Posted AT 3:43 AM EDT on 06/12/05
Satellite radio: Do you really want to pay for it?
Satellite radio has arrived and is likely to usher in a new area of radio-channel surfing. But what exactly is it?Sirius and XM Canada, two competing U.S. services newly launched in Canada, offer a plethora of music divided by minute genre distinctions, along with talk-radio, news, sports and comedy channels.
XM Canada carries more than 80 channels and Sirius Canada has around 100.
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