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XM radio no longer commercial free

XM radio is now no longer playing uninterrupted music. They are now putting in little ads that I find very annoying. I want music only available for 24/7 that I’m paying for. I will play it at home, then just as I start enjoying the music at what I call a good listening level, the song will end and on comes one of their little announcements about what ever. I just had enough of it, shut it off and put on my own CD’s that has no talking. I find it hard to pay for something that is not what they advertise. We have it in the car and it recently became available through DirecTV which no longer offers the Music Channels that were commercial free. I wrote to complain to both and got automated responses. What ever happened to the human being that would reply when a customer has a concern or ask for what you are paying for.

I hope they get many complaints and maybe they would return to uninterrupted music.

Sorry but I had to vent………..
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avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
Well thank you;somebody whom shares my opinion. I am a D* subscriber so I only get 65 of the stations. I MUCH prefer the music choice stations we used to get. I too get annoyed at the talking/ whatever, not to mention the volume goes up xs 2/3 for this talking. --- My favorite station was 829. I could just leave it there for hours on end. Now we have 3 classic C&W stations that never seem to play the songs I like. I'm constantly changing the station then just turning the thing off.-- Since day one, I have been thinking of going back to cable to get what I used to get.---And I thought it was just me.
stage
20 posts
 
I agree with everything you said. I had XM for my car via a Roady2 receiver. I got tired of paying for their "commercial free" service and cancelled. I wish that Direct TV had kept their music channels and not switched to XM.
dolfan
109 posts
 
I like Sirius. They have DJ's which add a nice touch to the music. No automated music loops. I have it in my car and thru Dish at home.
texan
48 posts
 
I thought it was just me also; but, I have Serius and it's just as bad! I find all the talking from the DJ?s kinda like someone in your car who talks anytime the music stops. But I don't have control of when the next song starts to keep them quite, they have the remote control instead. Also, I consider them continually promoting their other channels advertising that I am paying for. Find it annoying to keep hearing someone promoting Martha Stewarts 24/7 channel on the rock channels!
The sports channels are worse, I get to hear the same commercials 4 times evry 15 minutes (Not Kidding)!
Would not recommend to anyone out there considering the purchase.
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ncarv
983 posts
 
I'm with Texan on Sirius. Who needs DJ's and self-promotion? The incessant annoying babble between a few songs is awful! I'm paying for music! Commercial free music! Also, Sirius changed their line-up a couple of months ago and eliminated my favorite channel -- Folktown -- and substituted another -- The Coffee House -- which bears no resemblance to the former.
Additionally, the music played is the same stuff over and over. If you're listening to classic rock stations -- there's about ten and they all overlap so I can hardly tell the difference -- they keep playing the same songs that were "hits" over and over. With all that time and that many stations, how about playing all the other songs on the great albums?
Another case of the promise of a great idea turning into the same commercial crap culture that has come to dominate American life.
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