XM announced today that channel 167 (Air America) will be pre-empted for college sports?

[Cooley Hurd]

WTF???

[BlooInBloo]

1. Hello? Football season's started.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Are they pre-empting the Right wing channel? Umm... NO!

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

5. Of course not - that station makes money as-is.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Got stats, Bloo?

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

8. About what? About republican talk stations making more money than liberal?

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Um, yes - prove your assertion, Bloo!

Or is Bloo talking out his ass yet again?

On edit - "Bloo" rhymes with "loo", which is british slang for "toilet."

[BlooInBloo]

13. (shrug) It actually never occurred to me that anyone doubted that - lol!

I'll see what I can dig up.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Please do, because Ed Schultz & Randi have been kicking ass on Rush & Hannity...

...in many markets.

[BlooInBloo]

18. Ah - I see your trick now - you're going to require me to "prove"...

... that conservative radio wins in LITERALLY EVERY market, rather than simply overall (which is the only natural way of construing what I said).

Nevermind - you had me going for awhile tho - kudos!

[Cooley Hurd]

20. In other words - talking out thy ass again?

:eyes:

On edit: *chirp**chirp* crickets...?

[nick303]

45. You lost the argument

If you can even call it that. Don't be a sore loser.

[Cooley Hurd]

51. ...and who the fuck are YOU?

:eyes:

[nick303]

55. Just a guy who likes browsing around and

pointing out the obvious

[Cooley Hurd]

56. In other words, another ass talker...

Welcome to DU, nickie!:D

[Rosco T.]

25. YES THEY ARE !

www.xmradio.com/preemptions

[Cooley Hurd]

32. I'll be interested to see how much they pre-empt AAR versus the reich-wing shit channels...

...I'll be monitoring it (XM, YOU'RE on NOTICE - I have TWO receivers that will end up in Sacandaga Lake if you FUCK with my AAR programming!)

[Rosco T.]

34. did you bother to even READ THE DAMN LINK?

both AAR and AMERICA RIGHT are going to be preempted for the SAME DAYS and the SAME TIME.

[Cooley Hurd]

37. I read the DAMN link, where does it say "same days & SAME times?"

:shrug:

[Rosco T.]

39. didn't bother to read the PDF that gave the PRE-EMPTION SCHEDULE did you?

(for the Adobe impaired)

On Saturday, September 8, 2007, the following channels will be preempted for select
college football games:

The Weather Channel (XM 125): 6PM ­ 11PM ET
Air America (XM 167): 6PM ­ 11PM ET
America Right (XM 166): 6PM ­ 11PM ET

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will make every attempt to
minimize these occurrences.

[Cooley Hurd]

40. They offed MSNBC (i.e. Keith Olbermann's channel) and put POTUS 08 in its place...

...but THAT'S more important than AAR?

Got an answer for that, Mr XM insider?:shrug:

P.S. Also need an offical "XM" answer for THIS question:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1709484&mesg_id=1709517

[Rosco T.]

41. yeah...

MSNBC was had gone to mostly repeats of 'Dateline' programs,
the daytime news was a joke
and they weren't allowed to broadcast Imus.

It wasn't worth the bandwidth for 23 hours a day of ick for one hour of Olbermann (durn it).

and MSNBC was gone a LONG DAMN TIME (September '06ish) before POTUS'08 came along... so you're mixing apple and oranges and coming up with bovinestuff.

POTUS'08 is a damn wonderful idea, people are hearing stuff that they won't easily be able to hear anywhere else.

[blues90]

2. This is a first for XM , don't they have enough sports stations already

[SoCalDem]

47. Sirius used tp pre-empt AAR.. I live in Calif.. why should I even care

about GATOR FOOTBALL?? Yet, I would turn it on and there it was.. :grr:

and now I switched to XM, and guess what I STILL have to share MY ONLY station I evere listen to...with goddamned college football..

There HAVE to be UNUSED numbers on that damned thing , that they could use for those all importand college games :grr:

[hlthe2b]

4. I heard that and I am royally

PISSED~~!

[Cooley Hurd]

6. The former MSNBC channel, that they've devoted to "non-partisan" POTUS '08 coverage...

...will replay POTUS '08 debates WITHOUT interruption. WHY AirAm, instead of this throwaway channel??

[Nite Owl]

11. I hate that they replaced

MSNBC. Now I can't listen to Keith when I get stuck out at that time.

Hi CH!:hi:

[Cooley Hurd]

14. Hiya Nite! They replaced MSNBC channel with the "POTUS '08"...

...which has been a disappointment (just repeats and editorials). Why don't they pre-empt REPEATS instead of live broadcasting?:shrug:

[Rosco T.]

42. the did not 'replace' MSNBC with POTUS'08

MSNBC has been gone a long time (September '06'ish) and you know it... stop making strawman arguments to back up a weak position.

[Cooley Hurd]

43. Um... why not play the SPORTS on the SPORTS channels?

:shrug:

[Rosco T.]

44. cause they are full, multiple games scheduled at the same time.

if you have 7 games scheduled and 5 channels, you are dropping a 'one time' event, and don't EVEN talk about 'tape-delaying' a sports event, all it takes is one loudmouth to spoil it on another broadcast.


they picked their target so that YOU WON'T MISS A SINGLE SHOW on AAR with the sunday rebroadcasts (don't know and don't care about the shows on America Right).

[tammywammy]

54. I don't think your logical fact use talking is going to work

Some times people like to be outraged just to be outraged, facts be damned.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. When? I can't find any mention of this on their web site.

[Rosco T.]

