Audio: Cousin Brucie coming to XM

We love the Cuz! :)

Thanks for putting that up so quickly, Ryan!

BTW, the part I missed (before hitting "record"...I was streaming on my laptop) was where he mentioned the date: Nov. 12th (since his show is each Wednesday & Saturday night).

Sirius 5?

Thanks for posting mp3s to the audio Ryan! This works a lot better! So it looks like Brucie will be on both XM and Sirius in a week. Weird times ahead people.

Is it just me , or does Cousin Brucie look like that guy that hosts America's Funniest Videos ?

@Alex: Most likely The Cuz is just used to saying "SIRIUS 5"...the channel is rumored to be named after the XM decades channel, "50's on 5".

This guy has a huge following. It'll be great for SatRad if they only TELL people he's on. One of the great radio legends.

At last! Some good news!

Like the song says....'oh how happy you have made me.'

Yes, Cousin Brucie does share an uncanny resemblence to Tom Bergeron.

This is not good news, and another example that Mel Karmazin just doesn't get it.
Cousin Brucie is a New York anomaly, and I'm not sure he plays well in Peoria or Portland.
I specifically made the decision to buy XM because they were offering better programming overall.
I don't think XM would have paid Mad Dog millions to bring his NYC brand of sports radio to the nation, for example. He's very New York, as is Cousin Brucie.
XM listeners lose the in-depth knowledge of Matt the Cat and we get Cousin Brucie?
Egad! Many people say, "let the marketplace decide." But these days customers and the FCC get lied to in order to make a merger happen, and then the better-programmed service gets canibalized.
I knew this is how it would come down if the merger was aproved, but I still hate to see it.
In short, if I'd have wanted Sirius, I'd have subscribed to it. But I'll get it anyway. The customer doesn't matter.

Most likely the XM 50's channel will be nuked and replaced with the Sirius Channel 5, which will be duplicated across both the XM and Sirius channels.

LOTS more duplications of channels coming soon. Might be time to consider canceling one of my dual subs.

@ curmudgeon:

I don't think Brucie is strictly a "New York phenomenon." Besides, Wolfman Jack wasn't nationally known and XM's Sixties on 6 plays his old stuff. Bruce has been there from the beginning and seen it all- I mean even back from Alan Freed' s time. He is a great radio legend and there are not too many like him around, anywhere.

The guy is over 70 and still can do it. Hooray for Cousin Brucie. I think he does the oldies station fantastically. I love having DJ's on my oldies stations. When I listen to chill or techno, however, I do not like any interruptions. I think XM gets it right, recreating the experience of AM oldies raido for us old timers.

Am I the only one who is starting to think that the "interoperable" radio promise was a joke? If the station line up is essentially the same on both services (with Stern and Stewart being "premium - pay extra" channels), why bother with an interoperable radio?

nope, the tactic was simple. Say what the FCC and the consumer wants to hear. Then, when the merger's approved, what you say doesn't matter because it's a done deal.
Not long after the merger's approval, what did Mel say? 15 years before interoperable radios get into cars?
He knew darn well that he was going to create an environment where interoperable radios wouldn't matter.
In reality, most mergers are takeovers. Many people had to be brought on board, (or shoved overboard), to make this one happen.
There's no question that some duplication would have to be eliminated to form a merged service.
But the smart thing would have been to take the time to figure out what offerings engender customer loyalty and improve both services that way.
Sirius's channel based on Little Steven's Underground Garage is an example of a channel XM subscribers would welcome.
CBC-1 on Sirius is a better offering than string-and-tin-can-fidelity Canadian headlines on XM.
I'm not sure there's anything like XM Cafe on Sirius, although I don't know how much listener response it gets.
Focus should be on the programming that's so unique that customers will want to pay for it. If it's not unique, there's no reason to pay.
I know execs are jazzed about marketing synergies and all of that hocus-pocus, but for the millions spent on Oprah, or Martha Stewart's programming, you can pay many talented people to do wondrous, innovative programming. Or to keep what's already there.

