That is unfortunate to hear about Satelite Music services.
If they are going to broadcast to such a wide, mobile audience, then I don't understand why, with today's availability of technology, they would limit their playlists and become repetitive. They should certainly be able to have a very large library of music available to them. Yes?
Given the wide coverage and potential size of the audience - they could do much better and be much more professional.
(if they are going to provide this service, and occupy the satelite music airwaves, then they should be able to do much better. Maybe they need to hire and consult with some professional DJ's for advice. Have live professional experienced people, with a track record, working on expanding content - and playing the right stuff.)
It must have something to do with economics and profitability (profits) of their service.
I too find myself scanning all sorts of "broadcasts" for better or different music content - or other content.
Heck - I even scan the AM dial, mobile or home - and find better content there sometimes - from furthur away. (Oldies Music, or better Talk Show content). Ottawa lost a couple of AM oldies music stations recently to News/Sports format (1200AM and 1310 AM lost in Ottawa) so sometimes I am tuning in, long distance, to stations out of Toronto Area - Oshawa, Toronto, Oakville (1580AM CKDO Oshawa and 740AM Zoomer Radio, T.O./Oakville, best of the best). And early morning / evening late night AM talk shows from the U.S.
Analog FM via Cable (Cogeco Kingston) - I realize not mobile though. Gives some content from out of region / outside Kingston.
Digital Music via Digital Cable Box (ex. Rogers in Ottawa) (again, not mobile)
- rebroadcast of radio stations from across Canada in the 900's channel range. Lots of room there to "ADD" good content.
- Galaxie Music Channels - 720's and up channel range - pretty good.
- Better Music Video Channels - ch 703 MM Much Music Retro + a few others nearby (Much Loud, BET TV ?, and not sure, used to even have a good Dance and Electronica, New Wave, video channels - all types of weird and interesting stuff - not sure if still there - have not seen them recently)
Internet Radio (streaming) - I have explored a little, and there is definitely some good stuff coming from far away - ex. Europe ex. Classical
Idea:
Find the best conventional "all band" radio you can for your vehicle. Maybe it could have an HD radio tuner / satelite radio tuner included/incorporated.
Also - some audio or digital inputs to connect other sources for recorded music. ex. MP3 player w/large memory capacity. CD Changer
Try to get a radio that has excellent "Scanning" capabilities and lots of "Memory Pages" - that you can call up and add tags, names or titles to the stations in memory, arrange or re-arrange them into different locations or pages - ie editing and labelling capabilities. As you travel your route(s), soon you will have quite a list of favourite stations built up in memory ... and can easily switch around and scan them for content.
Get a great mobile antenna installed for best reception.
Given that media players (MP3 players?) are starting to have very big memory capacities, and the cost is going down and down ... it is getting to the point that one should almost be able to carry around quite a LARGE personal library of recorded music now-a-days. (ex ? WD Live Media Player - Western Digital Live Media player - I think has a 1TB or 2TB Terabyte (!) hard drive - but that product might not be designed for mobile use / not robust enough / not able to handle the conditions / temperature changes or vibrations / shocks / in a vehicle - but someone out there must make such a produce for mobile use.)
Someone must make a large capacity MP3 player with solid state memory (no moving parts) designed for harsh conditions in a vehicle.
Once you have all that setup ... you should be able to switch back and forth from all these sources - to find content.
Complex ... but possible solutions.
Might take some investment of time and money.
But if you're always mobile - in a vehicle - might be worth it to explore some of these.
But if you get a really good radio and other equipment - watch out for theft.
Security then becomes very important.
Maybe they have units that "Pull out of the Dash" - then you can take it with you out of the vehicle, for security and for personal use elsewhere.
CONTENT - value $$$ and quantity and quality thereof - I am finding that to be the issue elsewhere / everywhere too .
If they are going to broadcast to such a wide, mobile audience, then I don't understand why, with today's availability of technology, they would limit their playlists and become repetitive. They should certainly be able to have a very large library of music available to them. Yes?
Given the wide coverage and potential size of the audience - they could do much better and be much more professional.
(if they are going to provide this service, and occupy the satelite music airwaves, then they should be able to do much better. Maybe they need to hire and consult with some professional DJ's for advice. Have live professional experienced people, with a track record, working on expanding content - and playing the right stuff.)
It must have something to do with economics and profitability (profits) of their service.
I too find myself scanning all sorts of "broadcasts" for better or different music content - or other content.
Heck - I even scan the AM dial, mobile or home - and find better content there sometimes - from furthur away. (Oldies Music, or better Talk Show content). Ottawa lost a couple of AM oldies music stations recently to News/Sports format (1200AM and 1310 AM lost in Ottawa) so sometimes I am tuning in, long distance, to stations out of Toronto Area - Oshawa, Toronto, Oakville (1580AM CKDO Oshawa and 740AM Zoomer Radio, T.O./Oakville, best of the best). And early morning / evening late night AM talk shows from the U.S.
Analog FM via Cable (Cogeco Kingston) - I realize not mobile though. Gives some content from out of region / outside Kingston.
Digital Music via Digital Cable Box (ex. Rogers in Ottawa) (again, not mobile)
- rebroadcast of radio stations from across Canada in the 900's channel range. Lots of room there to "ADD" good content.
- Galaxie Music Channels - 720's and up channel range - pretty good.
- Better Music Video Channels - ch 703 MM Much Music Retro + a few others nearby (Much Loud, BET TV ?, and not sure, used to even have a good Dance and Electronica, New Wave, video channels - all types of weird and interesting stuff - not sure if still there - have not seen them recently)
Internet Radio (streaming) - I have explored a little, and there is definitely some good stuff coming from far away - ex. Europe ex. Classical
Idea:
Find the best conventional "all band" radio you can for your vehicle. Maybe it could have an HD radio tuner / satelite radio tuner included/incorporated.
Also - some audio or digital inputs to connect other sources for recorded music. ex. MP3 player w/large memory capacity. CD Changer
Try to get a radio that has excellent "Scanning" capabilities and lots of "Memory Pages" - that you can call up and add tags, names or titles to the stations in memory, arrange or re-arrange them into different locations or pages - ie editing and labelling capabilities. As you travel your route(s), soon you will have quite a list of favourite stations built up in memory ... and can easily switch around and scan them for content.
Get a great mobile antenna installed for best reception.
Given that media players (MP3 players?) are starting to have very big memory capacities, and the cost is going down and down ... it is getting to the point that one should almost be able to carry around quite a LARGE personal library of recorded music now-a-days. (ex ? WD Live Media Player - Western Digital Live Media player - I think has a 1TB or 2TB Terabyte (!) hard drive - but that product might not be designed for mobile use / not robust enough / not able to handle the conditions / temperature changes or vibrations / shocks / in a vehicle - but someone out there must make such a produce for mobile use.)
Someone must make a large capacity MP3 player with solid state memory (no moving parts) designed for harsh conditions in a vehicle.
Once you have all that setup ... you should be able to switch back and forth from all these sources - to find content.
Complex ... but possible solutions.
Might take some investment of time and money.
But if you're always mobile - in a vehicle - might be worth it to explore some of these.
But if you get a really good radio and other equipment - watch out for theft.
Security then becomes very important.
Maybe they have units that "Pull out of the Dash" - then you can take it with you out of the vehicle, for security and for personal use elsewhere.
CONTENT - value $$$ and quantity and quality thereof - I am finding that to be the issue elsewhere / everywhere too .
