XM Satellite Radio and AOL will be parting ways, and CBS Radio will move in to replace the satellite radio provider, sometime this spring.
AOL and XM , with CBS serving its own streams of over 150 radio stations and channels to the online radio service. As part of the announcement, CBS Radio said it will also drive advertising sales for AOL’s stations, signaling that the online radio network will start to incorporate advertising into its free service.
(…wait, AOL actually wants to make money with its online radio service?)
If it was AOL’s goal to generate revenue through advertising on its music channels, then it’s conceivable that XM - and it’s selection of commercial-free music channels - did not fit into the equation.
Still, XM says that the two “mutually agreed” on the separation and that it was a “positive relationship.”
CBS Radio will include a myriad of terrestrial stations into the service,
including WFAN-AM and 1010 WINS (New York), KLSX and KROQ
(Los Angeles), WXRT (Chicago), WVEE (Atlanta), as well as a litany
of channels created exclusively for online use.
Starting on April 30th, the XM channels on AOL Radio will no longer be available - and the AOL channels on XM Radio Online will no longer be available.
For AOL users who still wish to experience XM Radio Online (along with its commercial-free music) XM is offering the service at a discounted rate of $2.99 plus a free 14-day trial for
six months. After six months, the current monthly subscription rate
for XM Radio Online will apply.
The offer is available until May 13th May 30th.
Full details and information are available on .
UPDATE: Lemons into lemonade. XM the $2.99 pricing deal as part of this.
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