I expect that SXMPR can't use the NPR updates because the dedicated NPR Now channel is using them, and the BBC World channel would be running the BBC updates, so that really doesn't leave a lot of non-commercial, non-network options - making AP the best fit.
On Saturday, June 8, 2013 11:53:42 AM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Not to mention that Sirius XM is using Teh Blaze for the hourly newscasts > on the right-wing talk Patriot channel, replacing those Commies at AP > Radio. SXM's other proprietary talk channels, including (surprisingly) SXM > Public Radio, continue to use AP Radio News for the hourly newscasts. (I > thought myself that being unable to use the NPR hourly newscasts, the > Public Radio channel would use BBC World Service, but I guess that's only > for "The World"--and I guess that they can delay AP one minute and still > air the hour openings for the shows that have hour openings ending with > "but first, this hour's news." BBC WS newscasts now start at :01 purely to > accommodate U.S. public radio stations that aren't NPR members or want to > use BBC instead of NPR for hourly news.) > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > spotl...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Bob in Jersey > <bob.in...@juno.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> ...at Lonesome Rhodes Beck's Blaze >> TV<http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/04/theblaze-announces-exciting-new-hire-who-you-might-recognize/>... >> >> which more locals will be able to cringe at now that RCN is adding it... >> -- B. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvor...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
