Satellite Radio Fans, Get Your Complaint Letters Ready Now

Dan Gibson | November 7, 2008 10:30 am

According to the incredibly observant satellite-radio news site Orbitcast, the Great Sirius XM Channel Merge Of 2008 will occur on Nov. 12. Redundancies between the two former competitors will apparently be resolved that day, although a few specialty stations will remain on both services. When the merger was announced, the word was that the stations for both services would be looked at, and when there was duplication (the retro decades channels, for example), the better of the two stations would survive. For example, Sirius oldies DJ Cousin Brucie is moving over to XM as well, which would indicate that one of XM’s music-related channels will be receding into the background soon. The real question: Will Sirius’s Left of Center make the cut, and will we still be able to enjoy our weekly fix of Pearl Jam b-sides and Ponytail tracks on Brooklyn Vegan’s show? IF not, we might not even have time to say goodbye–indications are that the services’ new lineups will be announced the day of the change. [Orbitcast]