Sirius XM merged channel lineup revealed in USA Today

The rock stations are very slim. I dont see either one of the 90's rock stations made the cut. I also was hoping the XM station which I dont know the name of it that broadcasts the
bob dylan show and their specials would be available. I guess we shall see.

When will the tell us whats going on??? This is crazy!

Post-merger channel lineups were submitted to the FCC and customers, and released just over three months ago. But now the company sees fit to take out what has to be an expensive ad in USA Today to provide cryptic information that really makes no sense unless you make assumptions based on what's there and not there, and infer that this means certain channels are disappearing.

This is the equivalent of giving customers the finger -- and trying to pass it off as some sort of a benefit.

Ryan,

I am a little confused as to this upcoming new line-up. Does this mean that regardless of which company you subscribe to, the channel line-up will be the same across the board?
--meaning that you will receive the same channels on both receivers?

If anyone knows please let me know-I am unsure if the number of channels will decrease or not?

Well I am so relieved (and happy) that First Wave survived. I guess the Punk Channel is doomed. I hope the Roadhouse shows up on the final list. I am thrilled that the 40s of 4 is coming to Sirius. It is the one station I truly missed when I switched from XM. XM has a better Standards station so I am surprised that Siriusly Sinatra survived. I also wonder how much Sirius has to pay the family of Frank Sinatra to use the name.

AC/DC and Zep Radio is listed even though they are only considered temporary station. As I have said in the past (and suggested to Sirius), they should set two or three dedicated stations that the use for single artists and then rotate them.

Ok, So no the System, 90s on 9, Lucy? Why am I paying for this service again?

Trying not to panic (yet), but WOW, there are a lot of gaping holes in the options.

No Squizz, No Octane, No 90s on 9, No Alternative music (equivalent of Lucy & Ethel), and No Ron & Fez?!?!?

Seems to be a LOT still lacking.

Jesus, all anyone does anymore is complain! I have Sirius and so far my service is completely unchanged. I'm satisfied now as I was a year ago.

Ever think that Sirius XM needs BADLY to advertise for the forthcoming (really really tough) holiday season and hasn't made every lineup decision yet?

But no, every time they so much as sneeze it's a PERSONAL AFFRONT to their subscribers and Mel INTENTIONALLY SCREWING OVER their shareholders. WTF.

Grow the hell up. It's tough out now and they're doing what they can to stay alive. Sure, lots of mistakes were (and still are) being made, but the "advice" I see here is often ridiculous armchair quarterbacking that has zero grounding in reality.

Nevermind....just saw Alt Nation & Faction listed there.

Another thing.....does having AC/DC Radio listed on here imply that the channel is no longer going to be in the temporary channels, and it will be permanent?

(I wouldn't mind that all, personally).

Looks great and thanks for the info Ryan but this is only combined service right?, what about most of us who are subs to one service? I guess we have to wait and see.

I don't see BBC Radio One listed. I hope it survives. Giles Peterson on Wednesdays is the best.

Ummm. Where's the BBC, CBC and World Radio Network? Where are the Spanish, Korean and Indian channels?

Hopefully, this is not a complete representation of what we'll be hearing come November 12.

Its Great that someone who sees a news ad has to inform the public and sat fans about the lineup--I guess what im really saying is Sirius/XM PR really sucks or maybe they cut that out entirely to save costs--

seems to be light on country and jazz from the description you provided.

Where is Ethel? How could they leave that out?

It's unfortunate that apparently neither of the classic hip-hop channels have survived, but I'm really happy that Underground Garage will be coming to XM.

Boy, this isn't looking too good...You're not kidding that there are some wholes...In a past post, it was mentioned that The Boneyard and Squizz would be kept; I see no mention of them here unless I've missed them. No current country "hits" channel. Unless this is just what is being combined, and Boneyard, Squizz, and some other things are part of what XM is keeping to itself.

Yuck...Hair Nation? Sucks compared to Boneyard or even Buzzsaw. The DJs are awful, the playlists are too narrow...My iPod is programmed better.

Looks like it might be time to drop at least one of my three radios; not sure O&A and football are worth three radios if this is what Sirius/XM will be offering for music. We'll see how it sounds Wednesday morning.

Any idea what this will do to the offerings on Dish and DirectTV for those who listen to Sirius on Dish and XM on DirecTV as far as what those people will get?

is this the ENTIRE line-up? the word "including" leads me to believe its not...if it is, i will be seriously depressed come wednesday...i dont see any of my pre-set stations from either of my radios on this list...i surely hope this list is not all-inclusive

Sam

Love seeing "The Joint" next to "Christian".