29. www.xmradio.com/preemptions

both AAR and "American Right" are being preempted on September 8th

[DAMANgoldberg]

12. Sirius does this already...

on College Saturdays and NFL Sundays, both Sirius Left 146 and Sirius Patriot 144 are pre-empted for football. Also, Sirius Patriot 144 is one of the Driver/Crew channels for NASCAR. It does make sense, however.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. That's SIRIUS - we're talking XM...

...nonetheless, welcome to DU, DAMAN!:hi:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. Yes, and he was just saying that Sirius does it already....

What? No one else is allowed to relate anything? :shrug:

[Cooley Hurd]

22. YRD... Are Fox & MSNBC the same?

Does Fox have an Olbermann?:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

23. I never said they were the same...

But why can't someone join in a conversation and relate something that is on the subject? I also have Sirius, and was going to post the same thing until I saw it had already been said.
Why are being such a hard ass?
Duckie

[Cooley Hurd]

28. Because I PAY for XM exclusively FOR AAR...

...and they shit on liberal radio for BULLSHIT such as college sports?:shrug:

[Rosco T.]

30. [e-mail]

tell them :)

[Cooley Hurd]

35. I already have...

:thumbsup:

(BTW - I was hoping you'd show up on this thread, Roscoe!:thumbsup:)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

31. Do you listen to it 24/7?

Aren't Saturdays reruns from the week?
Duckie

[Cooley Hurd]

33. Yes - I support liberal/progressive media, and will be happy to chuck XM IF...

...they fuck with it!:thumbsdown:

[Rosco T.]

38. actually Saturday and Sunday are mirrors

a lot of 'best of' from the week, however

Saturday original

9A-10A "Marc Sussman’s Money Message"

2P–3P "Go Vegan" with Bob Linden

3P-6P "Ring of Fire" with Robert Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio, & David Bender

6P-7P "7 Days in America" with Mark Green, Arianna Huffington, & Bob Kerrey

7P-8P "The Time Is Now" with the Reverend Dr. James Forbes

8P-10P "Clout" with Richard Greene


Sunday

9A-10A (rebroadcast) "7 Days in America" with Mark Green, Arianna Huffington, & Bob Kerrey

1P-2P "Radio Nation" with Laura Flanders

2P-4P (rebroadcast) "Clout" with Richard Greene

4P-7P "Seder on Sunday" with Sam Seder

7P-8P (rebroadcast) "State of Belief" with Reverend Welton Gaddy

8P-11P (rebroadcast) "Ring of Fire" with Robert Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio, & David Bender

since the pre-empts are on Saturday, you still get a chance to hear it on Sunday

[XOKCowboy]

48. I do..

with forays into the comedy channel and the music channels during those inane commercials. :)

I'm really about fed up with XM. Ed Schultz instead of Thom Hartman and now this? The first time that Ring Of Fire is preempted on Saturday I'll be pissed!

Well thankfully it's only on Saturday.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

50. You should go to Sirius Left.

I feel it's much better. AAR was a snooze fest every time I tried to listen. :shrug:
Duckie

[BulletproofLandshark]

46. Hold on a minute

The right-wing channel on Sirius is called "Patriot"? WTF?

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Don't you know? The world STOPS for sports. NOTHING in life is more important.

:grr:

How many RW stations do they pre-empt for sports?

[Cooley Hurd]

19. None - the answer is NONE BLACK...

[Rosco T.]

26. WRONG AGAIN!

www.xmradio.com/preemptions


check you facts before you pontificate.

[Rosco T.]

24. NOTE: They are pre-empting 'AMERICA RIGHT' for the same time periods!

www.xmradio.com/preemptions

it's NOT just AAR getting tagged.

[SoCalDem]

49. True, BUT.. there are other stations that regularly air right wing views

AAR is the ONE and ONLY place to hear liberal views..

[Cooley Hurd]

57. XM has America Reich as well as Fox News Talk...

Notice that Faux News Talk will air unscathed.

I'm really sick of XM's crap - they offed MSNBC (which was my only access to KO down on my boat) for no reason other than it gave us Olbermann, who is the biggest threat to the corporatocrisy that is entities LIKE XM.

[pstokely]

62. I don't think they can pre-empt Faux since they don't program that channel

[tammywammy]

52. Thanks for finding that on the site

I searched around a bit last night and didn't see a preemption list.

:)

[pstokely]

64. Still, they probably have enough bandwith for the games

No need for pre-emptions

[ok_cpu]

27. I wish they'd pre-empt Lionel n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

36. Me too!

;)

[rucky]

53. How many flipping stations do they have?!

I think they have about 20 just for sports.

[alfredo]

58. Like Retail establishments, first you have to get them in the front door.

Having people come to 167 for sports could be good. After the game, they leave it on that station. The next time they fire up their radio they may hear something they don't hear on the MSM or hate radio. Get them in the front door.

[bbgrunt]

59. I have written them with my objections.

I am totally disgusted. I have 2 xm subscriptions SOLELY for AAR. I listen to nothing else. This is an outrage.

Overemphasis on sports and entertainment is one of the reasons media is failing and democracy is dying in this country. Of all the channels they have it seems like a slap in the face for them to prempt AAR. It's like the Mexican trucks being allowed to freely travel on US highways over the LABOR DAY weekend. Right in your f*ing face.

[pstokely]

60. What they pre-empting?

It's mostly best-of stuff on the weekends.

[tammywammy]

63. Check post 24

[librechik]

61. yes,of course- 40 sportsstations aren't nearly enough, you know

once football season starts.