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Old 12-09-2005, 12:27 PM   #40 (permalink)
fresnelly
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Originally Posted by auquafox
.. once he transfers i'm sure he'll be there
Nope. I got this from a recent article in the Globe and Mail.

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...y=howard+stern

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Satellite radio: Do you really want to pay for it?
By GUY DIXON


Thursday, December 8, 2005 Posted at 4:05 PM EST

There are no plans yet to offer Howard Stern's new program, which begins next month for American Sirius customers. This wasn't a condition of Canadian regulatory approval, said Mark Redmond, head of Sirius Canada, and his company may consider offering Stern in the future. XM's version of shock-jock radio is The Opie & Anthony Show produced out of New York on channel 202.
I suspect it's purely a business decision rather than any prudish attitude. Howard Stern's fm show didn't last up here (for whatever reason) and the companies are also forced to provide a certain amount of Canadian content channels, effectively narrowing the american streams to choose from.

I am curious about whether American channels will bleed through to Canadian Receivers. I imagine an American traveller with an American receiver will be able to listen while up here across the border.
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