You'd think we could get rid of the religious crap on a radio that carries Stern, et al. Leave the God Squad behind. Let them get their music via Time Life, and leave the bandwidth for actual talent.

I have no opinion until the dust settles but thank god Lucy, Ethel and Fred are changing their names. As for Flight 26 I hope they program it the same because that is a channel my wife and I agree on in her car.

While I like the fact they are keeping the XM decades channels, there are some obvious takeaways, or absent channels:

Fred, XCountry, Audiovisions, Lucy, Fine Tuning, 90's, Sirius Blues, and any kind of old school rap/soul channel.

I find the replacements to be inferior.

Sadly, it looks like some choice is taken away.

Heres The Full Lineup

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

Source
http://www.digitalradiocentral.com/siriusxm-soundwave-cafe/1063-new-lineup-channel-names-sirius-xm.html From usa today

Droppong Deep Tracks is a mistake. I hope the Classic Vinyl station is a suitable replacement.

The Virus is changing to The Opie and Anthony Show? What does that mean for Ron and Fez? Hopefully, they are still included on that channel.

what about XM cafe, The Loft and Audio Visions?

All I have to say is this. If Squizz is gone I am gone. I am not going to sit and listen to the rock channels from Sirius when they go nowhere as deep in the playlists as Squizz not to mention the DJ's are second to none. They better announce Squizz is staying or I am canceling.

everyone relax this is only 40 of the 69 channels there will be more. If you notice on the ad it says 69 commercial free music channels, including...... word up

Ron and Fez noon to three 202, 197

This isn't exactly correct, because the Pulse isn't listed either, so I guess will wait and see.

I'm glad Lithium is staying. I was hoping to get Ethel back since I lost it when I got a new car and had to switch to Sirius.

This all doesn't matter that much to me. I listen to about twenty stations consistantly. I am sure I will find something I like.

What a shithole lineup. I'm an XM Sub and have loved all the channels in the 20's. 60's. 80's and 202. I truly hope it turns out for the better but from what its looking like I will be canceling my XM sub of 4 years and (cringe) looking into HD radio...

Well, all I've got to say is that if boardroom Jimmy was the one that made these cuts I'm canceling!

CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL!

In all seriousness, I've never heard the Sirius music channels, so I'll give it a shot. To be honest, I'm on board for O&A, so if they stay, I stay.

Oh, and Ron & Fez Noon to three!

I haven't received any formal communications from XM. Will I really wake up on November 12th and my entire lineup will be different without a heads up?

I Don't see what happened to Maxim108 and Playboy? why do they need to keep the clear channel channels?

Not only am I upset about losing Ethel, Lucy, Squizz, Fred & Big Tracks, but I also see some missing formats altogether. Am I just not seeing it, or are there no classic hip-hop channels along the lines of Sirius Backspin or XM The Rhyme?

I'm so close to ditching the service now. They basically ditched all of XM's rock stations and replaced them with Sirius's. I understand there are a lot of similar channels, but nothing's 100% equivalent. I'm so pissed they're getting rid of Lucy.

Jeremy,

I agree with you. The rumors I saw had the naming changing to Octane with Bodhi being the head of programming, but Grant not listed. I hold out very little hope for my subscription(s). Maybe I should cancel my prepaid service for a prorated refund anyway before they lose subscribers this quarter and file for bankruptcy, lol.

ReachMD is moving to Channel 160 on Wednesday, 11/12. Said so in my ReachMD email...
I take the omission of any reference to that channel as meaning that there are still a lot of unknowns, and that any conclusions about channel changes are premature unless SiriusXM makes a statement.

Guys, the ad is only a portion of the lineup. Bitch and moan when come the 12th all your favorite channels are gone. But I just have 1 question: Why on a Wednesday?

No AudioVisions! I can't sleep without AudioVisions.

I see Chrome is gone . I wonder if they will put the Strobe , Sirius Channel 37 , on XM , or if it will stay Sirius only ? I can't imagine they would get rid of both disco channels .

Also, that chart is slightly wrong -- Shade, Faction, Jam_On and Underground Garage are not new channels, they've been on Sirius for a long time.

The lineup is here as well with a different image from USA Today:
http://stockmarketsundays.com/content/new-xm-merged-lineup

No BBC. Three subscriptions canceled.

It's my understanding that the Sirius rock channels are not of the same quality/caliber of some of the XM ones. Ethel and Lucy are pretty much the two mainstays on my radio and I'll be quite unhappy if they end up being replaced by substandard Sirius equivalents that use a more FM-standard of programming with narrower playlists and the like.

