Post #456545 by woofmutt on Wed, May 27, 2009 8:55 AM

"...pledge drives are more annoying than commercials.Yea, yea, they are necessary and to have more pure music broadcast and for the station to have any integrity, the pledge drives are necessary but..."

They're especially necessary for the radio staff who've had cushie jobs for years.

Here in Seattle on the indie/alternative KEXP the gawdawful John In The Morning who does the M-F AM show makes (as of 3 years ago) $90,000 a year. (The year he got that raise they made it retroactive and he was paid $125,000.) That $90,000 + a year comes from...You the listeners!

Public radio could employ new broadcast grads for 3 year stints at low wages and they'd always have more people applying than they could hire.

Anyway...

I get XM/Sirius over the Direct TV and really like it. The old country station plays an endless variety of music and I am always hearing cuts I've never heard before.

The variety of stations is great (and we only get a few). If I were on the road regularly I think it'd be well worth the money.

And better than getting rid of the commercials: Getting rid of the BLAH BLAH BLAH Heads who all now believe we tune into the radio to find out what they watched on TV last night.