Guest Smues Report post Posted November 9, 2007 I loved XM when I had it, but the reception is too shotty in Alaska as we're not officially in the coverage area. If that ever changes I'll go back to XM in a heartbeat. I miss their 80's station. Since I'm stuck with local radio the guy I share an office with listens to NPR all day, which is all talk all day. The guy I used to share an office with listened to the other NPR station we get, which had music as well as talk, but was less about national issues and more about native issues. When I get control of the radio it's Kool 97.3, the oldies station. They aren't bad, but it's 60's and 70's instead of 50's and 60's like the station I listened to in Spokane, so no Chuck Berry for me. When Kool is on commercial and I feel like torturing myself and seeing what's 'popular' I spin the dial to KFAT 92.9 "Hits & Hip Hop" and can actually hear my IQ dropping. Whatever station 101.3 is plays similar brain melting music as well. If I want to see what the latest Nickleback/Hinder/etc. song that's plaguing the airwaves is I flip to 102.3, but again I can't remember what the station is called. 92.1 BOB FM isn't bad at all actually, I just forget to turn to it most of the time. Limited commercials, no stupid chatter, and a decent variety of 80's and 90's shit. Spokane had a really great jazz station broadcast out of EWU, but the best we get here is smooth 105.7, the breeze. It's decent, but more geared towards "relaxing" music. No Miles Davis or Dave Brubeck. Oh and the other station I do listen to and like is 98.1 the classical station. For some reason I can't always get 97.3 to come in well on my office radio, but 98.1 is always crystal clear so I'll switch to that. Practically no commercials and no talk, just classic music. I like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 I didn't see the point in paying for radio either, but I'd rather pay thirteen bucks a month than listen to the smartasses who play edited songs for a living. And then play ridiculously long sets of commercials. With as much driving that I do for work, it really is worth it. Plus, I got the XM inno that doubles as an mp3 player so I didn't have to buy an ipod. Okay, this makes no sense to me. If you A: Don't like regular radio, and B: Don't really wanna pay for satellite, why would you buy a satellite radio that functions as an MP3 player, when you could've just bought *an MP3 player*, put a bunch of music on it, and listened to THAT? I generally don't give a rat's ass about the radio. We have one popular music station, one alleged classic rock station that plays half the stuff that's on the fucking other channel, and a real classic rock station. That's it. Because with an mp3 player, I can't listen to live Opie and Anthony or Ron and Fez. Spend $100 and get an Inno. You can set the Inno to record both shows and listen to them whenever, or live on the go if you have the antenna headphones. The MP3 "function" isn't as much for your MP3 collection as it is recording stuff to listen to later.. The only good thing about the suposed XM/Sirus merger is that its pretty much halted new receivers coming out, at least on the XM side, the Inno has been out for well over a year and its the best portable XM receiver there is. The inno is a good deal for $100. I have recorded about 150 songs off XM and its only at 33% on 50/50 mode. My favorite Channel for music is Lucy. Around here, there are about 50 country stations and nothing else so I had to get XM..and I can listen to my inno at work (in recorded mode, not live since the building blocks the XM signal) but being able to listen to O&A with my headphones on and I bust out laughing for no reason makes it worth it, I couldn't get through a 12 hour shift at work without it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 I didn't see the point in paying for radio either, but I'd rather pay thirteen bucks a month than listen to the smartasses who play edited songs for a living. And then play ridiculously long sets of commercials. With as much driving that I do for work, it really is worth it. Plus, I got the XM inno that doubles as an mp3 player so I didn't have to buy an ipod. Okay, this makes no sense to me. If you A: Don't like regular radio, and B: Don't really wanna pay for satellite, why would you buy a satellite radio that functions as an MP3 player, when you could've just bought *an MP3 player*, put a bunch of music on it, and listened to THAT? I generally don't give a rat's ass about the radio. We have one popular music station, one alleged classic rock station that plays half the stuff that's on the fucking other channel, and a real classic rock station. That's it. Because with an mp3 player, I can't listen to live Opie and Anthony or Ron and Fez. Spend $100 and get an Inno. You can set the Inno to record both shows and listen to them whenever, or live on the go if you have the antenna headphones. The MP3 "function" isn't as much for your MP3 collection as it is recording stuff to listen to later.. The only good thing about the suposed XM/Sirus merger is that its pretty much halted new receivers coming out, at least on the XM side, the Inno has been out for well over a year and its the best portable XM receiver there is. The inno is a good deal for $100. I have recorded about 150 songs off XM and its only at 33% on 50/50 mode. My favorite Channel for music is Lucy. Around here, there are about 50 country stations and nothing else so I had to get XM..and I can listen to my inno at work (in recorded mode, not live since the building blocks the XM signal) but being able to listen to O&A with my headphones on and I bust out laughing for no reason makes it worth it, I couldn't get through a 12 hour shift at work without it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 Em..I saw that after I edited it the 2nd time but I never bothered to edit out the buy for $100 part..It was more targeted at MM who didn't think buying the Inno made sense...the Inno's recording space is more for recording XM shows than storing songs on it (although I do have some on mine). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2007 Recording shows makes no sense for me, since I listen to almost all of O&A every morning and all of Ron and Fez. And even if I have something to do, it all replays on the weekend anyway. Plus, I work in some crappy parts of town and won't leave it in the truck. Also, once it gets too hot on the console (which is easy down here) the Inno shuts itself off and I lose whatever was recording. No, I use it for an mp3 player, since that makes sense. Drag and drop style portable electronics are my favorite. Especially when you don't have to install anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
