I used to subscribe to Sirius/XM here with its online package but for the past two or so years they’ve really cracked down on overseas listening. Even a VPN doesn’t seem to help these days.
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Yeah I don’t understand this, like you can’t listen to the live cricket online (without a VPN), when no other local stations brings the English cricket to Australia. Logic would say, cricket needs more people listening, give people the access to listen. I think cricket hasn’t learnt from the early days in Canada and the US. I believe it was only for the British to play so the rest decided to design a new game called baseball. (I might be oversimplying the story but I think this is what essentially happened).
Or it might be a TV show that maybe someone has the rights in Australia but decide not to show it. I suppose there would be talk shows on Sirius you can’t hear in Australia. Its quite old school thinking with rights of sports entertainment. The old days hoarding rights of shows by TV networks should be over.
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From an Australian perspective, Sirius XM doesn’t give you anything that good online stations lack imo. I’m speaking for the music stations here; if you’re into American sports your view might be different. I agree it would be good to have on a long US road trip, though.
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OK. How did they get one AFL radio show in the USA? Is it like a simulcast to a Triple M show or something?
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Oh I see… I only listen to Sirius XM is for the NASCAR races. I like watching NASCAR.
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I am surprised Foxtel didn’t go with a satellite radio system similar to Sirius XM here in Australia, they could retransmit some of their programming.
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They do have the 30 Stingray music channels on FOXTEL via satellite (Ch 830 to 859), though there’s no extra cost for that, but not available as a standalone option nor in car (unless you use the Stingray app and stream that as a workaround).
I guess the main reason why we don’t have something like SiriusXM is mostly due to our small population.
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We did have Stripe about 15 or so years ago but it simply didn’t take off.
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In light of @ozbark’s story about the Goulburn radio station stickers in the AM to FM Conversions in Solo Markets thread, I wonder how many (if any) of the Sydney radio stations still do them?
Because it’d be nice to one day have a local sticker or two to compliment those 2XX FM and Max FM stickers I received some time ago!
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Host of GOLD104.3’s Breakfast program in Melbourne, Christian O’Connell, has warned Australian radio networks, CEOs and content directors that podcasting is coming for them if they don’t get their acts together quickly and remind audiences what is so special about radio.
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Trying to find an updated list of radio’s rich list now that alan jones has gone, just wondering how relevant this article is, now that it’s just over a year old.
Interesting to see that KIIS FM in Sydney make $48 Million a year in ad revenue, so much for the spin that radio was losing out to other services like streaming services / internet radio / peoples personal mp3/flac collections on phones and devices / podcasts
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From BPR via Radioinfo: The Listeners Say I’ve Got a Music Repetition Problem
Another question we ask in BPR Strategic studies concerns the perception of repetition……which station plays music that is too repetitive – they play the same songs too often?
Now, let’s get one thing straight…. repetition isn’t all bad. A station has to play the hits to be successful and irrespective of what format you’re in there are only ever a finite number of TRUE hits. In a competitive Classic Rock battle do you want to be the station that NEVER plays Stairway to Heaven?
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Yes 
. Plenty of other hits from Led Zeppelin they can play. I think there was an album with covers of stairway to heaven, play some alternative versions.
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They should still play it, just not say every 3 hours!
Once a day or even every couple of days is enough. I’d be playing it only slightly more than say “Kashmir”.
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I won’t be complaining if I heard more “Kashmir” 
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I love this… Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart
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I’d say once a week
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