Re:I support this (Score 1)

I'm not sure what you listen to on Sirius but their main draw, the Howard Stern Show, started advertising 2 days into their broadcast. You can bet that since it is tolerated now, they will slowly creep in more across their line-up. I just purchased a new car that came with XM free for a month. I turned on the comedy channel and what did I find? Yep. Ads.

He probably listens to everything but Howard Stern. None of the music channels have ads (except for the occasional ads for other Sirius content, for instance ads for other channels the listener might be interested in). On Sirius at least, I don't recall hearing any ads on the comedy channels either (except, again, ads for other channels). On the news channels you run into ads, but largely unavoidable since many (like CNN Headline News) are basically audio feeds of the TV/radio networks (which will have commercial breaks regardless)...so they need to fill the time. I imagine it might be the same with sports (don't listen).

But overall, aside from the talk radio it's not as though ads are particularly common on Sirius. And they certainly deliver on their promise of commercial-free music, which is what most subscribers are looking for. That, and perhaps a station that isn't country or top 40 for those of us out in the boonies. While I wish their playlists would go a little deeper and be less hit-driven on the specialty channels, it's definitely a leap from what's available over the air across much of the country.