‘Sirius’ly considering a change, Part 2

Sirius Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted.

As you might be aware, I had been contemplating a change since Radio One fired Matsimela Mapfumo from its “The Power” channel on XM radio and replaced his show with a sports show. When I heard that he got a show with Sirius, I gave it even more thought but, there were still a few shows on the Power that were keeping me there.

Well, it looks like I am being nudged, again. I read, today, that XM Radio is ending its relationship with Radio One and will be bringing programming for the Power in-house. From what I can surmise, XM will continue carrying the shows of Joe Madison, Warren Ballentine and Al Sharpton but, effective Jan 8, all other on-air talent will be dumped.

According to Radio One, the advertising dollars just weren’t coming in. Truthfully, the quality of the programming on the Power had gone down significantly in my eyes and I really only listened to three shows: the Joe Madison Show in the morning; Digital Spin, at night; and On With Leon on the weekends.

The only reason I chose XM over Sirius was the availability of a black talk channel. However, when Radio One began “dumbing down” their programming (this was how I saw it), I had to question whether or not I would stick with XM. So, we’ll see what the next few weeks bring. If it’s not good, I’m off to Sirius.

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2 comments for “‘Sirius’ly considering a change, Part 2”

Fraze2000 , on the 3 of January, 2008 at 8:13 pm said:
Yes I’m feeling the same way, Make it Plain was an addiction and I still haven’t gotten over the firing brother Matsimela. Now I’m hearing their dumping my man GW on the Hill. I have limited usage for the Power right now. I only listen to Madison in the mornings when I’m getting ready for work and I listen to my man Leon on the weekends other than that rarely listen to the Power. Time is too valuable to be listening to Sports talk and Dating shows all day and I damn sure don’t have any use for Black conservative talkers. I know my man from St. Louis, I think his name is Theapolis, I know he’s upset because that’s all he did was call in to all the shows, LOL.
vman8126 , on the 8 of January, 2008 at 8:29 am said:
I agree with you, however I did listen Ballentine and Sharpton pretty regularly, I think Ballentine is really trying to help spark folks to make a change, and Sharpton does what he can as well… I was actually starting to like Andre Eglassean (or however you spell it), who replaced the “two live stooges”…There were no conservative talkers except for that Raynard Jackson sellout, and Brian Higgins on the weekends who I didn’t care for either……Hopefully though, some of the other shows will return if they can get deals…..

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Fraze2000 , on the 3 of January, 2008 at 8:13 pm said:

Yes I’m feeling the same way, Make it Plain was an addiction and I still haven’t gotten over the firing brother Matsimela. Now I’m hearing their dumping my man GW on the Hill. I have limited usage for the Power right now. I only listen to Madison in the mornings when I’m getting ready for work and I listen to my man Leon on the weekends other than that rarely listen to the Power. Time is too valuable to be listening to Sports talk and Dating shows all day and I damn sure don’t have any use for Black conservative talkers. I know my man from St. Louis, I think his name is Theapolis, I know he’s upset because that’s all he did was call in to all the shows, LOL.

vman8126 , on the 8 of January, 2008 at 8:29 am said:

I agree with you, however I did listen Ballentine and Sharpton pretty regularly, I think Ballentine is really trying to help spark folks to make a change, and Sharpton does what he can as well… I was actually starting to like Andre Eglassean (or however you spell it), who replaced the “two live stooges”…There were no conservative talkers except for that Raynard Jackson sellout, and Brian Higgins on the weekends who I didn’t care for either……Hopefully though, some of the other shows will return if they can get deals…..