i feel any colege dj could bring more diversity in there; it would be cost-effective. and its not even "just the hits", sometimes there is a kind of rare or offbeat that is in there that keep playing over and over , i hear it for month, years. and i see this over every channels.
Several days ago, there was a thread discussing diversity of the various music channels. People had a lot of thoughts, but it sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole to answer the question with actual data.
That rabbit hole continued, leading to a website I created to track channel diversity.
The site collects data from the xmplaylist.com API (and a big thanks to Scott over there for blessing its use!) and (attempts to) sort channels, per genre, based on how repetitive or diverse each channel is. Clicking on any channel will provide more data and analysis.
Currently the results are based on a 7 day window. As the system collects more play data (or if/when I backfill with other data sources), I'll experiment with analyzing larger time windows.
I'm sure the methodology is far from perfect, and the site and backend code are primarily AI generated, so it's all a bit robotic. But it's been a fun and interesting exercise, and it's already shifted my listening habits, so I hope others find it useful or interesting.
Constructive feedback is encouraged!
Even Elon’s Twitter is fact-checking her horseshit, but SXM proudly hands her their platform. You can bet the talk programming execs are too cowardly to offer feedback of any kind.
Love that I have access to WKRK 92.3 The Fan from my hometown of Cleveland,Ohio now through SXM and never want it to go away and look forward to seeing what other terrestrial stations they add
As title says im looking for a radio for home use - one that can play both satellite and regular radio preferably if possible - I have of course done some browsing online but...forgive me for being dumb but most of them are marketed as car radios? Which fair I understand why, but.....is that same functionality available at home if I were to just...keep it inside? Or what do I need to look for specifically? Thanks sorry for being dumb.
I've had SXM for a while and still can't figure out why they don't group all the music channels together. With big blocks of sports play-by-play channels (that are always dead) and the talk-radio blocks of channels between groups of music channels, it makes it hard to scroll up and down to find a new station.... (ok, rant off).
Just a reminder that channel 300 is now Jackie's House
Are these stations voicetracked 100% of the time? Like, is there any time where a DJ spends the entire 5, 6 hours spinning songs and chatting or are they all 100% tacked/automated. Just curious. It seems like the 60s channel on 73 has live DJ's most of the day. Thanks!
Hi everyone 👋. I recently bought a new Siriusxm Tour model radio, and it was working okay overall (besides losing favorites) initially. But a few days after getting it, the display shut off, and it rebooted by itself. I contacted the seller and they were more than willing to send me a spare incase the issue reoccured, and I took them up on that offer. But, the issue didnt repeat until this evening. I just went ahead and activated the spare, and I hope this one works better.
For those who own or have owned the tour, or otherwise have a lot of knowledge on how these operate, what could cause this to happen? Is it a common issue, and are there any fixes?
I really like the interface, so hopefully I get to keep this one issue free.
Thanks in advance.
So I recently bought a new (used) Subaru Outback and got a 3-month "Platinum Trial." For reference, I have a paid plan in another vehicle, and have had SXM for years. Anyway, what happens is I send a refresh signal and get the trial working until I shut the car off, then when I restart the car the subscription is gone and I have to send another refresh.
I called support and explained the problem, and got shunted to "advanced technical support" who told me this is apparently a widespread problem with Subaru Outbacks and "engineering is working on it." In the meantime, I have to send a refresh *every time* I want the radio to work.
Yeah, sorry, this is just bullshit.
Just bought a new Palisade and although they give you a complimentary 3 month trial I want to transfer my existing 3 yr/$99 plan I set up earlier this year in my 2018 Santa Fe. The Santa Fe will be going up for sale so thought I could just transfer my existing plan and tack it on to my complimentary trial. Their email made it sound as simple as clicking a button.
It didn't work so ended up on a chat where I was told the 3 yr/$99 plan was not able to be transferred but they'd be happy to sell me a new plan! Obviously said no way in hell and that I would be cancelling all 3 ofcmy subscriptions and just let my free trial lapse.
It's just a frigging money grab with these bloodsuckers.
Does anybody remember a few years back when they would be playing SiriusXM at the gas pumps? I’m here in Ontario Canada. A few gas stations were playing SiriusXM while we were pumping gas. I also remember them having a SiriusXM sticker on the front door.
Maybe they stopped doing it because of cost? But they should bring it back!!.
Why not a movies or rotten tomatoes channel? You can have shows on movies, interviews, critic shows, discussion, maybe overnight music of movie scores or famous songs from movies. I think there's a lot of movie podcasts you could pick up for extra content. Just thinking it could work.