Why does satellite radio(Sirius) have so many commercials?

Question

I borrowed my brother-in-laws because he's out of town for awhile and I thought satelite radio was all about being commercial free, why exactly does someone have to pay to hear commercials. I know there are maybe a tad bit less, but come on. I do like that it's not censored and you can hear the artists real songs though. I don't think I would pay for it though.

Answer 1

XM and Sirius both advertise "commercial free radio"  But this only applies to a handful of stations.  Even though they are banking on the monthly service charges, they still make money on advertisements.  I am sure it is pretty expesive to operate and maintain a satellite in orbit.

Answer 2

I am so glad you and the other other poster mentioned that you get commercials with your satellite radio service.

I was thinking about getting one but not now!

Answer 3

besides howard channels, i dont have commercials on sirius.

Answer 4

I totally know where you're coming from. I have XM and it says that it's completely commercial free and I hear commercials on back-to-back channels. It's so annoying! I didn't pay for commercials. XM will tell you all of the channels that are uncensored, though, which I guess is a plus, but I'm totally unsatisfied with satellite radio, and I'm not subscribing any longer. It's completely ridiculous. And I hear the same songs on back-to-back channels. Satellite radio definitely isn't worth the cost in my opinion. I don't enjoy it at all.

Answer 5

You're listening to the wrong stations.

Answer 6

Most of the in-house Sirius (and XM for that matter) music channels are commercial free. I don't know what you're listening to, but the only commercials on satellite that I hear (and I have them both) are on talk stations or shows that are coming in from another source (like Oprah, Howard, Opie & Anthony or another network with a syndication deal).

- a guy named duh