It's looking like the FCC issues that caused Audiovox to pull certain models of XM radios off of the market, and caused XM to voluntarily suspend sales of certain models of radios containing FM transmitters may be more widespread than previously thought.

According to Forbes, "The FCC issue could be more pervasive than previously believed," wrote analyst Jonathan Jacoby in a research note Tuesday. "We believe that XM and Sirius could temporarily suspend retail shipments of certain radios, but the fix would be relatively quick and inexpensive and likely would not lead to stock-outs at retail."

In all honesty, neither company needs this. Both XM and SIRIUS are relying on phenomenal growth numbers to help keep their stock values up while they continue to lose money while developing infrastructure and programming. Anything that slows subscriber growth could be bad news. 30 - 60 days of poor availability of radios in the retail market is a definite way to slow subscriber growth.

[via Forbes]