I’ll get a bit personal for this post, as it will be my final one for the site.

I have enjoyed writing about Sirius Radio for the last year and a half. Even though I appreciate the frustration many of you have with the service issues and can relate to some of them, I still intend to keep my Sirius Radio subscription for a long time. I love the value of having all of this variety at my fingertips. Regular radio to me is on the way out. Satellite Radio and Internet Radio are far and above much better for quality and entertainment.

I used to dream of the day when I would get to tune in to a Radio Station that would be uncensored and barrier free. Even with the CRTC monitoring some of the stuff going on, like the American FCC, they are not touching this stuff and laying off the talent in order for them to work and deliver the goods.

Thanks a ton to everyone for your comments, criticisms and kind words. I appreciate every one of the messages sent. Hope you all continue to find reasons to stay with Sirius, and hope those at Sirius Customer Service who have read these posts take customer concerns seriously.

Cheers,

Dann

The Federal Communications Commission (or FCC) has been asked to hold off on new policies related to satellite radio in the immediate future. Issues regarding Sirius XM Radio’s HD broadcasts and more are all likely to be pushed aside for now as a result of the order.

Senator Jay Rockefeller and Representative Henry Waxman recently requested that FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin postpone actions regarding satellite radio until the new presidential administration (under Obama) is instituted in the New Year.

Martin’s position on forcing HD compliant satellite receivers and clearing up terrestrial radio interference complaints will now have to be dealt with months from now, a wait that is sure to be difficult for many Sirius XM fans.

[Via Orbitcast]

The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (or MMTC) has been lobbying the FCC for the inclusion of HD radio capabilities in the majority of new satellite receivers.

The MMTC is hoping to achieve a breakthrough which would find the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulating a process wherein future models of SDARS satellite receivers would be able to properly comply with AM, FM and HD signal input and scanning.

MMTC spokespeople expressed a desire for Sirius XM Radio to make use of their merger savings in order to provide a truly practical alternative to terrestrial radio broadcasts.

[Via Orbitcast]

The Federal Communications Commission (or FCC) has granted Sirius XM Radio an extension for their previously ordered addition of third party channel support. A decision was reached by the FCC after a deadline for reconfiguring of Sirius XM’s business was passed on November 28th.

Sirius XM and the FCC had previously agreed that the satellite radio giant would have to lease out eight percent of their channel capacity to third party channels after the corporate merger earlier this year.

Troubles with figuring out exactly how to add the new channel support has led the FCC to reconsider the time-line which is now extended to a February 27th 2009 deadline.

[Via OrbitCast]