Your favorite holiday music on satellite radio is returning once again this year, including the fan-favorite Holly channel among others that will offer listeners the perfect soundtrack to any holiday party.Sirius XM will showcase traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, Hanukkah music, country Christmas hits and contemporary festive music - and it's all starting November 16th.
The Sirius XM Radio holiday channel lineup features:
All the holiday channels will also be available online at on Sirius Internet Radio and XM Radio Online.
Thanks David!
- Holly (Sirius channel 3 and XM channel 23) will feature contemporary holiday music as well as traditional favorites, including songs by John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Josh Groban and Michael Buble.
Holly will run from Monday, November 16th through Thursday, December 31st - Holiday Traditions (Sirius channel 4 and XM channel 4) will feature traditional holiday recordings from the '40s through the '60s by artists such as Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Ray Conniff and Nat "King" Cole.
Holiday Traditions will run from Monday, November 16th through Friday, December 25th - Holiday Pops (Sirius channel 79 and XM channel 77) will feature classical Christmas carols sung by the greatest classical musicians of all-time, including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, Boston Pops and Leontyne Price.
Holiday Pops will run from Monday, December 7th through Friday, December 25th - Country Christmas (Sirius channel 62 and XM channel 10) will feature a wide-ranging assortment of country Christmas music, including Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood and Kenny Rogers.
Country Christmas will run from Monday, December 7th through Friday, December 25th - Radio Hanukkah (Sirius channel 76 and XM channel 28) will feature an extensive collection of Hanukkah music and special segments celebrating Jewish culture, including Jewish community leaders, prominent artists and various celebrities sharing personal stories and memories about the holiday season.
Radio Hanukkah will also feature a live broadcast of the lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse in front of the White House.
Radio Hanukkah will run from Monday, December 7th through Saturday, December 19th
All the holiday channels will also be available online at on Sirius Internet Radio and XM Radio Online.
Thanks David!
SiriusFm is for dummies !
No Bing Crosby radio? Bummer. Maybe an announcement later?
I love these!
Now for the inevitable grinches and scrooges who will slam Christmas music channels as "cheap programming," etc. If you don't like it, don't listen!
These are good-- but I will miss Special X Christmas (or whatever it was called).
Ya I'm happy as well for these to start. I wish it was this coming up week personally. But Nov 16th is in reality soon enough.
I love this music this time of year puts me in an awesome mood for the rest of year.
Why are they putting them all over the dial? Group them together like they should be. People with OEM installs don't have the luxury of direct tune. They either have to scroll all around or use their presets.
I guess Special XMas is gone for good. Careful, don't go outside the lines of whats normal and acceptable to soccer mom and Lexus driving exec dad.
Yep. Another year of no Speciial X-mas channel , that used to be on XM . Way to go Mel .
What they need to do is announce Cinemagic for Sirius, put it on 81, then immediately put Holly on it and say Cinemagic will "return" after the holidays, and then on that day replace Cinemagic with a disco dance channel and leave it in the Standards section. And then say Cinemagic is available on Sirius...on SIR which is $2.99 extra a month. Oh wait, they already did that last year.
NO BING RADIO!
THAT SINKS!
Sorry for yelling
Is it just me or there are 5 different types of holiday selections within the SIR|XM universe?
That seems like an awful lot to me compared to my garbage testicular radio selections. Blah! And they don't come on nearly as early.
This is a good thing.
I want Bing!
not looking forward to Christmas music again this year on channel 77. I'll have withdrawel pains again by missing classical pop for 30+ days. How about honoring the Christmas overload on some other music channel? Already getting in the mood by shopping in every store and it's only early November. Thank you.
No problem!
http://www.bing.com/
Courtesy of Microsoft!
I have SIRIUS on my DISH Network, will I get these Christmas stations?
I dropped my subscription effective October 1 and dismantled the home adapter kit from my home theater system three days ago and packed it away in the box it came in.