Also, how about getting Left of Center on XM? I'd like it just to get to hear Liquid Todd on my radio for the first time in five years since they unceremoniously canceled Solid State on the air in NYC.

Ryan,

You were a consistently pro-merger voice in your posts here, but I always felt like your support of the merger came primarily due to your dislike of the FCC and NAB, and not actually from what you thought of Sirius, XM, and their respective subscribers. I always thought that if you took strictly the subscribers' perspective, your voice and opinion would be a lot different. That it would sound a lot like this:

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/you-know-what-scares-me-the-most-about-the-xmsirius-merger.html

That post was the best you made during the whole merger mess, and it expressed perfectly the fears I had about the merger. The difference between me and you is that sentiment was enough for me to oppose the merger, but it was not enough for you to oppose it.

Now, when the channel changes hit XM (and possibly Sirius, though there have been far fewer leaks and speculation on the Sirius side) subscribers without warning from Sirius XM on Wednesday, I really, really would like to see you reassess the merger with the starting point that you used in the above linked post. Honestly, I'm not trying to be an ass or make you eat crow in asking for you to do this. But, if the rumors are true, it appears that many, if not all, of the things you feared in that post have come to pass. Maybe you still support the merger, all things considered. But if that post reflected your true sentiment, then I can't see how you don't have an opinion on what is happening to satellite radio.

Where I will be a bit of an ass, however, is in noting that your open and rather bitter mockery of forecasts noting the risk of SIRI at

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/siri-investor-baiting-clusterstock-247-wall-st-could-do-better.html

doesn't look so good in hindsight.

I'm trying to assess whether maintaining both XM and Sirius subscriptions continues to make sense. Doesn't look good... WAY too many duplications.

Daddy Not Happy...

If i wanted mostly Sirius' music channels, I would've signed up for Sirius. looks like the ipod touch i am getting for christmas will be getting a lot of play in my car.

and those dissapointed that Lucy is gone, that is one of my favorite channels as well, but the playlist has become a lot more shallow in the past year than I remember it being when I got XM. The Siriusization of XM has begun.

I just sent an email to Sirius earlier today when I saw the channel lineup and I was expecting some kind of bull response like how the channels need to merge because of the redundancies, but I got something different. The sent me back saying "Thank you for your email regarding our channel lineup. We are here to
assist!
At this time however , we have no knowledge about our channel line up.
We do apologize. Keep watching our website for future updates." WTF?!?!

I think it would be a grave mistake to cut any of the highly unique channels like Sirius Disorder, which is not shown in the ad. The programmers have some hard decisions on their hands when deciding what to keep and what to cut, but I think they would be doing better to cut some of the mainstream channels, so they can keep more of the unique ones.

The highly unique channels may not get the largest audiences when you look at them by themselves, but they do have the most loyal listeners because people can’t find their content anywhere else. People who just want to listen to top 40 stuff are probably quite happy listening to terrestrial radio.

One hour until conference call .... who wants to bet that nothing will be mentioned?

Will they change channels on the Sirius side, too?

And if so, will my presets automagically lock on to the new channels like they did when they switched area 33 to 38 etc etc?

All this anger needs to be contained.

You can rest assured that subscribers to BOTH SERVICES will continue to receive the great service they have always enjoyed, and this merger guarantees you MORE CHOICE.

I know this because both Karmazin and Parsons said it, over and over and over again.

The service is getting better. You're feeling drowsy.

>>> I'm trying to assess whether maintaining both XM and Sirius subscriptions continues to make sense.

Yeah. Just think about the "assessment" of how much sense it makes to build a dual-capable receiver.

WTF!!! no Squizz or Octane?(ok Squizz sounds stupid anyway, but no hard alternative!, and I bet they raise sub fees too, thank God for i pods!

They are going to run this company right into the ground! Who will go out of business first SIRIUSXM or GM?(Que taps) RIP a once great company.

Presets automatically changing? Are you serious?! I think you'd better give yourself a few extra minutes before you leave the house on Wednesday morning...

Just so you know the battery life on the ipod touch doesn't last. Wait til you've owned it about 3-4 months.

This is obviously not a complete list. For instance, no traffic/weather channels are listed, but their channel numbers have not been replaced by anything.

The BBC, and other foreign channels I hope will remain, as someone noted above.

As for the music: what I've heard of Sirius is enough to know that it's mostly a poor replacement for XM's channels. It was a cost-effective, flip-the-switch maneuver, that primarily puts all the channels and their programmers/DJs in New York, where the consultants and beancounters can keep an eye on them.

Very sad.

Oh PLEASE! Read the heading on the USA Today advertisement.

