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It's only been a few days, but I find I'm less apt to turn the music on at
all. This is a disappointment so far. And since I'm used to Music
Choice,
the voices that come on now sound like commercials to me, no matter what
they're talking about. I wish I had Comcast to go back to.

Ellen

"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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"slunky" <slunky@showingourscars.org> wrote in message
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_/At 2005-11-21, C <no> wrote\_
I personally would much rather have Music Choice back. The self
promos
and
talking DJs are very annoying to me.

I agree. It's not much of a switch. Music Choice was more of a music
channel service than a radio station. Luckily I've got Comcast as
well,
so I still have my Music Choice.

--
-slunky

I have to admit, as much as I hate Comcast, I hate the promos and DJs
even
more. I may go back to Comcast.

I personally would much rather have Music Choice back.

"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> writes:

I personally would much rather have Music Choice back.

Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the
reasons
I got it is Music Choice. I haven't listened to it for awhile but when I
did
try XM and found it full of blathering I was sure happy to still have MC.

--kyler

"Kyler Laird" <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message
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"C what I mean" <no spam@frontiernet.net> writes:


I personally would much rather have Music Choice back.

Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the
reasons
I got it is Music Choice. I haven't listened to it for awhile but when I
did
try XM and found it full of blathering I was sure happy to still have MC.

--kyler


I thought Dish went to Sirius. That is why I assumed Direct went to XM.


They did.

C what I mean wrote:
"Kyler Laird" <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message
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Uh oh...did Music Choice go away?! I have DishNetwork and one of the
reasons I got it is Music Choice.

I thought Dish went to Sirius. That is why I assumed Direct went to XM.

They did.

I thought Dish went to Sirius.

Even before they went to Sirius, they weren't using MC, were they?
I thought they were using a combination of Muzak and some other
service.


Patty

In article <573f53-av1.ln1@snout.lairds.org>,
Kyler Laird <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote:

Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice.

Ah, okay, no problem!

Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.

I'll have to listen to some of the XM channels that are meant
to emulate radio stations to hear what everyone's talking about.
The couple channels I've tried so far have been announcer-free.

patty1@wintertime.com (Patty Winter) wrote in
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Even before they went to Sirius, they weren't using MC, were they?
I thought they were using a combination of Muzak and some other
service.

Nope, they had Muzak, and programmed their own CD-audio channels.

Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice.

Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.

Anyway, I was surprised to see someone say that he liked having
MC on Dish, since it was never there. :-)

"Patty Winter" <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote in message
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In article <573f53-av1.ln1@snout.lairds.org>,
Kyler Laird <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote:

Hmmm...I really did think it was Music Choice.

Ah, okay, no problem!

Regardless, it was better than the blather-laden crud they've
added recently.

I'll have to listen to some of the XM channels that are meant
to emulate radio stations to hear what everyone's talking about.
The couple channels I've tried so far have been announcer-free.



The Classical channels, 864, 865, 866 have announcers but not between
each selection. Channels 878 and 879 are talk only.

I AM AS IRRITATED AS MANY OF YOU ABOUT THE SWITCH TO YAK-YAK PLUS OCCASIONAL
MUSIC!! IT IS FINE TO COMPLAIN HERE BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO TELL DTV
WHAT A P8LE OF DOG DROPPINGS THEY HAVE "GIVEN" US. I INTEND TO SEND THEM A
LONG AND NASTY E-MAIL AS SOON AS I GET THE WORST OF THE PROFANITY OUT OF MY
SYSTEM !!!

Ellen_ What you describe is another peeve of mine. I do see music info
being updated for some of the channels but slower then MusicChoice did. At
times the info is wrong for the song playing... the next song etc.. Even

Which proves, no matter what DirecTV does, someone won't be happy. I find
XM to be a superior choice as far as I'm concerned. Their programming does
a better job of targeting my interests and I am listening more now than I
did with Music Choice.