Notable programming this week on XM Radio:

Monday:

October Sketches: Marc Antoine | Watercolors - XM 71 | 9AM ET - Conversation and Music with Marc Antoine

Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 10AM ET - Weekly trip straight from Tom Petty’s Living Room

Tuesday:

UnderCover | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 8 PM ET - An hour of covers from the XM vault

Wednesday:

The Grateful Dead Hour | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 11 PM ET - Various clips from Grateful Dead concerts

Thursday:

Beyond Category: Classic Duets | Fine Tuning - XM 76 | 12 PM ET - This week focuses on Tony Bennett

Friday:

October Sketches:Jeff Lorber | Watercolors - XM 71 | 9AM and 9PM ET - Conversation and Music with Jeff Lorber

Phryday Phish Phry | XM Music Lab - XM 51 |9PM ET - Recorded Live from The Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York. Recorded: October 31, 1994.

Saturday:

BBC Archives Concert: Robert Plant | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 9PM ET - Robert Plant plays live in a BBC concert from 1993.

Sunday:

The Strip | The 50’s - XM 5 | 6PM ET - 50’s music Rat Pack Style

The Complete Dave Matthews: Part I | MIX - XM 22 | - 8PM to 10PM ET - New Series on the success of The Dave Matthews band

I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who took XM survey #1. If you would like to take the survey still please feel free to do so by clicking here. I will provide updates to the survey as long as people are willing to take it.

I also want to quantify that on the fill in the blank questions I tried to lump these into catagories as best I can.I’m curious to hear some analysis on the results as well.

As right now 163 of you have responded and here are the results:

Question: What is your age?

Youngest: 13 years old
Oldest:62 years old
Average: 34.55 years old

Question: How long have you been an XM Subcriber?

Less than 3 months=7.36%
3-6 months=4.91%
6-12 months=25.77%
1-2 years=31.90%
Over 2 years=30.06%

Question: Have you ever used another Satellite Radio Service ?

Yes=16.56%
No=83.44%

Question: How many Subscriptions do you have ?

1=40.49%
2=30.67%
3=13.50%
4=7.36%
5=4.91%
6=3.07%

Question: What XM Hardware do you use ?

72 Roadys
53 MyFi
51 SkyFi
29 Roady 2
26 SkiFI2
9 Airware
4 Tao

Question: Do you listen to XM Online Radio ?

Yes=78.53%
No=21.47%

Question: If you could upgrade your hardware right now, what would you upgrade to?

35 MyFI
10 Skyfi2
9 SkiFI
7 Airware
7 Polk Tuner
4 Tao
3 Audiovox XR9

Question: Why ?

28 portability
7 No upgrade
5 mp3 capabilities
3 recording capabilities

Question: If you worked in XM Research and Development and could implement one feature to existing hardware, what would it be ?

28 better XM2GO capabilities
27 mp3 capabilities
13 better antenna
6 More Memory
5 pause live radio
3 better recording capabilities

Question: Where do you listen to XM the most?

Work=27.61%
In your vehicle=39.88%
On The Go=4.29%
Home =28.22%

Question: How many hours a day do you listen to XM ?

Less than 3 hours=20.25%
4-8 hours=53.99%
9-12 hours =19.02%
13-16 hours=4.29%
Over 16 hours=2.45%

Question: Do you listen to XM for any particular content?

53 Opie and Anthony
3 Deep Tracks
16 Rock
12 Talk
12 Decades
7 News
7 baseball

Question: Is there an XM program you find yourself constantly drawn to ? If so explain why you are drawn to it.

59 Rock
25 Opie and Anthony
7 Baseball
7 News
4 Jazz

There’s been alot of talk lately about how XM is falling behind because they wont be first to market with the new Satellite Radio/mp3 player combos. Sirius’ S50 will be coming out on Tuesday and many people in the XM Nation and elsewhere have been upset about the delay. This may be the Software Developer in me talking, but I don’t have a problem with the delay in any way at all. I’d rather the time be taken to give us solid products opposed to shoving crap out the door because a possibly too aggressive deadline ws looming over thye developers head. The biggest downside to all this is that XM will be missing out on the Xmas season, but its really a small price to pay when you think about it. I’m glad to see they are taking the time to knock out those bugs. Sure I would like to see the devices out there…and possibly purchase one myself…ok definitely…hehe