[BC] bye bye satellite??

[Ernie Belanger]

>From Radio Business Report

The problem with XM and Sirius both is that they are living on borrowed 
time. It doesn't matter whether they run in the red OR the black (5/17/05 
RBR #97). Very soon carmakers will begin to consolidate all of the in-car 
navigation systems they now offer with new in-car Internet service (already 
available in about 4% of cars worldwide and on just about every cell phone 
in the world). When that becomes standard or near-standard equipment, who's 
going to pay twelve bucks a month to listen to commercial-free radio when 
they can stream it on their in-car Internet for free? Unless XM and Sirius 
both have a game plan to convert to large scale in-car internet providers, 
they will go the way of other auto dinosaurs like quadraphonic speakers and 
8-track tape players.

Bill May
General Manager
Apex Broadcasting
Lake Charles, LA

Editor's note: Agreed. Wireless broadband is going to present a challenge to 
terrestrial radio broadcasters, but it will wipe out satellite radio, lock, 
stock and barrel

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