69 Commercial Free Music Channels.

69.

Do you see 69 channels listed on that ad?

No.

About sixty posts and NOONE pointed this out.

LOL

To those of you who say, don't panic, listen first, I say point well taken, I'm going to do that. But from what I see here, it does not look good for XM subscribers. This is like McDonald's changing overnight from Big Macs to fish sticks and not expecting anyone to notice, much less complain.

But cheer up -- just think how much better it will be when you can get "a la carte." Then you can pick all your favorite channels from both services, since there are so many of them left -- and so many differences between Sirius and XM, too.

No Scott Ferrell?

DING DING DING
XM LINEUP CONFIRMED BY THE *** HIMSELF
"The elimination of duplicate programming"
"Even more desireable channels"
"Even better content programming"
RRRAMONE! THIS *** SPEWS SHIT!

The article doesn't say which news/talk channels survived the post merger other than America Right and America Left. What about Extreme XM (xm 152),America's Talk (xm 158),Talk Radio (xm 165), Fox News Talk (xm 168)sirius patriot (144), sirius left (146)?

wow--numbers for 3rd quarter were very good--Beat street and going forward they have many compnaies doing due diligence to make investments into Sirius/xm interesting..

This merger BLOWS... Do I lose ALL THREE of my favorite Sirius rock channels? IN THIS ORDER...

1-Lithium
2-Octane
3-Buzzsaw

Or..... are they still working on a combination from Sirius and XM that had similar channels (like my favorites) and give them a new name??? If this gets too radically different, one or two units will go.

The AC/DC, Bruce, and Zeppelin channels should be out on their own group of dedicated channels. My wife is ready to cancel if the Bridge does not come back soon... I kinda dig the Zep though.

All I can say is that Audiovisions (not mentioned??!?) and Cinemagic (looks safe) are really popular on my 4 radios. Audiovisions is actually the only station that EVERYONE in my home can keep on without channel surfing after a while (Even Lucy has to change sometime). Sirius XM needs to preserve the niche channels because we listeners are more than just customers, we're FANS. Are you listening, Mel?

XCountry and Beyond Jazz. You will be EXTREMELY missed.

Fuck Sirius.

remember how back in the day on clubxm and xm fan we all joked how one day the sirius channels would take over xms ?

I see that "Fine Tuning" is getting the axe also. For several years now, I've enjoyed listening to Ben play fantastic music from genres that NEVER get any exposure anywhere else! If Mel thinks gutting all these channels is a good idea, boy is he in for a shock! I can't believe he's going to ruin SATRAD by destroying the main reasons people bought their radios for in the first place: lots of musical variety/genres and DEEP play lists. Of course I'm sure he already has one hand on the rip cord of his golden parachute!!!
PS: Stern and Opie and Anthony ARE NOT going to keep this sinking ship afloat!

No fucking Backspin 43?

Just another reason to drop my subs come the New year.

No more Fine Tuning? What can they possibly be thinking? IMO they must be trying to destroy the company.

R.I.P Fred :(

How about cutting Stern ? That would save alot of money .

Maybe along with "elimination of duplicate programming," they're going to get "elimination of duplicate subscribers." If you take away a lot of what more than half of your customers signed up to get, apparently you are not that interested in keeping them around.

Sure, not all of them will cancel, and I'm certain in the corporate offices somewhere there's an estimate of how many people will cancel over this, with the numbers all worked out that if we save X number of dollars here and lose X number here, they still come out ahead. I'm hoping their estimate winds up being wrong so some of this is re-thought. I'll probably be doing my part. The only thing that will get me to stay is if X Country and Outlaw are truly integrated, but I'm not hopeful about that.

FWIW, in response to a few other comments, AudioVisions I have read elsewhere is supposed to be replaced with a channel called Spa. I have no idea how similar it will or won't be to AudioVisions.

I didn't want to LUCY, but I guess Lithium is the replacement(?)

As well, I'm happy that The Boneyard seems to revived in January.

But overall, how does this lineup affect the Canadian feeds? I mean, XM Canada has already said that they would be not affected by the merger, but these channel changes has to affect us as well.

Anybody have any insight on this?

So lucy is gone in favor of lithium or alt nation. Now if the lucy programming comes over and just the name changed than what have your really lost.

NOTHING except a stupid name. Again wait until Wednesday your fears might be true or gasp totally wrong. But people only like to complain so if not this than it will be something else.

Not too happy about this. Atleast I get to keep Faction, but I would have enjoyed it more if Hot Jams and Sirius Hits 1 would have stayed. 20 On 20 isnt that great since its the same 20 songs over and over again. Im still looking forward to the interoperable radios. We are supposed to get the entire XM and Sirius list with those radios RIGHT?!

