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 Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:38 pm Post subject: XM's 60 Channel Challenge Free Preview, November 17-30 |
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XM's new 60 Channel Challenge will turn on 60 channels to non-activated radios between November 17-30. XM's biggest free preview ever!
Turn It On!
You'll have free access to 60 XM channels. Listen to a variety of commercial-free music, plus sports, news, talk, and entertainment. Get a taste of everything XM has to offer by listening to favorites like MLB Home Plate, Elvis Radio, Oprah Radio, Grateful Dead Channel and much more. To enjoy these great channels, all you'll have to do is tune in to XM.
With 60 free channels to choose from, we have no doubt you'll quickly find favorites you'll go back to again and again. Sample just four or five channels a day over these two free weeks and you'll hear the incredible programming that XM has to offer. What have you got to lose? It's free. Just tune in to XM.
Here's a list of all 60 free channels.
Pop:
XM 5 - 50's on 5
XM 6 - 60's on 6
XM 7 - 70's on 7
XM 8 - 80's on 8
XM 18 - Elvis Radio
XM 20 - Top 20 on 20
XM 25 - The Blend
XM 26 - The Pulse
XM 28 - Escape
Rock:
XM 40 - Deep Tracks
XM 41 - Hair Nation
XM 44 - 1st Wave
XM 45 - The Spectrum
XM 46 - Classic Vinyl
XM 47 - Alt Nation
XM 48 - Octane
XM 49 - Classic Rewind
XM 51 - Coffee House
XM 53 - Boneyard
XM 54 - Lithium
XM 55 - Radio Margaritaville
XM 56 - Jam On
XM 57 - Grateful Dead Channel
XM 59 - Underground Garage
Hip-Hop/R&B:
XM 68 - The Heat
Dance & Electronic:
XM 81 - BPM
XM 83 - The Strobe
XM 84 - Chill
Country:
XM 12 - Outlaw
XM 13 - Willie's Place
XM 16 - The Highway
XM 17 - Prime Country
Jazz/Blues/Standards:
XM 70 - Real Jazz
XM 71 - Watercolors
XM 73 - Siriusly Sinatra
XM 74 - Bluesville
Classical:
XM 78 - Symphony Hall
XM 79 - Met Opera Radio
Entertainment:
XM 156 - Oprah Radio
Holiday:
XM 4 - Holiday Traditions
XM 23 - Holly
Comedy:
XM 151 - Laugh USA
Sports:
XM 140 - Espn Radio
XM 143 - Sirius XM Sports Nation
XM 144 - Mad Dog Radio
XM 146 - PGA Tour
XM 175 - MLB Home Plate
XM 204 - NHL Home Ice
Talk, News, & NPR:
XM 121 - Fox News
XM 122 - CNN
XM 123 - HLN
XM 127 - CNBC
XM 130 - POTUS
XM 133 - XM Public Radio
XM 134 - NPR Now
XM 135 - WRN
Family & Health:
XM 115 - Radio Disney
XM 116 - Kids Place Live
XM 119 - Doctor Radio
Religion:
XM 117 - Catholic Channel
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livingfruitvirus
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XM sure gets a lot of free previews. Sirius doesn't seem so generous. Two Best of XM sports just started: NHL and NBA. You'd think that would be a good opportunity for a free BOXM preview. Nope.
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| livingfruitvirus wrote: | | XM sure gets a lot of free previews. Sirius doesn't seem so generous. Two Best of XM sports just started: NHL and NBA. You'd think that would be a good opportunity for a free BOXM preview. Nope. |
Sirius isn't generous with anything, not even the price of their radio's if your already Sirius sub, but XM does, go figure 
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The last time there was a preview, Sirius had it too.
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| maxx2002 wrote: | | livingfruitvirus wrote: | | XM sure gets a lot of free previews. Sirius doesn't seem so generous. Two Best of XM sports just started: NHL and NBA. You'd think that would be a good opportunity for a free BOXM preview. Nope. |
Sirius isn't generous with anything, not even the price of their radio's if your already Sirius sub, but XM does, go figure |
A free preview on the Sirius side will probably crash half their OEMS 
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No Bridge or E Street, I see.
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marker101
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I get to use my deactivated receivers for two weeks! 
Time to dust off the SkyFi1!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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No Soultown (very little R&B choices)
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maxx2002
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| AZjoe wrote: | | No Soultown (very little R&B choices) |
And no Groove XM ch 64, all I see is XM Ch 68 Heat, The Strobe XM Ch 83 just doesn't cut it for R&B choices
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Ryan
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| maxx2002 wrote: | | AZjoe wrote: | | No Soultown (very little R&B choices) |
And no Groove XM ch 64, all I see is XM Ch 68 Heat, The Strobe XM Ch 83 just doesn't cut it for R&B choices |
I'm not sure if having only 1 urban channel on the free preview reflects that genre's ratings, or if that's not the market they are trying to hit with this free trial.
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| livingfruitvirus wrote: | | XM sure gets a lot of free previews. Sirius doesn't seem so generous. Two Best of XM sports just started: NHL and NBA. You'd think that would be a good opportunity for a free BOXM preview. Nope. |
Sirius' conditional access architecture makes doing that sort of thing very difficult.... in order to only activate certain channels, they'd have to update every radio's channel lineup which would disrupt current listeners' experience.
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| leviramsey wrote: | | livingfruitvirus wrote: | | XM sure gets a lot of free previews. Sirius doesn't seem so generous. Two Best of XM sports just started: NHL and NBA. You'd think that would be a good opportunity for a free BOXM preview. Nope. |
Sirius' conditional access architecture makes doing that sort of thing very difficult.... in order to only activate certain channels, they'd have to update every radio's channel lineup which would disrupt current listeners' experience. |
With the last preview, I don't remember them having to update all the radios. I just remember my deactivated radio updated with the preview.
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Yet another half-hearted promotional attempt. No kidding, who knows about this besides the folks on this board?
For crissakes, let's get some real promos going! About three times a year, Sirius should open the ENTIRE thing up for EVERY radio. A week before, hit TV markets with advertising urging people who have deactivated radios in their cars to sample the service.
Then, give them the $77 deal for a year, six months, whatever, with the condition that they leave a credit card on file for regular service after the $77 deal has expired. No contracts or anything like that, but I'm betting that a good percentage of those who signed up at the reduced rate would not cancel.
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Do you guys think this is one of those previews that end with kill signals being spread out to all the deactivated radios that still get the channels?
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Mike Nassour
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I'd be stunned if it wasn't. After all, that's the secondary reason for having the things. But then, the radios will go dead eventually anyway.
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