XM & Sirius Merge

[Debbie]

no commercials and better songs

I imagine I would really enjoy satellite radio. The FM stations here; from alternative to country, must all have everything played on a three hour loop? Same thing, same order after a few hours. Saturdays are horrible; with more commercials than music--------and alot having remote broadcasts.
One question: is satellite edited? Would I be able to hear the Buckcherry song in full ?

 

[WDWFREAK53]

I imagine I would really enjoy satellite radio. The FM stations here; from alternative to country, must all have everything played on a three hour loop? Same thing, same order after a few hours. Saturdays are horrible; with more commercials than music--------and alot having remote broadcasts.
One question: is satellite edited? Would I be able to hear the Buckcherry song in full ?

Some stations are censored and others aren't. I have heard it in full

(Same goes with the Panic at the Disco song)

(Hehe, you actually hear what the "Groom's bride" is )

 

[EnSkywalker]

Yeah, I better not lose Cinemagic in the merger. Hopefully the price shouldn't go up too much. A buck or two I can live with for additional channels.

Another arguement in favor of satellite radio is the sports. Where else can you listen to all the MLB (XM) and NFL (Sirrius) games without pops, scratches and crackles through a fluke of the AM radio waves. I live in Indy and can pull in 720 AM most of time but I flip to the XM and I've got Pat and Ron crystal clear. That is unless someone else has an fm modulator that is more powerful than mine in which case I get to listen to their Ipod for a minute.

 

[dxwwf3]

Another arguement in favor of satellite radio is the sports. Where else can you listen to all the MLB (XM) and NFL (Sirrius) games without pops, scratches and crackles through a fluke of the AM radio waves. I live in Indy and can pull in 720 AM most of time but I flip to the XM and I've got Pat and Ron crystal clear. That is unless someone else has an fm modulator that is more powerful than mine in which case I get to listen to their Ipod for a minute.

That's a BIGGIE for me. I listen to every Buffalo Bills and Orlando Magic game on Sirius (unless they are on national TV or in the Bills case playing the Titans, Falcons, or Panthers where they could be on the local station) and the sound quality is great. Also the college football selection is great and it makes our trips home from Knoxville after the games go by much faster.

 

[DMC-12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHxB3921AaQ

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I *heart* Conan. I think I am his and Max's love child. :lookaroun


:lol: :sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[DMC-12]

Yes it really is! I was listening to it yesterday...thanks for the heads-up guys!

Pffft n00b


:ROFLOL:


Glad you like it. :sohappy: :wave:

 

[artvandelay]

Listening to the 'Best of Billy West' on Sirius's Howard 100 was worth every cent I pay.

 

[DMC-12]

BTW... I got this in an e-mail today to... but for all you XM (and or) Sirius folks/subscribers.... here is the planned layout for their packages (pending FCC approval of course).

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/reps-from-sirius-xm-met-with-fcc-chairman.html

XM Subscriber here (mutiple radios, to boot). I wanna stick with the base XM stuff... but defintly add Radio Margaritaville from the Sirius side... and maybe their Hairband channel (lol what? so sue me...lol). So I might just go "ala carte" for a few Sirius channels, it looks like. Edit: which... I still need to figure out how I am gonna do that.

 

[DMC-12]

Oh boy.... here it comes....

Sirius-XM channel merge begins next week

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10089829-27.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Audio: More confirmation of Nov 12th channel changes

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/audio-more-confirmation-of-nov-12th-channel-changes.html


New Line Up. It's on XMFan.com.

