That appears to be an offshoot of their "a la carte" offering -- they
committed to do this as part of the XM acquisition in order to secure
FTC / FCC approval.

Last time I checked a couple months back, there was only one
aftermarket radio that had the capability to pick & choose channels,
and it wasn't one of their cheaper radios.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Joe Buch<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Readers who enjoy listening to SW radio for news and cultural programming in 
> the USA and Canada should be interested in something I learned today about 
> the Sirius satellite radio service.  My inquiry was prompted by a new 
> practice of passing music copyright royalty fees on to the subscribers.  I 
> have lots of ways to hear music I choose without paying a monthly copyright 
> fee. So I asked Sirius if I could get just the news and talk channels for a 
> discounted price.
>
> Surprise, they said yes.  $9.95 per month will get you BBC World Service, CBC 
> Radio One, World Radio Network, two channels of NPR talk, Bloomberg Radio, 
> and the audio from all the US cable TV news channels plus some non-English 
> channels.
>

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