I'm amazed at the recordings they dug up. Rudy Vallee, Eddy Duchin (war hero) Harry James, The Dorseys, Goodman, Artie Shaw, Bing before he was hot, Kate Smith, early, early Sinatra with Dorsey before he was hot, the war music, polkas, Welk , theme songs, Mills Brothers, Duke, Ella, Bob Hope singing his them from a 30's recording. It's all here. OMG this is fun.
Since we got XM about a month ago it's been on 24/7 at the house and it's not only "old" music. Deep album cuts, disco, real jazz, smooth jazz, fusion, funk jazz, the blues, bluegrass, newgrass, classical, full symphonies, full operas and lots of symphonic pops, crooners, loungers, pop rock, everything, all for 10 bucks a month.
Who needs local programming except for weather and news?
I purchased a Sirius system for my husband's vehicle for Christmas last year. We usually drive to California to visit my family over the holidays. It was wonderful to have driving farom IA to CA as there are vast expanses in the lower Midwest and Southwest with bad reception. Plus I got my fix of FNC while alternating between the jazz and blues channels and sports channels. It made the long drive much more enjoyable.