Sunday, March 1, 2009

Stupid Alt Nation, bring back a countdown!

I've been a Sirius subscriber since 2004. My dad bought a new car which came with a 2 year subscription. He didn't want it and wouldn't really use it, so he gave it to me. I used it (it comes in REALLY handy when on long road trips or if you want more of a variety in music to listen to) and have kept the subscription alive until a few months ago.  My clear favorite channel was Alt Nation, they play alternative rock music, and they're been good about playing newer music.

I bought a Vibe last September after my PT got totaled (rolling a car isn't as fun as it sounds). It had a built-in XM radio. This was after the merger was approved but before anything had been done about it. I started listening to the XM radio alternative to Alt Nation and was dealing - Lucy is what is was called. It was ok, but I wanted my Alt Nation back.

Last fall they merged the channels, and Alt Nation was on both Sirius and XM! But some of the merger was some programming was cut. They used to have a nice countdown of the top 21 requested songs. I'd use this to download the songs I liked, and could look up the list online. They don't have it anymore, so that source of "oh yeah, I like that song I need to download it" is now my memory.

My memory isn't so good about little stuff like that. Or bigger stuff sometimes too, especially when I'm driving in the car on autopilot.

1 comment:

  1. I completely agree with you and found this site searching for some type of newer songs that have been played. Still a good station but frustrating that they removed the countdown. You said it best, it was nice to use the countdown to find new songs and new bands that I may have never heard.

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