music..for way too long now radio "suits" have forgotten about the music..they've concentrated on jocks who just wanna hear themselves talk..i'm not saying i'm the greatest jock on the planet, but i got into radio for the love of music, and the hope that i could bring radio back to how it once was(god, i sound like quite a dreamer...)i'm excited about the whole thing, and i know the suits won't care at first..but they will eventually....and i just hope it's not too late

[robert goulet]

I'm not sure there are too many places in Canada where you can turn into the Howard Stern show...Buffalo comes to mind for one... but for any fans of his out there, this won't be news to you, but he'll also be making the switch to Satellite radio in a few months.

I for one can't wait...since I moved to Ottawa I've been without a good morning show (if my cousin heard me say that she'd be pissed as she's the morning girl on BobFM here in Ottawa) I think Howard is one hell of a funny guy...if you don't like boob, fart and low-brow humour, well he may not be your brand of vodka then....but for those of us that do, the leash that has been around his neck on a daily basis will finally be shed, which can only make for great entertainment.

Goulet!!!

[aaronck]

Radio has been absolute shit here in Calgary for as long as I can remember...the main morning man is Gerry Forbes on a terrible rock station that just replays the same Nickelback/Creed/ blendingtogetheroverplayedshite over and over. They also love fart sounds and stealing bits and songs from radio stations all over the States, all the while begging for free food and services from local merchants.
But as bad as they are, there's really no competition anywhere in town, I listened to CFOX out of Vancouver for a while, but don't want to get busted at work for it, so now it's radio till they piss me off(usually about an hr in) then it's MP3s for the rest of the day.
The best radio I ever heard was an old internet site where you could sort genres, and artists from 0-5 on how much you want to hear each. I discovered a lot of music with it, but like all good free things, it disappeared eventually.