Sirius Satellite Radio Review

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thenewlinke
Orrstown, PA

Listener Controlled Music Coast-to-Coast

listening to country, Stay-at-Home Mom, Wife of a Trucker, always online, at home alone a lot, Varied Music Taste

Pros

Free Online Radio w/ Subscription, Songs I haven't heard in years, loads of channels, commercial-free music, Listener Controlled Music

Cons

Acquiring Signal

MAR

2008

My Husband and I first discovered satellite radio almost 3 years ago. My Husband, Rich, is a OTR (Over the Road) truck driver and hated that he had to find a new station to listen to every 1-2 hours. And then Howard Stern moved to Sirius and that was that. Rich wanted Sirius. We have been hooked ever since.

I am a Stay-at-Home Mom of two boys but I travel a lot. My Parents are 3 1/2 hours away (Green Co.) and Rich's are 2 hours away (Philly area). When we go on our frequent day trips to Grandma's, I can listen to the same commercial free station the entire time.

Another great feature are the music "counsels." Anyone can join them and they help decide each music station's play-list and it is based on a weekly questionnaires that rate the songs on the current play-list. Between this and request (by phone & email) the listeners are the ones who control the music, not some predetermined Billboard list.

The final feature is the one I use the MOST...free online radio. As long as you have a regular Sirius subscription you can go to Sirius.com and you can listen to any of their commercial-free music stations (and a few of the talk radio stations) online for FREE. I listen to it anytime I'm on the computer.

Last edited on Mar 26, 2008

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Comments about thenewlinke’s Review

We enjoy satellite radio although I'll admit Stern was not a draw for me! ha Good points here!

I love my Sirius Satellite!
I bought my husband the Sportster.
What I didn't know was that you can listen to it online.
How cool is that?

I used to drive OTR as well, but I settled for a box of tapes...lol Thanks for the review. ;) Ron

Enjoying your reviews. Welcome to Viewpoints. An XM listener here.

Great review! I didn't know about the music counsels. Thanks for the info on that. I'll have to check that out. I started with XM a few years ago and switched to Sirius when I got a new car and love t.