Without any notice to listeners, subscription satellite radio provider Sirius XM has dropped BBC Radio 1 from its line-up as of 12:00 AM this morning. The Sirius simulcasts were time shifted five hours to allow US and Canadian listeners in the Eastern Time Zone to hear Radio 1 at the same time of day as UK listeners.
The Sirius XM website makes no mention of why the station was dropped. The site simply says that BBC Radio 1 is no longer and available and directs listeners to listen for pop hits on SiriusXM Hits 1 (Ch 2) or 20 on 20 (Ch 3).
(Source: digitalhome.ca via Media Network Weblog)
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Serious discontent / disappointment with SiriusXM's decision to drop BBC Radio 1.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the US Justice Dept, we only have 1 satellite radio station and this now shows we have no voice or choice in the matter.
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