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. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
