Well, I'll agree with you and with my earlier posting that it's no
replacement for shortwave.

That said, for the listener to int'l new/info broadcasts, there's a bit
more than just BBC and CBC Radio One on Sirius. The World Radio
Network (WRN) on Sirius carries English language programming of the
following broadcasters:

R. Netherlands
Kol Israel
Channel Africa
Banns Radio Int'l (from Denmark) (weekends)
China R. Int'l
R. Sweden
R. Australia
V. of Russia
R. Canada Int'l
U.N. Radio (weekends)
R. Guangdong (weekends)
R. Prague
KBS
R. Romania Int'l
R. New Zealand
RTE Ireland
Deutsche Welle
Vatican R.
R. Slovakia Int'l
R. Polonia
R. Budapest

Glenn Hauser's World of Radio is also aired weekly on the WRN.

CBC Radio One airs CBC R. Overnight from 1:00 to 3:00 am EST.
Programming includes contributions from the following broadcasters:

BBC WS
R. Polonia
Channel Africa
R. Prague
R. Netherlands
Deutsche Welle
R. Sweden
R. Australia

Also, the PRI channel on Sirius carries an hour of Deutsche Welle news
from 9:00PM to 10:00 PM EST. I believe, too, that a CBC program or two
is carried on the PRI channel.

A bit more than just CBC Radio One & BBC. I've not visited the Sirius
website; they would do well to expand on their int'l news content, if
those two were all that was displayed when you visited the site.
Perhaps their emphasis is on the music content (?)...

Junius

Telamon wrote:

I am a Sirius subscriber, and I often listen to Sirius in the car, as I
tend to do a bit of long-distance driving. In my car, I also have a
Sony XR-4950X car stereo which has shortwave coverage. I like the BBC
WS, CBC Radio One and World Radio Network coverage on Sirius, as well
as the various public radio offerings (e.g. PRI). For me, though,
Sirius doesn't supplant shortwave. I still do a lot of shortwave
listening while in the car. Last night, for instance, Sirius got a
rest; I listened to R. Bulgaria and R. Cairo while on the road. Heard
a bit of R. Burkina (5030 kHz), as well, in the earlier evening.

I'm in this hobby for both the programming content of the various int'l
broadcasters AND for the thrill of chasing weak DX. I'm guessing that
this is true for most of us in this group. Sirius is a convenient
means of accessing various programs, but ultimately, Sirius is very
much like a cable subscription. It's a nice service, but it's not an
all-consuming hobby in the way that shortwave is for so many of us in
this group.

I listen to satellite radio, sure; but shortwave is my passion.

I looked at the Sirius web site and "All International news channels"
came up with CBC, BBC and that's it. Sirius is no replacement for short
wave.

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Telamon
Ventura, California