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Pyrate Pete
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| daver40 wrote: | Anybody still care?  |
I miss Emerald Isle's Celtic music.
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CTGuy
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Location: Meriden, CT
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Pyrate Pete wrote: | | daver40 wrote: | | Anybody still care? |
I miss Emerald Isle's Celtic music. |
The Village plays -- at least to my ears -- a better selection of Celtic (and English and Scottish) music every Friday night and Sunday morning. Fine Tuning's brand of Celtic music leaned a little bit too New Age for me. |
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tdevine
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Location: Maryland
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| daver40 wrote: | | Anybody still care? |
Yes
I have like 12 hours of Fine Tuning on my Inno which I recently deactivated since outside the car I don't listen to much XM anymore. I guess it'll be there if I ever reactivate, but for now I just have memories since nothing I've come across online even comes close to what Fine Tuning did *sigh*
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airboy
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Man am I glad I have Hard drives full of hours of Fine Tuning.
I set the machines loose about 3 years ago. what a treasure...
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Standard Screwball
Everyday Listener
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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Since I can't find the original post or link anywhere, I'm putting the news out on this here board that Hand of Grandfather can be heard Sundays at 3 PM eastern on KYGT in Colorado, which can be accessed through
www.radiotime.com
Search for hand of grandfather, or KYGT.
And, would either WFMU, or WFUV, both in New York, have a similar feel to Fine Tuning? Maybe, since the former is AAA, and the latter rather oldies/folk-oriented, taken together, they'd be a decent approximation? Both can be accessed through Itunes, and probably Shoutcast also. |
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Relayer1
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Joined: 03 Apr 2009
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Location: Toronto
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: Fine Tuning was the reason I subscribed to XM! |
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| I still can not believe they took Fine Tuning off the air. IMHO it was definitely the best thing that XM had going for it. The station was head and shoulders above all the formula-based programming of the post-merger. August will not be the same without YES month. This is just another example of how music and business do not mix. Does anyone know what happened to maestro Mr. Ben Smith? I would like to contact him and subscribe to whatever he is directing these days. David Orsini <do> |
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daver40
Mildly Amused XM Fan
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Fine Tuning was the reason I subscribed to XM! |
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| Relayer1 wrote: | | I still can not believe they took Fine Tuning off the air. IMHO it was definitely the best thing that XM had going for it. The station was head and shoulders above all the formula-based programming of the post-merger. August will not be the same without YES month. This is just another example of how music and business do not mix. Does anyone know what happened to maestro Mr. Ben Smith? I would like to contact him and subscribe to whatever he is directing these days. David Orsini <do> |
I agree, Fine Tuning was the best thing and it epitomized what a service like this should offer.
Here's Ben's MySpace http://www.myspace.com/bensmithdrummer
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HornsKeith
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I haven't posted in forever, but FWIW the loss of Fine Tuning had a lot of to do with cancelling 2 of the my 3 XM subscriptions. It's sad because Fine Tuning introduced me to a lot of music that I would not have otherwise heard. Between that, Audio Visions, and the neverending sound quality problems, my last subscription may not make it too much longer either. Bleh.
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tdevine
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| HornsKeith wrote: | I haven't posted in forever, but FWIW the loss of Fine Tuning had a lot of to do with cancelling 2 of the my 3 XM subscriptions. It's sad because Fine Tuning introduced me to a lot of music that I would not have otherwise heard. Between that, Audio Visions, and the neverending sound quality problems, my last subscription may not make it too much longer either. Bleh.
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It was the final push for me to cancel 2 radios. I keep one going since I do enjoy The Loft, Watercolors and various news/talk channels in my car. My enjoyment of satellite radio's music offerings took a huge hit last fall .....
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flopes
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: Bye Bye XM |
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I'm finally giving up and canceling my subscription. When Fine Tuning disappeared I examined what else I was listening to. Fine Tuning was pretty much it. I liked the talk radio, but the commercials drove me to distraction.
It's a shame. I would have gladly paid the $ for the one station.
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airboy
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spartanlvr01
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:12 am Post subject: Re: Bye Bye XM |
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| flopes wrote: | I'm finally giving up and canceling my subscription. When Fine Tuning disappeared I examined what else I was listening to. Fine Tuning was pretty much it. I liked the talk radio, but the commercials drove me to distraction.
It's a shame. I would have gladly paid the $ for the one station.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many posts there are for stations the Sirius determined "no one" was listening to.
Where in the hell do they get their listening statistics from anyway? |
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CTGuy
The King of Contrary
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Bye Bye XM |
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| spartanlvr01 wrote: | | flopes wrote: | I'm finally giving up and canceling my subscription. When Fine Tuning disappeared I examined what else I was listening to. Fine Tuning was pretty much it. I liked the talk radio, but the commercials drove me to distraction.
It's a shame. I would have gladly paid the $ for the one station.
Bye |
It never ceases to amaze me how many posts there are for stations the Sirius determined "no one" was listening to.
Where in the hell do they get their listening statistics from anyway? |
XM used Arbitron, not sure if Sirius XM is doing the same. Both companies tracked online listening as well, and there's no reason to believe the combined entity doesn't. Both extrapolate large numbers from small samples -- the same way TV ratings and election-race tracking are done. If you believe statistics is a science and not a scam, then the cold hard facts are irrefutable. |
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XM in Dallas
Moderator/XMelot #3/XM Suck-up/PLM/IE8-elot
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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Location: Dallas, Texas
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| Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Bye Bye XM |
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| spartanlvr01 wrote: | | flopes wrote: | I'm finally giving up and canceling my subscription. When Fine Tuning disappeared I examined what else I was listening to. Fine Tuning was pretty much it. I liked the talk radio, but the commercials drove me to distraction.
It's a shame. I would have gladly paid the $ for the one station.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many posts there are for stations the Sirius determined "no one" was listening to.
Where in the hell do they get their listening statistics from anyway? |
Historically, a 4-page thread when a channel is removed is nothing. And it took months for it to reach 4 pages. I'd say that's a pretty good gauge that it wasn't that terribly popular.
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daver40
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| Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Bye Bye XM |
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| XM in Dallas wrote: | | spartanlvr01 wrote: | | flopes wrote: | I'm finally giving up and canceling my subscription. When Fine Tuning disappeared I examined what else I was listening to. Fine Tuning was pretty much it. I liked the talk radio, but the commercials drove me to distraction.
It's a shame. I would have gladly paid the $ for the one station.
Bye |
It never ceases to amaze me how many posts there are for stations the Sirius determined "no one" was listening to.
Where in the hell do they get their listening statistics from anyway? |
Historically, a 4-page thread when a channel is removed is nothing. And it took months for it to reach 4 pages. I'd say that's a pretty good gauge that it wasn't that terribly popular. |
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