Another channel update :

Rick Stacy (XM's 80's channel ) said he is staying on , and will join the MTV vj's starting next Wednesday , November 12th .

USA Today has an advertisement listing some of the channels the combined service will have.

I don't have the ad but here's somebody else's compiled list

http://www.xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?t=96597

I think what we're missing here is that ALL the channels will ultimately be duplicated on both platforms to save costs (except for the "best of" channels). No variety and no choice...that's Mel Karmizan's way.

lol when are we going to find out more about the channels merging, this has been the headline for almost 3 days now>...

this sucks.waste of money

Good to see that Sirius-XM is really hitting that young demographic.

Tom Bergeron has made a career perfecting the folksy, amiable suck up who is so completely non threatening that it makes you want to puke. The almost unwatchable piece of crap show that he hosts, "Dancing with the Stars", is the perfect setting for him to display his fake geniality. Any comparison to Cousin Brucie is an insult to "The Cus." It is shows like this ( almost naked, washed up has beens dancing with almost completely naked real "dancers", while the camera lingers on buttocks and crothes) that makes me appreciate listening to the radio. Everything on that show is contrived and scripted. The bottom line: Cousin Brucie is a lot more sincere than that phony Tom Bergeron, and people should turn off the second worst invention ever created - the first and worst being the cell phone - and subscribe to Sirius/Xm. News, talk, music, comedy, and sports for 43 cents a day. Anybody who says that they can't afford it is a moron! PS - Dancing with the Stars sucks

maybe the good news here is that XM 60s on 6 will remain as it is ... no room for Brucie ... I can only hope

Where oh where has our Ryan gone ? No stories for four days now. Other sites are buzzing with the channel changes .

Ya, I've been wondering the same thing. Pretty weird.

he is away with his family. Be home teusday

someone on digital radio central posted this xm line-up for wednesday...i cant assure u this is the line-up but who knows...p.s. no backspin or the rhyme????? ill be pissed

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
39 - Led Zep Radio
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
51 - The Coffeeshop
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~

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

http://www.xmfan.com/viewtopic.php?t=96597

this also has an unofficial list for xm but not sirius

i got this from xmfan.com
this is awful! no more xm the rhyme!!!! im pissed

DECADES
4 – '40s on 4
5 – '50s on 5
6 – '60s on 6
7 – '70s on 7
8 – '80s on 8
9 – '90s 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 – Love
24 – Pink
25 – The Blend
26 – The Pulse
28 – Escape
29 – BBC Radio 1
30 – Pop 2K
CHRISTIAN
32 – The Message
33 – Praise
34 – Enlighten
ROCK
39 – Led Zeppelin Radio
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
51 – Coffee House
52 – Faction
53 – Boneyard
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 – The 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 – Chill
INTERNATION/LATIN
85 – Caliente
86 – The Joint
87 – The Verge
88 – Air Musique
89 – Sur La Route

Crotches.... not crothes. Duh!

Dear Sir, Do i call you Cuz Brucie? My husband and i started listing to your station abd we very much love it.I have calles a few times to ask you to play a song but never could get through.Maybe becuase we live in Milwaukie,Oregon.My birthday is friday 04/03/1951 and My husband's is 04/06/1935. Would you please play Happy Happy Birthday Baby

Maggi/Rich

God Bless You Always your new listener.

Hello again Sir, It's me Maggi from Milwaukie,
Oregon,I forgot to ask you if you remember a song? It goes like this ( My name is Michael,i have a nickle,i have a nickle shinny and new,i'am
gonna buy me all kinds of candy,that's what i'm
gonna do.Would love to hear it again and fine out
who sings it and the name.I would like to purchase it if i could get the could get this
information.Really LOVE This music.Thank you kindly.Lots of Respect to you and the crew.
Maggi form Milwaukie, Oregon