Five holiday stations may be fine to some, but you receive thirteen holiday channels on AOL radio.
http://music.aol.com/radioguide/christmas-music
There is also a Hanukkah Radio station (it's not listed on any of the webpages for AOL radio, but can be accessed through the player window in the Theme music category. Or you can click on the player link.
http://radio.aol.com/player/aolPlayer.html?v=4.9.24x&ur=1&us=1&id=4154
For those who miss Special X-Mas, besides Comedy Holiday on AOL radio, Slacker has Dysfunctional Holiday.
http://www.slacker.com/?sid=prog:874
For those who want to narrow their holiday music further, there is Live 365's Christmas station page.
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=christmas
Special XMAS was the BEST programming XM had. When they had the lousy merger, it went away, seemingly forever.
Then Sirius canned Wolfman Jack for the inferior and pandering Cousin Brucie show. Embarrassing, and a bad move.
Too bad, I'm canceling XM Sirius now, because the merger gave us XM lovers LESS choice.
Where is Holly on XM Radio Online? I can only find Holiday Traditions on Channel 4. Channel 23 in my car is Holly, but online it's the love songs channel.
I saw an announcement - but can't find it now - that Holly wasn't going to be on line this year, only Holiday Traditions.
Ok so those asking Holly is NOT canceled. It is alive.
Those who cant find it online locate the Special Engagements channel in the POP section of the online player. This is where Holly is on for some reason.
I sent the following to Holly@siriusxm.com this morning:
As I was listening to Holly this morning, Mrs. Claus asked me to send in any comments I have regarding Holly. Thank you Mrs. Claus, you inspired me.
Holly has always been one of the most important parts of the Holiday season. Countless businesses tune in to Holly for their in-store Christmas music. Holly has certainly been a requirement of all Christmas parties. Personally, I tune into Holly the 1st day it becomes available and listen non-stop until it is removed after the 1st of the year. Christmas morning at my house will find Holly tuned in on Directv even before coffee is plugged in and the kids are awakened.
Holly has been my jingle-bell-get-me-in-the-Christmas-Spirit inspiration for years. I even wrote a story once that said the Christmas was not Christmas without eggnog, mistletoe, chocolate covered cherries and Holly.
But, Holly has changed. I have listened to Holly all week, for about 9 hours now (yes, I have a long commute to work). All I have heard has been hip, hop, pop, and rock (HHPR) music that has some reference to Christmas. I have heard Harry Connick Jr three times, N Sync three times, 98 Degrees twice, and other names and groups that I don't even know. I have never heard much of the music, unless it is a HHPR remake of a classical song. I have not heard Burl Ives, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole or any of the other traditional Christmas artists.
I don't know why someone would change Holly. I don't know what audience Holly is now trying to reach. But I do know the audience Holly is losing. Yes, I visited the SiriusXM website this morning, hoping I would find out what has happened. And, based upon how Christmas music has now been segmented, if a person likes to hear Bing Crosby sing "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas", Josh Groban sing "Oh, Holy Night", Burl Ives sing "Frosty The Snowman", John Lennon sing "So This is Christmas", Newsong sing, "Christmas Shoes", or Trans-Siberian Orchestra sing "Christmas Canon Rock", then that person is going to have to change channels frequently.
Holly used to be a mixture of contemporary and traditional Christmas music, without the HHPR influences. Holly used to be the best. So sad.
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If others write in, maybe they will change the format. As it is now, I will not tune in.
And, Merry Christmas to all of you.
Gary
I just discovered your Traditional Christmas channel and really enjoy it as I get into the Christmas spirit while I sing along. I'd like to hear Andy Williams' "Some Children See Him" played--and often enough that an occasional listener could hear it. Thanks.
Anybody on this thread have the XM RC Express? Don't know how to reach out to about the artwork in the backround. Last year the Xmas channels had a tree branch with an ornament hanging off it this year it's that stupid generic guitar. The used to have jukeboxes on the decade channels now it's replaced with the stupid guitar again. Any answers??!
Can't find any of the holiday music on line. What the deal?