Why Sirius when Pandora is Free?

[yorto]

<div class="bbWrapper">Have Sirius and I am thinking of not renewing. With Pandora on my phone and &quot;TuneIn&quot; app there as well, what is the point of Sat radio any longer?</div>

 

[harshness]

<div class="bbWrapper">Comedy, talk, news and sports are among the radio genres that Pandora doesn&#039;t cover.</div>

 

[yorto]

<div class="bbWrapper">I like Daniel Tosh. Did a Pandora search and it was like Raw Dog. Using TuneIn on my iPhone I get lots of stuff.</div>

 

[dan188]

<div class="bbWrapper">Pandora gives you 40 hrs a month of free listiong</div>

 

[dtanderson]

<div class="bbWrapper">I got rid of my Sirius about a year ago and I listen to Pandora now instead.</div>

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

<div class="bbWrapper">My favorite app was TuneIn, however CBS pulled all its stations off of TuneIn earlier this weeks. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> In addition Clear Channel already pulled all its stations from TuneIn as well.</div>

 

[DodgerKing]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Scott Greczkowski" data-source="post: 2612931" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2612931" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2612931">Scott Greczkowski said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My favorite app was TuneIn, however CBS pulled all its stations off of TuneIn earlier this weeks. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> In addition Clear Channel already pulled all its stations from TuneIn as well. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> Which is why ooTunes is better. You get everything</div>

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

<div class="bbWrapper">As far as I know CBS will be forcing all apps to remove their stations and only the Radio.COM app will host the CBS stations.</div>

 

[Peter Parker]

<div class="bbWrapper">I prefer Slacker and it has some of the genres that are listed as &quot;missing&#039; above.<br /> <br /> I use Slacker but unless you cache you may have problems being in wifi or 3g range ina moving car. Sat rasio is not perfect in that regard either but , at least for me, it is somewhat better.<br /> <br /> You really have to decide if you like the self programmed Slacker/Pandora stations or the professionally programmed XM/Sirius. then you need to decide of the few missing formats (sports and News come to mind as underserved on Slacker/Pandora0 are worth the subscription fee. What works for me might not work for you.</div>

 

[Juan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Geronimo" data-source="post: 2613233" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2613233" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2613233">Geronimo said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I prefer Slacker and it has some of the genres that are listed as &quot;missing&#039; above.<br /> <br /> I use Slacker but unless you cache you may have problems being in wifi or 3g range ina moving car. Sat rasio is not perfect in that regard either but , at least for me, it is somewhat better.<br /> <br /> You really have to decide if you like the self programmed Slacker/Pandora stations or the professionally programmed XM/Sirius. then you need to decide of the few missing formats (sports and News come to mind as underserved on Slacker/Pandora0 are worth the subscription fee. What works for me might not work for you. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <br /> slacker has ABC radio news (If u want to pay for it) and ESPN Sports news (If u want to pay for it)</div>

 

[DodgerKing]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Scott Greczkowski" data-source="post: 2613061" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2613061" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2613061">Scott Greczkowski said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> As far as I know CBS will be forcing all apps to remove their stations and only the Radio.COM app will host the CBS stations. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> What about iHeart radio? Isn&#039;t that specifically for CBS?</div>

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

<div class="bbWrapper">IHeartRadio is for Clear Channel stations.<br /> <br /> BTW ooTunes is not available on the Android platform.</div>

 

[dan188]

<div class="bbWrapper">I wish oootunes was on android. Loved it on my iphone</div>

 

[reddice]

<div class="bbWrapper">IHeartRadio at least is more stable then the Radio App. Stupid CBS forcing you to use there buggy app. TuneIn is great otherwise. I love all the stations.<br /> As for Pandora I don&#039;t like it as I prefer Last.fm for $3 a month.</div>

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

<div class="bbWrapper">The Radio.COM app is buggy for me too, its always crashing out on my Android.</div>

 

[azgreg]

<div class="bbWrapper">AOL Radio works pretty well still. It carries (or maybe carried) the CBS stations. As the OP stated though, there are many options besides Sirius these days. Hope they don&#039;t go hog wild with rates when their agreement to hold prices comes to an end.</div>

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

<div class="bbWrapper">AOL is dropping the CBS Stations and will be using Slacker Stations instead.</div>

 

[Pete K]

<div class="bbWrapper">I can&#039;t get Pandora or TuneIn in my car, at least not yet. I can&#039;t get MLB, NFL, NBA (if they ever play again) or NHL on Pandora. Live sports &quot;might&quot; be available on TuneIn, if you know where to look and the games aren&#039;t blacked out. This round goes to: SiriusXM. Next?</div>

 

[Ilya]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="yorto" data-source="post: 2612469" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2612469" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2612469">yorto said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> With Pandora on my phone and &quot;TuneIn&quot; app there as well, what is the point of Sat radio any longer? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>1. Commercial-free music<br /> 2. Does not require Internet connection (e.g. when you are on the road)<br /> 3. Often more stable than the broadband Internet streaming when you are on a long trip<br /> 4. Some channels may not be available otherwise<br /> 5. It&#039;s cheaper than the broadband Internet on the phone</div>

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="Pete K" data-source="post: 2614044" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2614044" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2614044">Pete K said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I can&#039;t get Pandora or TuneIn in my car, at least not yet. I can&#039;t get MLB, NFL, NBA (if they ever play again) or NHL on Pandora. Live sports &quot;might&quot; be available on TuneIn, if you know where to look and the games aren&#039;t blacked out. This round goes to: SiriusXM. Next? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> I get Pandora and Stitcher in my car which is built into the Sync system. But I play TuneIn and IHeartRadio through my systemusing my iPad but I dont have the voice control through the system like I do with Pandora and Stitcher and also song information is not shown on the navigation screen.</div>