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  1. The Fat Man

    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    I never tested game broadcasts between my in-car XM and the app. I have tested it between my local FM (WBZ-FM 98.5) and the same broadcast fed to SiriusXM's play-by-play channel, on the app. There was a significant delay there, but I attributed that being due to the former being an OTA...
  2. The Fat Man

    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    So I have heard varying numbers. My wife drives the minivan with the XM radio. My truck is a lower trim, so only have AM/FM and Bluetooth audio. I've heard three minutes, and I've heard 30 seconds. A caller complained on Jim Norton and Sam Roberts, and they tested it live. The delay was...
  3. The Fat Man

    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    Definitely voice tracked. I'll pull up YouTube videos of Squizz, and hear call-ins to the DJs. Don't hear that on Octane these days. With modern rock, there's definitely an agenda for pushing certain bands (I know, unsurprising). Nickelback has a new song, and not only do they play heck out...
  4. The Fat Man

    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    Good Lord! Thanks for this thread. In summary, they completely downgraded the app, when all they needed to do was change the logo on the old app. It was moving the furniture just to do it. My complaints (in no particular order): - They put the artist name and song title on the same line, so...
  5. The Fat Man

    Just renewed 2 radios, and I got a good deal. I think

    I have still have an XM radio in my wife's car (a 2012 Honda). The old additive was that because we were on XM, we needed to pay extra for Stern. I never paid for XM, because I had enough music on my phone and download podcasts for talk programming. Then I still get SiriusXM music channels in my...
  6. The Fat Man

    Free XM/Sirius

    Something most people can't get. Luckily North of Boston, I we get the two Boston Classic Rock stations and two modern/classic rock mix stations out of New Hampshire.
  7. The Fat Man

    Looking forward again to the Christmas stations again this year.

    People in my social circle love Fall and Halloween. It's so annoying when they start talking about Fall and Halloween coming, on August 1st. I personally enjoy calling out the hypocrisy when they take issue with the Christmas people taking the thunder out of their time of the year. In other...
  8. The Fat Man

    Just Canceled

    yes. My phone sends the audio via bluetooth to an FM transmitter. I set the transmitter to a frequency that won't interfere with a licensed station, and that's how I listen. I have a 2006 Honda, so I don't have bluetooth built into my car. North of Boston, the best frequency is 87.9...
  9. The Fat Man

    The Howard Stern Show

    Nope. I've gone podcast since the demise of Opie and Anthony.
  10. The Fat Man

    Just Canceled

    Supposed to say "my FM transmitter." I have a FM transmitter that is technically regulated for international use. It connects to my phone via bluetooth. I set it to 87.9 FM as in my area, there is nothing on 88.1 and we do not have a LP channel 6 (audio on 87.7) in the Boston market. I use...
  11. The Fat Man

    The Howard Stern Show

    Has anyone seen the video from 2013 when Howard had the staff meeting where he essentially presents the changes in his show's presentation. I choose not to add my observation to it.
  12. The Fat Man

    Just Canceled

    SiriusXM music is one of the reasons that I stay with Dish. With you FM transmitter and my cellphone, I find myself enjoying more podcasts than anything.
  13. The Fat Man

    Outdoor Options

    If you have some form of an outdoor radio with an Aux port, this is what I do. I bought a bluetooth transmitter (not one for the car) that connects to home sound systems via the audio (red and white) Aux cables. I use SiriusXM through Dish to listen to music. But, I have about 1,100 songs on...
  14. The Fat Man

    Ch 70 Hallmark Holiday music

    How much will be make it's way over to Dish?
  15. The Fat Man

    Sirius XM to Buy Pandora in $3.5 Billion Deal

    Well, all my questions are covered. Still not going to pay for either service. Pandora because I'm a not a huge fan. SiriusXM because I don't have it in my car, and I'm not paying for it so my wife can listen to Hits 1, especially when she can hear the same five songs on Top 40 FM.
  16. The Fat Man

    Why pay for radio

    That's what I do with my FM transmitter and my cellphone. Good old Android with its expandable memory. I can fill it up with solely audio and my phone is left free for apps and pictures.
  17. The Fat Man

    Why pay for radio

    That's similar to my issue with local stations charging retransmission fees to cable and satellite companies. With the Royality Fees, the artist (let's face it, many of them are performers and can only make synthesized sounds on a computer, which is music but not created or performed by an...
  18. The Fat Man

    XM Free Until 9/10

    Many of them now only map to the channel location they were originally at. The reason is that before the shutdown of full power analog, most channels had to have two locations. They had one for their analog channel and one for their digital channel, which then virtually mapped down to their...
  19. The Fat Man

    XM Free Until 9/10

    Supposedly the LPTV Analog loophole is to be closed. If I'm right, that audio signal on 87.75 won't work with Digital Television. It makes it a moot point, if I'm right. Again, in Boston, I don't see anything coming to channel 6. The station that is Me TV music in Chicago had existed long...
  20. The Fat Man

    XM Free Until 9/10

    Yes, but that's provided your area had something broadcasting on Channel 6. Boston never has. We've had 4, 5 and 7 in the analog day, but never on 6. It depends on the car. My 2006 Honda CRV starts at 87.7.
  21. The Fat Man

    XM Free Until 9/10

    I'm not to fond of driving around in a mini-van. [emoji38] I actually have a bluetooth FM transmitter in my car. It might be a bit stronger, as it's made for international use and I know fits within the CRTC guides of acceptable FM transmission. If I'm right, the CRTC allows for greater...
  22. The Fat Man

    XM Free Until 9/10

    Everytime I listen, I realize how much I miss XM. But, my wife drives the car with the XM radio, and shes content to listening to Hits 1. She can get that music on somewhere around five FM stations where I live. My car doesn't have XM, and I'm not paying for the app to then have to up my data...
  23. The Fat Man

    Actual technology used on SiriusXM radios

    All I can tell you is that Honda, at least circa 2013, used XM. The best way to tell used to be where certain channels were on your receiver. For instance, Faction Talk used to be standard for XM Radios on 103, but Sirius subs needed to pay a premium and it was on 206. Many of these issues...
  24. The Fat Man

    Channel changes you hate...

    I didn't like the Faction change to Turbo. They went from have a better Alt station than Alt Nation to another Nickelback channel.
  25. The Fat Man

    SiriusXM looking to acquire part of iHeartRadio?

    That is one thing. Is there some kind of a loophole for SiriusXM, if they broadcasted songs on an FM outlet? I don't think so, but I'm trying to think of any possible angle.