Could go under Entertainment Discussions alongside TV Talk, etc.

Hmmmm

I got hooked up with Sirius for Christmas. I'd be interested in DVD Talkers takes on programing recommendations. Also deals on hardware. I'm salivating for an S50, but don't have iPod-type bucks at my disposal just yet.

Maybe a general "radio" (satellite, terrestrial, podcasts) forum instead? There are a couple of podcasts I'd like to discuss, but there's no fitting place to put threads about them.

I think a general 'Radio' forum would be a great idea!

I doubt it would get enough traffic. The music forum is a tad slow as well, maybe just rename it the the Music, Radio and Satellite Radio forum to steer more discussion there?

That idea does have some merrit

First and foremost I'd highly recommend The Jay Thomas Show:

http://www.jaythomasshow.com

And yes this is the same Jay Thomas from "Mork & Mindy", "Cheers", Murphy Brown", "Mr. Holland's Opus", etc.


Probably one of the most underrated shows on SIRIUS: In Bed With Robert Evans:

http://www.therobertevans.com

It does take a little while to get used to his voice, but once you do he's a pretty informative fellow and an excellent storyteller. BTW, the site isn't fully updated...it's on SIRIUS Stars 103.

Another somewhat underrated show is Four Quotas:

http://www.observationalhumor.com

The Wiseguy Show

This is probably one of those shows you'll either love or hate. Personally, it took me awhile to "get it"...but it can definitely grow on you if you give it a chance.

Lyin' Cocksuckers

Pretty self-explanatory.


And obviously Howard Stern and his programming.


SIRIUS Disorder (a music channel) has some excellent music-based programming:

http://www.sirius.com/SiriusDisorder

Perhaps it could be a sub-forum of the Music forum.

That would be my vote.

I would start them all in one and then see if subforums are merited based on the traffic.

Could we still separate programming from hardware? Or at least the Stern/O&A programming?

It would make it easier than filtering through hundreds of "Sal is being an asshole" or "isn't Artie hilarious" posts.

In a perfect world (I posted something similar to this in another thread), I would prefer 6 basic threads:

Official XM hardware Thread (O&A/Stern-free zone)
Official XM programming Thread (O&A/Stern-free zone)
Official Ongoing O&A Thread (Stern-free zone)
Official Sirius hardware Thread (O&A/Stern-free zone)
Official Sirius programming Thread (O&A/Stern-free zone)
Official Ongoing Stern Thread (O&A-free zone)

I like this idea as well.

I would recommend the Derrick and Romaine show, weeknights at 6-10pm EST on Sirius OutQ, 106. Yes, its a gay show, but it has a big straight following, and can be downright filthy.

Would Talk Radio go into here as well?

Sure, that could be discussed in the programming threads.

Any hot discussion of specific topics that got lengthy could be moved to politics.

I would hate to see all these threads in MusicTalk. I'm sure a sub-forum of MusicTalk would have at least as much activity as, say, BookTalk.

In fact, maybe we should integrate RadioTalk and BookTalk.

I think that's a great idea but there's more than just Stern on SIRIUS and O&A on XM as far as talk programmng goes. Maybe those two threads should be the "Official SIRIUS Talk Thread" and "Official XM Talk Thread" so it can reflect ALL programming both have to offer.

I don't think they'd all stay on the front page very often, especially the hardware ones. Those threads, when they've been posted in tech talk or music talk tend to fall pretty quickly.

But I don't think it's a big deal since Music Talk never gets a page worth of new threads in a day anyway. It's lucky to get a page of new stuff in a week a lot of the time(at least since Cottington is gone ).