Submitted by Left Of The Dial on Thu, 2007/09/27 - 12:30pm.
WSM and the Opry used to be on SIRIUS Satellite Radio until last year. When it came time to renew the contract, the folks at Gaylord wanted more money than SIRIUS was willing to fork over and the channel was dropped.
XM is now picking it up, which is good. The irony is, if the XM/SIRIUS merger goes through (the buzz is it'll happen in the next month or so), the Opry will again be available to SIRIUS subscribers.
Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2007/09/27 - 12:32pm.
I was wondering about the status of the merger. I had heard October, too. But checking yesterday, it sounds like it's running into some regulatory resistance from the FCC, whatever Senate committee oversees it, and the National Association of Broadcaster's lobbyists. Know anything about all that?
WSM and the Opry used to be on SIRIUS Satellite Radio until last year. When it came time to renew the contract, the folks at Gaylord wanted more money than SIRIUS was willing to fork over and the channel was dropped.
XM is now picking it up, which is good. The irony is, if the XM/SIRIUS merger goes through (the buzz is it'll happen in the next month or so), the Opry will again be available to SIRIUS subscribers.
I was wondering about the status of the merger. I had heard October, too. But checking yesterday, it sounds like it's running into some regulatory resistance from the FCC, whatever Senate committee oversees it, and the National Association of Broadcaster's lobbyists. Know anything about all that?
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