Reply #2: Sirius is the company that dropped the ball here

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XM saw the value in AAR and AAR takes the exclusivity deal for the larger subscriber base in XM and the money to be made from the deal.

People seem quick to jump on AAR or XM for this but they should be jumping on Sirius for not working to keep AAR in their lineup.

While it is understandable that people don't like the exclusivity part of this package, the fact is that this is just good business for the fledgling network and for XM as well.

AAR is now on 53 different affiliates around the country. If you are or were a Sirius subscriber you should write them a letter regarding your disappointment in a missed opportunity and you might also wish to let AAR know that you will now be unable to listen unless they add a local affiliate.

I personally think it is great that they signed this deal with XM (of course I'm an XM subscriber, primarily for baseball) just due to the fact that this shows that liberal talk radio is viable.