Comments on: Checking Out The New Sirius XM http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/12/checking-out-the-new-sirius-xm/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Doug Mataconis http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/12/checking-out-the-new-sirius-xm/comment-page-1/#comment-248459 Doug Mataconis Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:56 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/?p=11401#comment-248459 Riley, My wife would have been very upset if Watercolors went away. As for the Sinatra thing, my understand is that XM allowed its contract with the Sinatra estate to expire knowing that they'd eventually get it back when the merger was approved. I'm not sure I can deal with having two Oprah channels though ;) Riley,

My wife would have been very upset if Watercolors went away.

As for the Sinatra thing, my understand is that XM allowed its contract with the Sinatra estate to expire knowing that they’d eventually get it back when the merger was approved.

I’m not sure I can deal with having two Oprah channels though ;)

]]> By: Riley http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/11/12/checking-out-the-new-sirius-xm/comment-page-1/#comment-248450 Riley Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:05:33 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/?p=11401#comment-248450 We've been exclusively XM ourselves between my car, my wife's car and over our DirecTV music channels at home. For the past 4 weeks, though, I've had a rental car with Sirius in it. The changes don't appear to be all that big on the Sirius side, either. Each service saw some channel name changes (I'll miss the names Fred, Ethel and Lucy on XM, but like that Big Tracks is now Classic Rewind. I'm just glad that the name Watercolors won out over Jazz Cafe.) I still remember when XM's American Standards was known as Frank's Place (as in Sinatra), so the change to Siriusly Sinatra is sort of a welcome back. We’ve been exclusively XM ourselves between my car, my wife’s car and over our DirecTV music channels at home. For the past 4 weeks, though, I’ve had a rental car with Sirius in it. The changes don’t appear to be all that big on the Sirius side, either. Each service saw some channel name changes (I’ll miss the names Fred, Ethel and Lucy on XM, but like that Big Tracks is now Classic Rewind. I’m just glad that the name Watercolors won out over Jazz Cafe.) I still remember when XM’s American Standards was known as Frank’s Place (as in Sinatra), so the change to Siriusly Sinatra is sort of a welcome back.

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