We’re all waiting on this guy
The FCC “will hopefully be able to do something on it soon.” “It” is the proposed XM-Sirius merger, while “soon” means whatever you want it to mean.
Yup, the FCC chair, Kevin Martin, said today that the deal has taken as long as it has because of all the different regulatory matters involved. Or, maybe, because the likes of the NAB have been hounding everyone since Day One, claiming that the merger will ruin radio blah blah get an iPod.
The news comes nearly three months after the Justice Department said “sure, why not?” to the merger.
And, for the zillionth time, I’m pro-merger in as much as I don’t see anything particularly wrong with it; I think those running around saying “but it’ll be a monopoly in the satellite radio industry” are being disingenuous. It’s not like satrad is a necessity and you’re forced to buy it. That, and for $10 you can buy a tape deck to connect your portable media player (iPod) to your car stereo.
“The Whole World’s Watching” and waiting for someone to pull there fingers out of there …… Well???”
This needs to come to a decision soon before there’s not a Sat. Radio at all… As long as Clear Channel and the NAB with others showing there “A$$’s”… Sirius/XM will never have a chance to show weather or not that they will be truthful to there commitments if the FCC doesn’t approve it soon.
The DOJ finally got it right after way too long at time while listening to the same old BS that Clear Channel and the NAB and with others as Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition with yet others also.
It would seem to me that all that is being covered is yet – the same BS that was cleared by the DOJ…
Lets move on and approve this without further delay and let the people decide to Sirius/XM faith…
Watch how quickly the Verizon/Alltel sale goes through. And THIS takes so long? It does not matter if you are PRO or AGAINST the merger, make the decision already.
FYI…Howard Stern read this article aloud today about 15 minutes in to the start of his satellite radio show.