Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Top-40 station SiriusXM Hits 1

Sirius and XM Satellite Radio formally merged in 2008 and three years later, a reallocation of its channel lineup has made the two networks, finally appear as one.
SiriusXM new schedule begins on Wednesday with most channels move to the new numbers and a few exceptions.
For example, two stations Howard Stern, Howard 100 and Howard 101, still in the channels 100 and 101, respectively. Top-40 station SiriusXM Hits 1, which was previously in an XM and Sirius 2, now is only on channel 2. Martha Stewart Living Radio, Oprah Radio, Hair Nation, Pearl Jam, Playboy Radio, Shade 45, Radio Disney and more than a hundred other stations also have new positions, now unified brand.
For stations that have been moved, said SiriusXM presets "automatically" follow "the channels you have programmed to their new locations." If you still can not find the channels you want, the company has published a guide for its new channel lineup.
Stern, who signed a new five-year contract in December, is expected to begin a program to cut again this week. According to Digital Spy, Stern told his listeners on Thursday that it would begin to alternate between three days and weeks of work for four days from May. The infamous shock jock radio, has been on air since March SiriusXM demand for retained stock awards, said his contract allows the workload lighter.
SiriusXM announced on Tuesday its first-quarter profit had risen by 88 percent thanks to sales of cars driving subscriber growth. Satellite radio was published on revenue of 724 million U.S. dollars for the quarter, Forbes said fell short of expectations of 736.3 million U.S. dollars. However, the company earnings in the first quarter improved by 9 percent over the previous year.
The Wall Street Journal reports SiriusXM ended the quarter with 20.6 million subscribers, up from 18.9 million last year. "Churn", also known as the subscriber turnover was unchanged at 2 percent while acquisition costs fell 3.4 percent. Average revenue per subscriber has risen 0.3 percent.

No comments:

Post a Comment