In Part 3 we covered the monthly subsciption costs of satellite
radio and a little about the programming that is available. But
let's talk a little bit about sports on satellite radio.
Sports programming is just exploding in the US and there is a
constant demand for even more and better coverage of sporting
events. Both satellite radio providers have seen this need and
moved to fill it with plenty of sports broadcasts that cover
everything from the major sports themselves and actual events to
just sports talk. Every single game of the NFL is broadcast
besides over 1,000 NBA games and lots of hockey action too. If
you are a sports fan, you will absolutely love satellite radio
as there is always something interesting being broadcast on
sports pretty much 24 hours a day.
So how do you get all of this satellite radio programming
anyway? Well, the first thing you need to do is select which
provider you wish to subscribe to. In the US your choices are
either Sirius or XM. Both have great programming available so
the best thing to do is just visit their website, look over the
offerings that they have and decide which one fits what you like
to listen to best. It's important that you decide on which
service to use beforehand since you have to buy receivers that
are specific for that service. You can't switch from one
provider to another and use the same receiver at this point, so
choose carefully.
After selecting your provider, decide where you will be
listening to radio broadcasts most, in your car, boat, RV, or
just at home? There is plenty of equipment available that will
let you listen to satellite radio, some mobile, and some not
mobile. There are also products that allow you to take your
receiver and use it both at home and when you travel, so there
is lots of flexibility on satellite radio receivers and
equipment depending on where and how you plan to listen. Keep in
mind too that some satellite TV companies include satellite
radio in their offerings so you may already have it available at
home.
Our viewpoint about satellite radio is that it is a great
product that you just have to experince to fully appreciate, and
once you enjoy the convenience and quality of satellite radio
broadcasting, you probably won't want to listen to radio any
other way.
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