Remember the days when we thought paying for our TV service was ridiculous? Cable TV!, our mothers would exclaim, Who has money to pay for their TV shows? Its been free all these years; I dont know why I would start paying for it now.
But that was then and this is now. Today we pay for cable or satellite and consider it a necessity in our lives, not a luxury. Sure, we could stick with free TV, but the reception would be bad, wed only have 4-6 channels to choose from and there would be no CNN, no Food Network, and no ESPN. What would we do with ourselves?
So it seems a little reminder of those days when we hear people scoffing at the notion of paying for radio. Ive gotten it free all these years, you hear people exclaim. Why would I pay for radio?
Although satellite radio services have been around for a few years, its notoriety was spun into high gear when Howard Stern publicly made the jump from free radio to a satellite service in early 2006. Now, everyones curious and many people are considering paying a bill every month for the privilege of listening to the radio.
Just like cable TV, there are many proprietary shows on satellite radio you just...