KEY:
* - merged/adjusted
^ - Clear Channel Music Channels, w/ commercials
~ - moved channel
+ - NEW channel


DECADES
4 - 40'S on 4
5 - 50's on 5
6 - 60's on 6
7 - 70's on 7
8 - 80's on 8
9 - 90's on 9


COUNTRY
10 - The Roadhouse*
11 - Nashville^
12 - Outlaw Country*
13 - Willie's Place
14 - Bluegrass Junction
15 - The Village
16 - The Highway*
17 - Prime Country*
18 - Elvis Radio+


POP/HITS
20 - 20 on 20
21 - KISS^
22 - MIX^
23 - SIRIUS XM Love*
24 - The Pink Channel^
25 - The Blend
26 - The Pulse*
28 - Escape*
29 - BBC Radio 1*
30 - Pop 2k*


CHRISTIAN
32 - The Message
33 - Praise*
34 - enlighten


ROCK
40 - Deep Tracks
41 - Hair Nation+
42 - XMLM
43 - SIRIUS XM U*
44 - 1st Wave*
45 - The Spectrum*
46 - Classic Vinyl*
47 - Alt Nation*
48 - Octane*
49 - Classic Rewind*
50 - The Loft
52 - Faction+
53 - Boneyard (returning in January)
54 - Lithium*
55 - Radio Margaritaville+
56 - Jam_On+
57 - Grateful Dead Radio+
58 - E Street Radio+
59 - Underground Garage+


R&B/URBAN/RAP
60 - Soul Town*
62 - Heart & Soul*
64 - The Groove
66 - Shade+
67 - Hip Hop Nation*
68 - The Heat


JAZZ/BLUES/LIFESTYLE
70 - Real Jazz
71 - Watercolors
72 - Spa*~
73 - SIRIUSLY Sinatra*
74 - BB King's Bluesville
75 - On Broadway~
76 - Cinemagic~


CLASSICAL
77 - SIRIUS XM Pops*~
78 - Symphony Hall*~
79 - Metropolitan Opera Radio*~


DANCE
80 - Area
81 - BPM
84 - SIRIUS XM Chill*


INTERNATIONAL/LATIN
85 - Caliente~
86 - The Joint~
87 - The Verge~
88 - Air Musique~
89 - Sur La Route~



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changes:


Retired
2 XMX - gone
18 No Shoes - Gone
51 Metallica - gone
53 Fungus - gone (but Lou Brutus is DJing on Octane 48 and Faction 52)
65 Rhyme - gone (Sub Sonic is moving to Hip-Hop Nation)
72 Beyond Jazz - gone
76 Fine tuning - gone
82 The System - gone (will remain on XMRO)
83 Chrome - Gone
91 Viva - gone
92 Aguila - gone
93 Caricia - gone
125 Weather Channel - gone
162 E! - gone


Format Adjusted / Name Changed
12 X Country - renamed Outlaw Country
29 UPOP - Replaced with BBC Radio One
45 XM Cafe - replaced with The Spectrum
66 Raw - replaced with Hip Hop Nation
80 The Move - replaced with Area
112 VOX - Moved to ch 79 and changed to Metropliton Opera Radio
120 XM Live - renamed 'Specials'
130 Potus '08 - renamed Potus
144 XM Sports Nation - renamed Mad Dog Radio
155 Take Five - renamed Sirius XM Stars


Moved and Renamed
77 Audiovisions - renamed Spa and moved to ch 72
110 XM Classics - renamed Symphony Hall and moved to ch 78
113 XM Pops - renamed Sirius XM Pops and moved to ch 77


Moved
27 Cinemagic - moved to ch 76
28 On Broadway - moved to ch 75
41 Boneyard - replaced with Hair Nation until January, then Boneyard will be
back and moved to ch 53
52 The Verge - moved to ch 87
78 Escape - moved to ch 28
94 Caliente - moved to 85
95 The Joint - moved to 86
96 Air Musique - moved to 88
97 Sur le Route - moved to ch 89
103 Martha Stewart - moved to 157
104 Sirius Nascar - moved to 128
128 Fox Business - moved to 136
157 Reach MD - moved to 160
244 Canada 360 - moved to 96
245 Quoi de Neuf - moved to 125
246 Calendrier Sportif - moved to ch 97


