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	<title>Comments on: The random endorsement: XM Satellite Radio (or, why regular radio stinks)</title>
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		<title>By: allagashed</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/20/the-random-endorsement-xm-satellite-radio-or-why-regular-radio-stinks/#comment-612651</link>
		<dc:creator>allagashed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron &#38; Fez, Noon to Three - Best Show on the Satellite Radio!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron &amp; Fez, Noon to Three - Best Show on the Satellite Radio!</p>
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		<title>By: mikeeeee</title>
		<link>http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/20/the-random-endorsement-xm-satellite-radio-or-why-regular-radio-stinks/#comment-595138</link>
		<dc:creator>mikeeeee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>after the justice department shoots down the merger XM will be the survivor.

did you ever borrow some money to buy something and use the extra to party with.

that is what karmizan did and the rubber is going to meet the road pretty soon.

ps; i love listening to the system in the middle of the night while trucking out in nowhere, it's the best diesel driving music there is.

pps; ron and fez noon 'til 3</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>after the justice department shoots down the merger XM will be the survivor.</p>
<p>did you ever borrow some money to buy something and use the extra to party with.</p>
<p>that is what karmizan did and the rubber is going to meet the road pretty soon.</p>
<p>ps; i love listening to the system in the middle of the night while trucking out in nowhere, it&#8217;s the best diesel driving music there is.</p>
<p>pps; ron and fez noon &#8217;til 3</p>
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		<title>By: Unityblows</title>
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		<dc:creator>Unityblows</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah....Ron &#38; Fez, Noon to 3</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah&#8230;.Ron &amp; Fez, Noon to 3</p>
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		<title>By: Travis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"if jocks, who are supposed to be programming the music on their own (not PDs) and acting like an actual person on the air, are held to ridiculous standards, the medium suffers. If they’re too concerned with saying the wrong thing and finding themselves with a pink slip, they can hardly be expected to produce good, interesting radio."

You are right there (although DJ's usually don't program music - Music Directors do) that is at the heart of why radio sucks. I have been a rock and roll DJ at a small station for more than 10 years and I have had it beaten into my head over the years that you say the wrong thing and you are gone - period. My advice is if you need music - use an MP3 player - and leave radio for weather and local news.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;if jocks, who are supposed to be programming the music on their own (not PDs) and acting like an actual person on the air, are held to ridiculous standards, the medium suffers. If they’re too concerned with saying the wrong thing and finding themselves with a pink slip, they can hardly be expected to produce good, interesting radio.&#8221;</p>
<p>You are right there (although DJ&#8217;s usually don&#8217;t program music - Music Directors do) that is at the heart of why radio sucks. I have been a rock and roll DJ at a small station for more than 10 years and I have had it beaten into my head over the years that you say the wrong thing and you are gone - period. My advice is if you need music - use an MP3 player - and leave radio for weather and local news.</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AMEN!! Totally agree. I'm a Sirius listener... but hopefully soon that won't matter much.

Before Sirius (or XM) it was nearly impossible to listen to FM radio, especially in NYC. Here's a typical scenario... I'm cleaning my apartment on a Saturday morning and I'm looking for some music to jam out to. I turn on the radio, find a decent song is playing, crank it up... I go into kitchen and start washing dishes or something... next thing you know.. WHOA WHOA WHOA!!!  Blaring loud commercials. At this point, I have to drop everything I'm doing, walk over to the radio pre-sets, flip through 4 or 5 stations before I find another one not playing a commercial. As I return to whatever it is that I was doing, I realize that I will probably only have about 5-10 minutes before I will have to drop what I am doing once again and go find another station playing music.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AMEN!! Totally agree. I&#8217;m a Sirius listener&#8230; but hopefully soon that won&#8217;t matter much.</p>
<p>Before Sirius (or XM) it was nearly impossible to listen to FM radio, especially in NYC. Here&#8217;s a typical scenario&#8230; I&#8217;m cleaning my apartment on a Saturday morning and I&#8217;m looking for some music to jam out to. I turn on the radio, find a decent song is playing, crank it up&#8230; I go into kitchen and start washing dishes or something&#8230; next thing you know.. WHOA WHOA WHOA!!!  Blaring loud commercials. At this point, I have to drop everything I&#8217;m doing, walk over to the radio pre-sets, flip through 4 or 5 stations before I find another one not playing a commercial. As I return to whatever it is that I was doing, I realize that I will probably only have about 5-10 minutes before I will have to drop what I am doing once again and go find another station playing music.</p>
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		<title>By: drdrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>drdrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;And I’m nothing if not looking for a way to avoid nonsense.&lt;/i&gt;

so you don't read your posts either...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And I’m nothing if not looking for a way to avoid nonsense.</i></p>
<p>so you don&#8217;t read your posts either&#8230;</p>
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