XM Radio vs Sirius Radio

Currently there are 2 Major Players in the Satellite Radio Market. The current players are XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

Below is a comparison to help you decide which one to buy for your car, boat, or home.

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Company Info

Nasdaq:XMSR

Currently Valued @ $2 Billion

Nasdaq:SIRI

Currently Valued @ $5 Billion

Company Profile

XM Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio

Current Stock Price

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Headquarters

Washington DC

New York City

Current # of Subscribers

@ 7,500,000+

@5,000,000+

Satellite Coverage

3 Boeing geostationary satellites

3 Loral satellites at a high-elevation

geosynchronous orbit.

Signal Strength

Entire Continental United States and Canada

All of North America Including Canada and Alaska

Monthly Subscription Price

$12.95/mth for single account

@ $8.00/mth for 2 year prepaid account

$6.99/mth for family account (for 2 to 5 radios)

$12.95/mth for single account

@ $10.00/mth 1 year prepaid account

$6.99/mth for family account (up to 4 radios)

Additional Costs

$9.99 Activation Fee if done online

$14.95 Activation Fee if done over phone

Optional Mailed Statement = $2/mth

$50 equipment charge for "PCR" equipment

Internet Music now free for subscribers and

$7.99 for non subscribers

$10.00 Activation Fee if done online

$15.00 Activation Fee if done over phone

Internet Music Free for subscribers

Radio Packages @ SIRIUS.com

Installation

Plug & Play

Equipment

Samsung YXM1Z Terk XMRVRFM0 01

STILETTO 100 SL100 Sportster Replay

Total Radio Channels

170+

165+

Sample Radio Programs

Music Programs

XM has 90+ streams of music that have:

CD-quality sound
A wide variety of music genre's covered (Rock, Reggae, etc.)
A depth of music selection, within each genre.
Commercials: XM's 90 music streams now run Mostly run Commercial Free.
Re-broadcasting: XM only rebroadcasts Clear Channel content on their 4 most popular Music Channels and continues to maintain a business relationship with Clear Channel

Complete XM Stream listings

Wikipedia XM Channel listings

Sirius has 80+ streams of music that have:

CD-quality sound
A wide variety of music genre's covered (Rock, Reggae, etc.)
A depth of music selection, within each genre.
Commercials: All 80 Sirius music streams are commercial-free.
Re-broadcasting: Sirius does not run program loops or rebroadcast of other radio stations. All of its music programming is completely original and is produced in-house by stream jockeys who live and breathe the music they spin.

Complete Sirius Stream listings

Wikipedia Sirius Channel listings

Pop Music

Review XM Pop listings

Review Sirius Pop listings

Rock Music

Review XM Rock listings

Review Sirius Rock listings

Dance Music

Review XM Dance listings

Review Sirius Dance listings

Hip Hop Music

Review XM Hip Hop listings

Review Sirius Hip Hop listings

Country Music

Review XM Country listings

Review Sirius Country listings

Classical Music

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Review Sirius Classical listings

Jazz Music

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Review Sirius Jazz listings

Christian Music

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Review Sirius Christian listings

Latin / International Music

Review XM Latin listings

Review Sirius Latin listings

Sports Programs

XM Sports exclusives:

NASCAR
MLB
PGA TOUR Network
NHL

XM has these sports streams:

ESPN Radio
ESPN News
Fox Sports Radio
The Sporting News
ACC Football
PAC 10 Football
Big Ten Football
NHL

( review sports streams )

Sirius Sports exclusives:

NFL
NBA
NHL
NASCAR

Sirius has these sports streams:

ESPN Radio
ESPN News
Sports Byline USA
Sirius Sports Action
Sports 1
Sports 2
Sports 3
Radio Deportivo (En Espanol)

( review sport streams )

Talk Programs

XM "Talk" streams:

       Entertainment

                   Open Road
                   E! Entertainment
                   Radio Classics
                   Sonic Theater
                   Ask
                   Family Talk
                   Extreme XM

MTV

VH1

Opie & Anthony

Opra Winfrey

and more...

          Kids

                   Radio Disney
                   XM Kids
                   and more...

         News

                  Fox News
                  CNBC
                  Bloomberg News
                  ABC News & Talk
                  CNN Headline News
                  C-SPAN
                  TWC (The Weather Channel)
                  CNN
                  BBC World Service

MSNBC

CNN (Spanish)

and many more...

Sirius "Talk" streams:

          Entertainment

                        Discovery
                        Sirius Trucking Network
                        E! Entertainment
                        Radio Classics
                        WSM (Grande Ole Opry)
                        Court TV
                        A&E
                        Sirius Comedy
                      Howard Stern                                              Martha Stewart

Playboy Radio

and more...

               Kids

                        Radio Disney
                        and more...

               News

                        Fox News
                        CNBC
                        Bloomberg News
                        ABC News & Talk
                        CNN Headline News
                        C-SPAN
                        TWC (4 Weather Channels)
                        NPR Now
                        NPR Talk
                        BBC Radio
                        and many more...