# XM radio info **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638 "2004-04-01T00:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/21 "2004-04-02T02:21:29Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > One knock on Sirius is that they do not have a CNN station. XM has CNN. Sirius has Headline News, but not the main CNN Station. If you want a regular news station, you are strapped in with Fox. If they got CNN, I would be perfectly happy. On the other hand, they have NPR and PRI, which aren’t on XM (and the BBC World Service, which is). ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/22 "2004-04-02T03:02:56Z")
That would settle it for me. I can’t get by without NPR. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/23 "2004-04-02T05:50:34Z")
Whoa whoa whoa whoa…comedy channels? Care to elaborate? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/24 "2004-04-02T06:23:02Z")
SIRIUS has two comedy channels. They both play comedy clips around the clock - stand up, prank calls, tracks from old Cheech & Chong recordings, etc. One of them ([“Raw Dog”](http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=ChannelAsset&cid=1073484737059)) often has swearing and adult topics, the other ([“Cracked Up Comedy”](http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=ChannelAsset&cid=1073484737057)) doesn’t. Looks like [XM](http://www.xmradio.com/programming/neighborhood.jsp?hood=comedy) has equivalents to both of those, as well as a channel that’s 24 hours of morning shows. (Must… resist… urge… to channel… Adam Carolla… ::ringing cowbell:🙂 ---
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/25 "2004-04-02T15:44:27Z")
I love my Sirius radio! Another great channel is CourtTV. I don’t know if XM has that or not. Also, there’s a great new talk show on Saturdays called [The Wise Guy](http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=ChannelAsset&cid=1073484737059) hosted by Vincent (“Big Pussy” from the Sopranos) Pastore. He was hysterical as was his guest Toni (“Paulie Walnuts”) Sirico. Great music too (Sinatra, Martin, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/26 "2004-04-08T05:36:00Z")
How is the repeat level on XM, songwise? On the genre stations, do they tend to play the same things a lot or is it a deep catalog? ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/27 "2004-04-08T14:36:22Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > How is the repeat level on XM, songwise? On the genre stations, do they tend to play the same things a lot or is it a deep catalog? Depends on the channel. On the pop like stations (20, 21), you’ll end up with a lot of repeat, they play the same songs a lot. On the other channels, it’s more variety. I listen to Lucy, BPM, and XMU for my music channels (classic alternative, club, college alternative station), and there is not a lot of repeat. I’ll hear songs I like, but it’s not like a 4 hour rotation or anything. There are also the Deep Track channels that really get into albums. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638/28 "2004-04-08T19:29:22Z")
> [@Ill Logik](#): > > In regards to the OP, I use the Sirius internet stream at work and have never had any problems with it. It requires you to have a high speed connection, which allows (IMO) for pretty decent sound quality. That might be an option for you at work. One note about this - I have Sirius too, and this is how I listen to it at work, but you can’t get all the stations via the Internet. The music channels you can get, but the content supplied by other places (FOX, CNBC, CNN etc.) isn’t streamed. So if you like your talk radio, just know you can’t get it through the Sirius web site. That said, I love it anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xm-radio-info/237638.md?page=1)