Name Changed
10 America - renamed The Roadhouse
16 Highway 16 - renamed The highway (Aimee Page and Storme Warren remain)
17 US Country - renamed Prime country
23 The Heart - renamed Sirius XM Love
26 Flight 26 - renamed The Pulse (Ron ross and Rod Hendrix remain)
30 XM Hitlist - renamed Pop 2K (Albie Dee, KT Harris and Jason Kidd remain)
33 Spirit - renamed Praise
43 XMU - renamed Sirius XM U
44 Fred - renamed 1st Wave
46 Top Tracks - renamed Classic Vinyl
47 Ethel - renamed Alt Nation
48 Squizz - renamed Octane (Bodhi will be on Octane)
49 Big Tracks - renamed Classic Rewind
54 Lucy - renamed Lithium
60 Soul Street - renamed Soul Town
62 Suite 62 - renamed Heart & Soul
67 The city - renamed Hip Hop Nation
73 High Standards - renamed Siriusly Sinatra (Jonathan Schartz still DJing)
84 XM Chill - renamed Sirius XM Chill
116 XM Kids - renamed Kids Place Live
150 XM Comedy - renamed Raw Dog Comedy
163 Sonic Theater - renamed Sirius XM Book Radio


New To XM
18 Elvis Radio
41 Hair Nation
52 Faction
55 Radio Margaritaville
56 Jam On
57 The Grateful Dead Channel
58 E Street Radio
59 Underground Garage
117 Catholic Channel
119 Doctor Radio
134 NPR Now
135 World Radio Network
148 Blue Colar Radio
149 The Foxxhole
152 Cosmo Radio

 

[Erika]

We have XM via DirecTV and Sirius which came free with our vehicle... and I still don't have either of them straight. Now I'm really going to be lost :lol: :dazzle:

 

[DMC-12]

My (condensed) thoughts on this....

-Moving Cinemagic ... not good. But whatever.

-Rebranding XM49 Big Tracks to Classic Rewind... could be a good thing.. but this channel is a huge staple in my car. Just have to wait and see. :-\

-Awesome adds!! :sohappy::sohappy: 41 Hair Nation / 55 Radio Margaritaville / 57 The Grateful Dead Channel Thank you Sirius!! Thank you very much!! :king:

73 High Standards - renamed Siriusly Sinatra (Jonathan Schartz still DJing) w00t!! I get the Sinatra channel back! :king:

45 - The Spectrum* I love The Spectrum on Sirius... however... I will miss 45 - XM Cafe

 

[WDWFREAK53]

I find it funny that No Shoes Radio (XM18) is offline in my truck...but I'm listening to it right now online :lol:

 

[TurboCaroline]

Why do they have to rename Squizz to Octane... I like Squizz...but as long as they play good music then I will get used to it...

 

[dxwwf3]

I wish they would release what they plan on doing with the Sirius channel lineup. Hopefully Cinemagic will come over to Sirius. That's the only station I really miss from XM and I would listen to it quite a bit.

 

[Figment1986]

I have been holding off on getting satlite radio due to these channel changes...

I was tempted to get XM but wanted to wait till I knew what was going on.

 

[DMC-12]

I have been holding off on getting satlite radio due to these channel changes...

I was tempted to get XM but wanted to wait till I knew what was going on.

So far so good... I mean.. if anything... we are getting a lot of good Sirius channels. I'm pleased :king:

Tommorow is the big change! w00t! :king:

 

[DMC-12]

Official XM line up is up!

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/breaking-new-xm-channel-lineup.html

 

[MKCP 1985]

Looks like some of my favorite Sirius programming is coming to XM. :king: Love the Foxxhole and Radio Margaritaville is great at times. I've always thought Sirius' Blues station was better than XM's, but it looks like XM is trying to get better.

I always thought the I Love Lucy channel names of Fred, Ethel and Lucy were wrong for what XM was trying to do, so I won't miss them at all.

 

[dxwwf3]

If this is happening so soon, why no Sirius info? Are we getting basically the same music channel lineup? Are we getting Cinemagic?

 

[DMC-12]

If this is happening so soon, why no Sirius info? Are we getting basically the same music channel lineup? Are we getting Cinemagic?

Sirius line up will remain the same... as far as I know. Cinemagic...You'll get it... eventually... I think when the al la carte options/radios come out.

And to be honest here... Sirius always led with better programing than XM. As where XM was the leader in technology.

You have NO idea how happy the Margaritaville Channel makes me, and that it will be live in my car tomorrow morning!