I really wish satellite radio would have a "conspiracy channel". It'd be good sport and I think I listed the better part of the line-up already.
(Instead it's surf around on internet radio and chew through data and depend on spotty cell nets when you're driving.)
They kinda did.
In 2013, Art Bell was woo'd back to the airwaves with his show Dark Matter, which discussed paranormal and science topics. It was Monday through Thursday from 10p to 2a ET.
It lasted all of two months.
Art really pimped the show, and was pushing his base to get satellite radio to listen. But his listeners are cheapskates and either only signed up for the 30 day free trial of online streaming or only paid for the online streaming of SiriusXM.
But, the online streaming portion of SiriusXM resembled a dumpster fire at the time with many people unable to actually get the stream to play. SXM said it was used error.
So, Art Bell started streaming his broadcast on his own website for his listeners. And p*ssed off SiriusXM.
After going round-and-round for two months, SXM and Art Bell acrimoniously split.
A lot of SiriusXM has slowly devolved into slightly better than FM radio, between Mel Karmazin orchestrating the Sirius take over of XM, and the slow bleed of XM talent upset with how the new company was run.
Many specialty stations that originally were on XM have been replaced with Payola stations on the new platform. Money makes the world go round, and someone has to help pay for Howard Stern to be on air for two hours four days a week.