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6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
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November 11, 2004

XM and SG

Why do they keep teasing us? Two months ago, we were told that a regular Southern Gospel countdown show was going to be added to XM Radio's Channel 10 during the month of September. Two months later, www.sgusa.com is still listing the program as "coming soon" under their Affiliates link while the Channel 10 area of www.xmradio.com doesn't mention the SG countdown at all.

Yesterday the Singing News reported that XM is rolling out a round the clock SG channel called "enLIGHTen!" . . . Hallelujah! . . . but wait, there's a catch. This new channel is part of the XM Radio Online streaming service. Nothing is mentioned about it becoming part of the satelite service. The online streaming service is $7.99 a month for 75 music channels and a few others or $3.99 a month if you already have the satelite service. (I don't think very many people currently paying $9.99 a month for clear satelite feeds would want to hear the same low-fi music streamed on the internet.)

I signed up for the free three day trial in order to analyze the quality of the SG programming, but the XM site has so far (after an hour) failed to generate and send me a confirmation code that will let me actually start the trial period. I'll report back if/when they ever do.

Pardon me if I'm skeptical, but the XM online website does not mention that some online streams will be new and/or different from the channels offered via satelite. I'm getting a really weird sense of deja vu about the whole thing. Consider . . . the SG countdown show has yet the materialize on Channel 10 . . . the Channel 10 guy who currently produces a one hour weekly Country gospel show called "Stained Glass" is supposedly heading up this new SG channel . . . if he hasn't yet done what he announced he was going to do two months ago, can we reasonably expect this SG channel to get off the ground?

I'll only believe it's there when I finally hear it for myself.
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 1:29:00 AM


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