Showing posts with label SiriusXM satellite radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SiriusXM satellite radio. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Bette Midler Denounces Arbitrary SiriusXM '40s on 4' Station Programming Change

The Divine Miss M has spoken, and she's not happy. She added her support to SiriusXM 40s on 4 radio channel fans who want their big band music back rather than Billy Joel 24/7. 

A picture is worth 1,000 words, so here's how Bette feels about the programming change:
                                                         Photo by Kevin Winter, Getty Images, used with permission.
Read the full story here.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

SiriusXM "40s on 4" faithful fans share their frustration at SiriusXM programming change: No Billy Joel!

When SiriusXM radio announced on March 26, 2014, that they intended to preempt their "40s on 4" channel for 90 days of Billy Joel, 24/7 someone might have wanted to test that idea out and run it up the flagpole to see if it saluted. So far, there's been nothing but backlash from vocal listeners who don't want SiriusXM messing with their programming, for 1 day, much less 90 days. That's why they subscribe, for that channel. SiriusXM, however, remains hopelessly silent on the subject and any responses shared on Facebook pages receive "cut and paste" platitudes that only irritate the fans even more. Four folks wrote in after my first story announcing the channel's new programming, and they were nice enough to allow me to quote them. Read what they have to say in today's story, here. It's like this: