Tag: satellite radio

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Rand McNally’s new multifunction tablet combines GPS, dashcam and more in one package

Rand McNally’s new dashboard device combines truck-specific navigation, an on-board SiriusXM radio, voice assistance, a built-in dashcam and hands-free calling and texting.

May 2, 2017

Channel 19

Bill Mack still in ‘friendly negotiations’ over return to SiriusXM

The latest on Bill Mack’s plans for getting back in the saddle as the Midnight Cowboy on overnight radio.

July 10, 2012

Overdrive Extra

UPDATE: Bill Mack not back yet

The day after we published the following look-back through some of the videos we’ve done with trucking radio legend Bill Mack, SiriusXM ran this July 2 update on the status of Mack’s reported return as overnight D.J. on the Willie’s Roadhouse channel — as some of you commented on our Facebook page, quite rightly, he […]

July 10, 2012

Channel 19

Get jiggy with your riggy and win $1,000

The website Jiggyjobs.com has a quirky contest ongoing in their “Get jiggy in your riggy” promotion. Potential entrants, be warned: it requires you to dance on a YouTube vid for the world to see. Check out the full rules at the end of the announcement company video below, and then to enter, post your 10-30-second […]

October 25, 2011

Channel 19

Updating the top 10 trucking songs of all time

Ten years ago, we asked, you told, then voted. Here are those results. Likewise a call to action: What song would you nominate, either on this list or not, for the No. 1 trucking song of all time today? Drop us a comment toward an updated top 10 for 2021!

August 4, 2011

Channel 19

Jason’s Law national call-in day June 23; drivers urge action

Last year it came on the heels of calls for passage from often at-odds constituencies in the industry, and this year, drivers and other industry parties are following similar unity after Jason’s Law’s May reintroduction to the 112th U.S. Congress by New York Congressman Paul Tonko to urge drivers to make vocal their support next […]

June 16, 2011

Overdrive Extra

Topics for coming webinars

Well over 100 owner-operators turned out Wednesday evening for Overdrive’s first webinar. Kevin Rutherford, our Dollars & Sense columnist and the host of ATBS Trucking Business & Beyond on Sirius XM, had a lot to say about “Surviving a difficult economy.” The overall reviews were overwhelmingly positive, and that’s saying a lot, coming from a […]

April 24, 2009

Overdrive Extra

Chapter 11 for Sirius XM?

The graph of Sirius XM Radio stock looks like a runaway truck descending a mean mountain pass. News reports today speculate the escape ramp might take the form of Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.   CNN.Money.com reported that shares plunged again Wednesday, to 6 cents, following reports late Tuesday that the company might try bankruptcy […]

February 11, 2009