What Happened to XM Stations?

[bobiroc]

Yesterday I was able to listen to the XM station "Ethel" using WinAMP or AOL Radio and now it has disappeared. It was the one station I listened too on there and now its gone. Does anyone know if this is permanent or just a temporary problem?

[gan23]

Same thing here
Ethel disappeared

Winamp 5.31

[Rellik]

it should be still there under "AOL Radio featuring XM" unless you disabled that category in the Online Services part of the tree.

[Bic Finepoint]

I have the AOL radio featuring XM, Ethel is just no longer in the list. Darn. That was one of the 3 stations I could tolerate for more than a few songs in a row.

[Bic Finepoint]

I used to find it under the category "*XM Satellite Radio*" but it is no longer. I can still listen if I sign into XM's website but I much prefer Winamp.

[JonnyMac]

Where here at Winamp Forums has nothing to do with what gets into the AOL content/list. That is basically an AOL decision.

[gan23]

On Nov 9th 2006, I've sent that email to AOL XM radio with the website based e-mail

Hello,

Lately, there has been a change in the XM radio listing in Winamp. There used to be a station called Ethel and it is now unavailable.

I find that quite disappointing that AOL lowers the quantity/quality of channels available within Winamp which is an AOL product too.

A few months ago (March), the same thing happened with XM Chill shortly appearing in the lineup and then being wiped out

I urge AOL to at least keep a page in Winamp forum telling when there's a change in XM channel listing. Some kind of public announcement.

I'm not the only one asking about that situation and being angry at it. Here's 1 thread talking about that in Winamp Forums and I believe there are more.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=258777

I'm sure that it's all about money for bandwidth/push more people to subscribe to XM but we still pay you for the PRO version of Winamp and bear with the ads within Winamp. A person won't subscribe to XM satellite when he can't find good music in the channels found in Winamp for example.

I was thinking about subscribing to XM based on my Ethel experience in Winamp but now you're denying other folks like me to discover that popular station.

Think about that.

Thank you


I haven't received an answer yet which is very sad and tells a lot about their customer service

gan23

[J_Rey]

Grrr.... :mad: most of the stations are no longer available anymore.

I am left with only 19 (((XM))) stations and 7 AOL stations!

What's the point of the categories now? Most of them are empty or repetitive.... :cry: