Michael Jackson's life and career will be celebrated across the satellite radio dial, as numerous Sirius XM channels will devote special features to the "King of Pop" with tributes, personal memories, favorite songs and more.Jackson died on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at the age of 50.
Former MTV
VJs and Sirius XM hosts Alan Hunter and Nina Blackwood will host a Michael
Jackson special on Sirius XM's '80s on 8 channel, Sirius and XM
channel 8, on Friday, June 26 at 7pm ET. Listeners will also hear a live
tribute of Michael Jackson hosted by '80s on 8 host Rick Stacy on Friday,
June 26 from 7am - 12pm ET.
Sirius XM's '70s on 7 channel, Sirius and XM channel 7, will feature on-air personality Magic Matt Alan taking a special look at the life of Michael Jackson on Friday, June 26 at 12pm ET.
Sirius XM's The Morning Mash Up! on Sirius XM Hits 1, Sirius channel 1, and XM 20 on 20, XM channel 20, will play music from the iconic artist's catalog and share stories about his music and career on Friday, June 26 from 6am - 12pm ET.
Sirius XM's The Groove, XM channel 64; Heart & Soul, Sirius channel 51 and XM channel 62; Hip-Hop Nation, Sirius channel 40 and XM channel 67, will play Michael Jackson songs at the top of each hour all day Friday, June 26.
Heart & Soul will also air a Michael Jackson tribute featuring some of Jackson's most upbeat music on Friday, June 26 at 9am ET. The Groove will air "The Thriller 25th Anniversary" special showcasing classic Michael Jackson music and an interview with Quincy Jones recorded in 2007 on Friday, June 26 at 5pm ET.
DJ Premier will dedicate his entire show Live From HeadQCourterz on Hip-Hop Nation to Michael Jackson on Friday, June 26 at 10pm ET.
Listeners will hear Sirius XM host and music journalist Dave Marsh host a tribute honoring Jackson every hour on Classic Vinyl, Sirius channel 14 and XM channel 46, Classic Rewind, Sirius channel 15 and XM channel 49, Alt-Nation Sirius channel 21 and XM channel 47, The Spectrum, Sirius channel 18 and XM channel 45, and The Loft, Sirius channel 29 and XM channel 50.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, the seventh of nine children. Five of the Jackson boys - Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael - first performed together at a talent show when Michael was six. They walked off with first prize - and so began Michael Jackson's iconic career.The King of Pop was pronounced dead at 2:26pm at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
It's a good thing we have the Howard Stern Show for breaking coverage of Jackson's death....oooh, no. It's Friday. Epic fail. Way to miss the biggest entertainment story of the decade, King of All Media.
KING OF ALL PAYDAYS!
RIP TIPPY TOM!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kwqk3NVGPQ
Rest In Peace Tippy Tom.
That's ok, O&A aren't covering it either. They are mourning the death of a homeless gentleman who died back in early May. I doubted either show would cover Jackson's death very long anyway. They don't need to as there are SEVERAL media outlets doing near total coverage of the story.
I can't WAIT to turn on the Howard Channel to see what He has to say........
(i cant wait I cant wait i cant wait)
Oh Thats right. Todays Friday.
Looks like I'll be listening to 202. They're not Old and Irrelevant like he is anyways.
Note to self, Cancel Best of Sirius Package.
Done
RIP Tippy Tom
Not to mention he will not be back live until July 13th.
RIP Tippy Tom.
A much bigger loss than the noseless kid toucher.
Tippy Tom Stole my moment
Should'nt this tribute just air on the kids channels ?
Actually, O&A did cover both the Jackson and Fawcett deaths for the better part of two hours, and then moved on to the Tippy Tom story when they had confirmation of his death.
I appreciate that they didn't pull any punches on the Jackson death and called out all the media outlets that were now suddenly kissing his ass because he had died. Tippy Tom was a beloved character on the show and their tribute to him was well done.
Let's see how long it takes , before Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton say it was a conspiracy .
rip tippy tom
I did miss that this morning. I was just pointing out that their demo are probably not Jacko supporters so any coverage they had would probably be minimal and slight tongue in cheek. That would be slightly hypocritical of them also to wall to wall cover his death seeing as they blast the media on a constant basis for doing that. I think I'm more annoyed that I'm going to hear Beat It 5 million times this weekend and now can look forward to The Neverland Channel being added to our lineup. Probably preempt one of the channels I listen to.
Also, Farrah was the bigger loss IMHO. Why are they just now reporting Tom's passing? I heard Keith say he died in early May.
Why cant sirius put on a 24/7 MJ channel?
I guess maybe his death is not as important as Elliot Spitzer, which required 24/7 "client 9" radio.
Get your head out of your ass Sirius and give me 24/7 MJ for the next month or so.
Baba Booey to you all! 0.0!!
Get ready for the Michael Jackson artist channel...yeh!
what does XMU have to do with Michael Jackson???
zzzzz...nada. what a time waste I heard this morning.
So sad to hear the news of Tippy Tom's death.
R.I.P. Golden Buns...
We will all miss Tippy Tom
RIP Tippy Tom...
You were twice the man MJ was. You spoke from the heart at all times.
I am going to pour a drink for ya tonight.
GOD SPEED TIPPY!
Please dear GOD make it stop
RIP tippy tom
michael jackson sucked ass
Apparently in addition to the MJ Tribute Channel, the public is also demanding Tippy Tom Remembered. I think they can put this on channel 100, which will just be playing reruns for the next few weeks anyway...
If you want news go to CNN. Howard is not a news broadcaster. When he does return, I'm sure he'll comment.
He did comment on one of the biggest news stories in radio, I'm not sure o n a covered it as well. It was those two lame asses were dropped from KROCK leaving their radio "empire" in shambles
Frrrrrrunkis!
Very nicely done, its good to see an outside perspective that shows things as they are
You know what - you people don't even realize how inhuman you sound do you ? Why don't you just LIVE your sad lives and respect the dead....Can't wait to not care about your funerals.......honestly make me sick....