Satellite Radio

Satellite radio systems are available from several providers, including XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. The promise of satellite radio is to provide great quality, commercial-free music and talk shows that are tailored to individual tastes and delivered with digital signals.

These stations would be available from coast-to-coast listeners.

The early movers in the satellite radio broadcasts have been Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio.

These companies had a distict advantage over other commercial radio broadcasters that hadn't the ability to broadcast digital quality radio.

This advantage has recently vanished as FCC has given a go-ahead to commercial radio stations to broadcast digital radio.

This will diminish the lure of satellite radio, as the quality advantage and many of the other advantageous features will be equal with local stations.

Getting Satellite Radio

You can subscribe to satellite radio directly from the two major providers XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

For Xm Radio, the web site www.xmradio.com has an online store and offers detailed information on subscription benefits. There's a buyer's guide, online product catalog, dealer locater, and other useful features.

Sirius Satellite has web site located at www.siriusradio.com.

This web site offers the ability to browse products, find a store, installion information, plan details, and more.

There are also great online rebates to find at the online store.