[78-L] Sirius/XM cancels 40s channel

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

I'm not on Facebook but this may be an incentive to throw me over to the 
Dark Side.

joe salerno

On 4/4/2014 2:14 PM, Elizabeth McLeod wrote:
> We use XM as background walk-in music at the theatre I manage, and this
> Billy Joel debacle is the latest in a series of interruptions of the Channel
> 4 programming. They tell us it's temporary until June 26th, which is a bit
> much even for people who actually like Billy Joel. I'm using the Sinatra
> channel in its stead, but it's a weak substitute. A little Frankie goes a
> long way for me.
>
> There's a campaign going on on the Sirius XM Facebook page to get the
> channel restored -- if not on 4 then on an alternate channel. Supporters of
> the 40s channel have essentially hijacked the page for the past ten days,
> and thousands of people have cancelled, called, and otherwise protested. Any
> 78-L SXM subscribers with views on the matter might feel free to add them.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> On 3/27/14 9:23 PM, "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com"
> <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, that would be good news, thanks!
>>
>> js
>>
>>
>> On 3/27/2014 5:39 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I turned it on last night, just 5 days into my paid up subscription, to
>>>> find that "40s on 4" is now the Billy Joel channel.
>>>>
>>>> Very disappointing. It was one of the reasons I decided to subscribe.
>>>> That leaves just 3 or 4 channels out of 239 that I will listen to.
>>>
>>> They have been running ads all week saying that the Billy
>>> Joel Channel is a "limited engagement."
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Joe Salerno