I love my Sirius XM.  
 
Where to begin.
 
As with many people, the news that Howard Stern was moving to Sirius Satellite Radio was the catalyst for me becoming a subscriber.  I had become a HUGE Howard Stern fan while actually working for a radio station that carried him-WQXA-in Pennsylvania.  I stopped working there and moved away from the area, out to the Western part of the state where it was hard to hear the Stern Show.  I could get it for a few minutes a day from a station about 50 miles away in Pittsburgh but that was it.  Go too far in any direction other than West and I would lose the show.   I was driving in my car that day listening to the show when he was telling everyone that he had a huge announcement to make.  I pulled over to the shoulder of the highway, work be damned, and left the car running as I listened to him break the news that when his current contract was up, he was moving on to this thing called Sirius.  I was so thrilled that I started calling all of my old friends and even some of my old contacts from the radio station to get their thoughts—they were NOT pleased.  I was ecstatic. 
 
A few weeks later, I walked into my local electronics store and walked out with my first Sirius Radio, the Xact Visor.  I bought the cheapest one just in case this Sirius turned out to be a mistake.  How wrong I was.  In less than a day I was hooked.  Howard hadn’t started yet of course but I found Maxim radio and became big fans of Covino and Rich.  Octane, Alt Nation and the NFL channel quickly became presets.  Being in outside sales and driving for hours everyday, Sirius was the single greatest thing I could have imagined–no commercials, unedited, never lose a signal, the programming was new–this was the best thing ever.  I told everyone how great Sirius radio was (Xm could suck it).  Most of my friends got so sick of hearing my talk about Sirius that they eventually bought it themselves just so they would know what I was talking about.  
 
January 9th 2006 I woke up at 5.30 am and got in my car.  I had nowhere to go, work didn’t start for a few hours so I just got in and drove.  There was no way I was going to miss this.  Howard’s first day.  I had become a Sirius addict without Howard.  With Howard I knew my addiction would just grow. For weeks I had nothing but a smile on my face because I was back to having the Stern show everyday but I still had all the other great channels too–this was the best.
 
Since that time I have gone through 6 radios (xact visor, S50, Stiletto 100, SL2, and two Stratus 3’s), two boomboxes, one Soloist, now have two subscriptions plus the premium internet service.  I have again changed jobs–I now drive even more than before-but Sirius XM is very important to me, so important that I can’t imagine life without it.  I look forward to 5 hour drives early in the morning because that just means I can listen to an entire Stern show.  Long drive in the afternoon? No problem, that means I can catch up on Bubba the Love Sponge and listen to Covino and Rich while cathching some new music on Alt Nation.  My SL2 rarely every leaves my side.  It has become part of me in the way your always take your keys and wallet with you wherever you go, I also take my SL2.
 
Sirius Radio means so much to me that I once willingly drove my car while the heat was no longer working in it because the other car that had heat didn’t yet have Sirius installed in it.  This was in January in Western PA.  It was 20 degrees out that day.  The drive sucked but at least I had the Stern show to keep me entertained.  That is how much I love SiriusXM. 
 
People that get Sirius XM are almost cult like in their instant devotion to such an awesome product.  They get it, install it and instantly become hooked.  Then they start showing their friends and for some reason take in upon themselves to convert new listeners.  
 
We are passionate and now we are many.
 
I love my Sirius XM.  
 
Couldn’t imagine life without it and hopefully I will never have to.

Bryan from PA

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