The Monte Carlo came with a year of OnStar and three months of XM Radio. I am really enjoying the XM Radio, particularly the Decades category which hosts the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and another decade which means nothing to me. Oddly enough, I find myself tuned to the 40’s and 50’s more than the other decades. One would almost assume I am tuned in 24/7 to the 60’s station, but nope, not that much. XM is really a great idea but I find that it’s just not very reliable. I lose signal quite often. In fact, if I concentrate hard enough, I can make the signal drop using just the power of my mind. It’s true! Driving home from work I was listening to the 50’s station and I was overjoyed to hear them playing Rockabilly! There must have been 5 songs in a row from Ricky Nelson and then they played Eddie Cochran! My question is, once the 3 months are up, is it worth 10-12.00 per month? I am not quite sure. One thing I really quite like is the presence of Wolfman Jack on the 60’s station. Wolfman’s been dead at least 10 years! How is it possible he is broadcasting on XM Radio? I have no clue but I do find it almost comforting. It’s like I tune into a parallel universe where Wolfman Jack lives forever and Eddie Cochran gets airplay.

There’s some good info on how Wolfman Jack is broadcasting (seemingly) from beyond:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfman_Jack
It says they are using old airchecks and archives but I think it’s more than that. It must be an actor portraying him because he interacts with current callers and he mentions XM radio.
MY parents love XM, but they have it set up in the house and in the car. XM has Jonathan Schwartz (Frank’s Place) and they’re big into him.