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

[David Lennick]

I've had no problems with Facebook other than a LOT of notifications from the groups, and you can change settings so as not to receive those. Just don't "friend" the entire world.

dl




________________________________
 From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl at midcoast.com>
To: 78-L <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 4:08:51 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Sirius/XM cancels 40s channel
 

I signed up with a fake name and a throwaway email address -- I don't have
any use in my real life for Facebook, but this XM business demanded action,
and Facebook seems to be the only place to get their attention on any kind
of a large scale.

Elizabeth



On 4/4/14 3:49 PM, "Mike Harkin" <xxm.harkin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Joe:  Don't do it!  It's not worth the garbage that will clutter up your
> inbox!  A friend persuaded me to sign
> up, against my better judgement, and I have regretted
> it from that day to this.
> 
> Mike in Plovdiv
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
>  From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Sirius/XM cancels 40s channel
>  
> 
> 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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