Improving the Quality of Your Signal?

The Belkin XM Radio Auto Antenna is supposed to improve the quality of your XM signal. According to the product description, Attaches to your car with its built-in magnetic base and offers a sturdy, weather-resistant design, with a 20-foot cable for positioning.

Also only on day left on AudioVox XpressR Holiday Bundle over at SRS. The bundle includes XpressR Receiver, Car Kit, Home Kit and $30 XM Gift Card.

Delphi Radio Package

Delphi Roady XT Receiver

Delphi Roady XT Receiver

Pretty nice deal on a Satellite Radio package. You get a Delphi Roady XT Receiver, Car Kit, Home Kit, Home Speaker Dock, Portable Audio System, & $30 XM Service Gift Card for $99 from My Radio Store.

And here’s some reviews of the Delphi Roady XT Receiver.

College Football on Sirius XM

A nice by-product of the merger of Sirius and XM, nationwide coverage of the college football bowl games began on December 20th and will through January 8th the Oklahoma Sooners take on #2 Florida Gators in the FedEx BCS National Championship Game in Miami, FL (8pm ET on Sirius channel 120 and XM channel 140).

For all of you college football nuts, Sirius XM personality Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo will host his daily show, “Mad Dog Unleashed,” live from Miami on Wednesday, January 7th and Thursday, January 8th on both Sirius channel 123 and XM channel 144.

Sirius Decides to reverse stock split

Whether this is good news or bad news is yet to be seen, but Sirius’ investors allowed the board of directors to do a reverse stock split, that could be 1 for 10, or as high as 1 for 50, to lift the stock price above $1 and avoid delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Sirius owes almost $1 billion in loan repayments due next year, including $209 million in convertible bonds maturing in February. The move, which will mean selling new shares could give Sirius the means to meet these needs.

The latest U.S. recession that has really constrained consumer borrowing and spending. Especially for cars, which Sirius has come to depend on for new subscribers. Mel Karmazin said in August that Sirius XM could weather a decline in auto sales because carmakers were putting radios in a greater proportion of vehicles. This is true, but if the consumer isn’t buying up the cars in the first place, it doesn’t really matter. Sirius also completed laying off 450 workers.

Sirius’ share price was a lofty .12 at close on Friday.