PAScouse

Did anyone notice last week on the Moyles show that he started to say something about Sirius maybe not carrying Radio 1 but shut up sharpish. It would have been between 7 and 7-30 one day last week.

PAScouse

seems to be a lot of expats joining this site today just to complain about this.

rhysup

yep I noticed---and yes I am neewbie to the site.

I like many are more annoyed than anything. I called and emailed and they were aware of what I was talking about. Offered 6 free months etc. (we have been with Sirius for many years)...and the person I spoke to said they were going to 'sort it out' and wait to see what happens.

wayne_will

Couldn't believe it myself, I have listened to the Chris Moyles show for 15'odd years now, ever since he started on Early Breakfast show back in '96. My day is much lighter for a little bit of Moyles & Mills. I only subscribed to Sirius as they supplied Radio1, as of this morning I cancelled all three of my subscriptions. A 7 year contract on my portable Stiletto, both cars, Sirius has slowly been ride up the price & reducing service since the merger between Sirius & XM. Removing Radio1 without notice or even a quick warning just shows how much they respect their clients, and the annoying loop now on Channel 15 attempting to sell lesser channels as possible alternatives. I will not miss Sirius, just Radio1.

Oink

You too.

Although not a subscriber I do feel for people. I know how irritating it is when the Cricket plus channel show the Star India feed instead of Sky Sports.


As with the iplayer, I do think the BBC are missing a good opportunity. Couldn't they beam their radio stations off an existing satellite and just charge us respectively?

jonthelad

Just got in the car this afternoon and made this discovery. Furious...utterly furious. Wrote to Sirius the moment I got back in... It may do nothing but PLEASE everyone write to them...better than doing nothing, I hope.
Gutted...

yasicat

Also a new member today because this site seemed to have one of the most extensive discussions regarding the cancellation of Radio 1 (and I'm not even an expat!).

Called Sirius corporate in New York to lodge my complaint - secretary or assistant was very nice, sounded weary, said that she has been fielding these calls all day and doesn't know exactly what the status is (key people are out of the office and apparently there are lots of upper management/heavy hitter meetings going on), but she is keeping a list of complaints, and she said that canceled stations have been brought back due to subscriber anger, so she definitely encouraged lodging your complaint with Sirius in a number of ways.

Sirius corporate number 212-584-5100.

Also, lots of posts on Facebook at the Sirius XM "fan" page (what a laugh, now), and the Get Radio 1 back page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-BB...75713435831140

Ramsey

Aaarrggghhh!..... Just resurrected my account to say aaaaarrrrgghh!!

Zane Lowe on the drive back to Canmore of an evening was my way of keeping up with new music.

Local yyc radio just doesn't have the same top-end production of R1, and cuts out half way home. The other channels are still good, but when you listen for 2 hours every day you soon tire of the playlist repetition.

Suppose I could always switch to the country music channels

I'll be ringing in for sure.... if only to get a couple of free months!

riceinator

I heard they are replacing it with Radio 54...classic dance hits...really? You couldn't can another station? There are lot of dumb ones! I agree...it was more than just the music. I wrote a letter via snail mail...we shall see what happens!

CanadaJimmy

Here's a solution: Get bluetooth for your vehicle, use a Smart Phone to stream Radio 1 from the web feed and get a dataplan?

It won't be timeshifted the same way the sirius stream was though.

setho212

I found a list of emails of Sirius execs this morning so I sent them all a message about how disappointed I was. A few minutes ago I received a response from Gary Schoenwetter, the Senior Director of music programming. Here is what the message said:

We are sorry to hear that you are disappointed in the recent changes and
that you miss hearing BBC Radio 1.

We continually strive for a balance of musical styles to satisfy the
diverse tastes of all of our subscribers and look forward to continuing
to serve you in the future.

Sincerely,

Gary Schoenwetter
Sr. Director, Music Programming


This kind of makes me even angrier. It doesnt offer any explanation at all.

I urge you to email Gary directly and let him know how you feel. His address is: [email protected]

pwhite8314

And that's the problem. I'm fairly sure I could rig up something on a PC at home to record the stream and timeshift it by 6 hours, so in-house playing (via Sonos) would be fine, but, it's the drive to work that I'd miss it more. I spent 15 years of listening to R1 back on my delightful M25 J28-J14 drive every day, and I enjoy that 'little bit of home' during my much shorter drive down 183 in Dallas.

Rackless Pinion

First thing I did when I got home from work this evening, I called Sirius and cancelled the subscription for my car, then called XM to cancel the subscription for my wife's car.

FYI: XM try to charge a $75 cancellation fee, but if pushed, they revoke this charge - they did for me when I told them that they can't possibly expect to charge an early termination fee when the sole reason why I'm canceling is because they terminated the only service I subscribe for, and without any prior notice.

Can't wait to watch their already p!$$ poor share price tumble yet further over this debacle.

Oh, and thanks to @finhaven for pointing me to this site from Twitter - didn't know it existed for expats (5 days 'till we celebrate 10yrs in Canada, moving from Bedford, UK)

feecosh

I have just joined so I too can express my annoyance! What was most annoying was that the stupid recorded message didn't even say " Radio 1 is no longer available on this channel" at first I just listened thinking Chris Moyles would come back on after the lame Sirius advert.

Word on the internet is that they knew last week and it was meant to finish on Aug 15th .... So how come Sirius didn't send an email? .... they send me crap every other day about what naff country music I could listen to.

No point calling Sirius to voice my complaint I just keep getting some moron in Phillipines saying "Yes! I understand you are disappointed" NO they really don't understand.

I work in a school and introduce they teens to all the cool music before it gets to the USA, plus living in the South sucks radio wise.

4d32ftw

well i'm annoyed about it.

I liked my Radio 1 in the car, i'm not fussed about lots of the DJ's or the music at times, but i liked the news / sports updates, live stuf etc... cant say i'll be renewing my subscription. i was hoping they would add Radio 2 as well as R1