What is Satellite Radio?
In this world today, there's satellite everything...there's
satellite TV, satellite phone....and why not satellite radio?
Essentially, a satellite radio is a kind of service that one can
subscribe to to receive radio service anywhere you want. You can
have satellite radio service in your car, in your home, in your
office or even in public locations. In order to receive
satellite radio service, you'll need to subscribe to the
service, so, it's not like free TV or free radio whereby any
radio can receive signals for free. You will need to pay a
monthly or yearly subscription fee to enjoy satellite radio.
There are, in the United States, two top satellite radio
services available, Sirrus and XM. Well, there could be more but
these are the two leading satellite radio service providers
known to date.
Each of these satellite radio services provides and transmits
hundreds of channels. Unlike free radio service, you'll have to
tune in to each station to listen to whatever they're airing at
that point in time, satellite radio gives you complete coverage
from Blues to Techno, Jazz to Punk Rock in one single satellite
radio service. And since you're paying for the satellite radio
service, it's logical that the service is usually commercial
free, except for their own commercials, of course. So, even if
they do not allow other companies or people to put commercials
into their satellite radio service, they retain the right to put
their own infomercials and commercials into the satellite radio
service that you receive.
In order to have the satellite radio service, you need a special
radio. Any other normal radio won't cut it because our normal
household radio cannot possibly receive a satellite radio
signal. However, when you subscribe to the satellite radio
service, they will normally package the satellite radio receiver
together with the package price. The good thing is that no
matter where you are, all you have to do is to bring the radio
along with you and you can receive the satellite radio service.
The signal receiver is not restricted by the power of signal
from the radio station. We're talking about using the Satellite
to transmit radio signals, so, you can literally listen to
satellite radio anywhere in the world.
The biggest advantage that a satellite radio has over the
conventional radio is that you will never have to re-tune your
radio as you're traveling out of state or you don't need to bear
with static noises when the reception is bad. With satellite
radio, you're assured of high quality reception anywhere you go
anywhere in the world.