I heard an arguement that Clear Channel is trying to block this merger. Clear Channel has an investor with ties to Mitt Romney and the Republican Party. Well, they certainly can't help spread the "word of Mitt" so that investment went to the wayside, but the Republicans can sure pull their weight around and force their hand with the FCC to get them to deny the merger. There have been 4 hearings on this merger. FOUR. And it's for radio. You'd think they were discussing the nations food supply or something. The Exxon/Mobil merger which created the largest company on the planet and may have had the most far reaching consequences for consumers had one hearing in 1999. ONE. Radio doesn't deserve this kind of scrutiny. Traditional radio is going to go down, with or without this merger. So get out of the way.

Some how xm didn't want to give up Nascar, which they did. The GHz Frequencies are not the same, and subs 9 million listeners will have to buy new sat-rad unit's. And who pay's for these receiver's? The ticked off subscriber's. If you do it to 9 million, then your doing it to another 9 million. Taking this long, appeals to be bad and good for those. xm president Hugh Panero and Kid Fox of Sirius our scum bags, selling out to there reliable listeners on sat-rad. What the FCC dislike's is realizing Canadian listeners, will more so ticked off. I Geuss, there sould not be any merger. My point is there should not be a merger and no inconvenice to our subscriber here in the U.S. OR CANADA.