Why I’m Ditching XM Radio

November 18, 2008 by roland.

The recent merger of XM and Sirus has proven the more management inbreeds the more it becomes unfit to walk the earth. Prior to the merger XM had two channels which completely justified its existence: Fine Tuning & Audio Visions. These channels were unique in their nature and examples to be held up showing what the human race can aspire to become. Their loss can only be said to prove those against the proposed merger were correct.

Fine Tuning used to have the widest variety of non-mainstream radio music I’d ever found. In the same 45 minutes they could play Bach, Genesis, Jethro Tull, and several other artists nobody would associate together and somehow make it all work. There were shows which aired regularly such as Emerald Voyage featuring Irish folk and dance music, and a show featuring music of any genre written by original native Americans. These shows were fascinating. Had it not been for this station I would have never discovered a group called the Mediaeval Baebes, or an artist known as Nils Lofgren. Fine Tuning was a truly astounding station.

Audio Visions was that perfect background music for writing books or software. Most of the music had no lyrics. Simply beautiful sounds that evened out the stress of the day and allowed you to drift away when you needed to.

These were nearly the only stations I ever tuned in. They enriched the human species. Sadly, they are gone now. Soon my XM subscription will be gone as well.

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