Okay folks,
I pride myself in personally answering all the emails sent to me, but there is no way I'll be able to answer all of your questions and comments about the preemptions on Saturday night for sports coverage. It is 1:30am in the morning and my fingers are fatigued from typing.
I totally understand and agree with your frustration on this one and I promise you that I will keep doing all I can to avoid this, but this is out of my control.
That is why the message about it that ran all week on the channel and played while it was off the air indicated you need to email talkprogramming@xmradio.com I'm not trying to pass the buck on this one but that email address makes sure your comments get directly to the folks who made this decision.
A little clarification; this Saturday night (and probably next Saturday evening) was a "perfect storm" of sporting events with multiple college football games being played at the same time as a number of Major League Baseball games, so there was a strong need for additional audio bandwidth to make sure all the games could play. That is why it was borrowed from 164 and 4 or 5 other channels. It was for 5 hours from 7pm ET to Midnight ET and 164 came back on.
I am trying to look on the bright side of things and I hope you all can do so as well. 164 is still on the air one hundred and sixty-three hours per week and with the repeat structure in place by the time it airs on Saturday night the specific episodes are in their 5th repeat or so. Also, a number of resourceful folks indicated they used their recordable XM devices, Inno, MyFi, etc to record earlier in the day and play the shows that night. I realize that doesn't replace the frustration you all feel, but again it is out of my control.
Again please send your comments about this decision to talkprogramming@xmradio.com
Greg.
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