If the interoperable radios come out and the lineup still isnt great then im canceling.

Eddie Trunk announced that The Boneyard is going off the air until Jan 15. He thinks that is when either ac/dc channel or zepplin channel is going off. Its going off the air this wed.

Eddie Trunk announced that the boneyard is back on Jan 15, and he is returning to his usual Monday night slot the following Monday.

Should have included this is my 1st post. Eddie Trunk also stated that the ac/dc and zepplin are limited run channels and that once they go, that will free up room. I'm guessing ac/dc leaves, Boneyard comes in. I thought, and I'm not positive on this, that he said the new boneyard channel for xm is going to be 53.

To "damn": You get your channels off the same satellites we do, so I don't think your lineup is going to be any different than ours. Yeah, we in the U.S. heard the "merger won't affect you" line, too, and I don't think it will be any truer for you than it has been for us.

To MacBoy: 20 on 20 plays more than 20 songs, that name is misleading. To me, 20 on 20 actually seems to have somewhat of a more eclectic playlist than "Hitlist" (30) because there are more musical genres represented. Neither is my favorite channel, but I can listen to 20 on 20 easier than Hitlist.

Hey, I got an idea for all you whining little ninnies out there who are crying over losing your beloved music channels that only you and your geek friends listen to....CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION! See, that's the beauty of satellite radio....if you don't like something, get rid of it. But see, that would take away something for you to complain about, right?

Look, if you didn't think there would be channel merging and both services would lose channels, you're out of your mind. Get over it and grow up.

First off Ron and Fez noon til 3.
As an XM subscriber since 2000, I'm very sad to see my rock stations gone. Ethel, Lucy, and Squizz were all I listend to when I wasn't listening to 202. Nice "merger."

oh boy. i can get KISS XM now, and listen to the same people who are on my local KISS station now (Java Joel and Kasper, who voicetrack on KissXM, are based in Cleveland.)

Great.
Wasn't the whole point of SatRad to be different and better than commercial radio?

Fucking 92.3 K-Rock Cleveland's better than Alt Nation. And it doesn't even play rock all day.

I only hope that Alt Nation will morph closer to Ethel than the shithole that it is now.

Oh, and Madison needs to shut the fuck up. She spouts drivel.

Ryan: Christmas has been confirmed on Holly's myspace:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=127788565&blogID=447903836

Been an XM subscriber since Feb '02 on a multi-year contract. I was totally against the merger but faced reality. I guess I'm one of those "purists" that the "suits" appear to be discounting.

Only thing is....I'm a "boomer" with disposable income. I WAS willing to give up the internet & cell phone before I would give up SatRad. With all the BS going on now, I am rethinking that position.

Not one word on the XM website about programming changes on 12 Nov. I remember getting plenty of notification about changes in the past.

I'm a classic rock & roller and an avid Blues fan as well as 70's & Soul Street & uncensored comedy.It's generally agreed that XM had superior programming and hardware. Believe it or not every now & then I like techno & new age. Appears that "The System" & "Audiovisions" will get the ax. Besides supposedly long playlists & no commercials, SatRad is the only way to get niche channels like techno & new age at the push of a button without all the downloading & connection hassles.

Sinatra,Buffett, & Elvis all the time but ax techno & new age??

What are these idiots thinking??

It really appears that Mel & Co. are lying to & shitting on the subscriber base.

As a subscriber of the merged company & stockholder of basically worthless Sirius stock I don't appreciate what they are doing one damn bit.

Will the 80's on 8 be XM or Sirius' 80's channel? I have XM but I loved the 80's channel on Sirius when I had it in a rental car. I hope it is the one from Sirius.

where is Jam On?

Are you sure the channel called "The Joint" Isn't the jam channel?

Anyone think that the channels are merging and thus will have expanded playlists, and are just dumping some of the crappy names of the XM channels? Food for thought...eat it up!

i wonder if HOO HOO is pissed that him and his expansive wig didnt make the advertisement?????
i mean eminem, b.b. king, barbara walters etc. are shown at the bottom...not poor HOO HOO! does this trully mean he's a washed up hack>??????
sorry HOO HOO NATION! seems like the pests always win!!!!!

OPIE AND ANTHONY "TRUE SHOCK JOCKS"
XM 202-----SIRIUS 197
6-12 DAILY...NOT 2 TIMES A WEEK!

I paid for the lifetime member on sirius. They've got me forever so I guess I have no choice but to deal with it :( Not something I am happy about.

Whatever happens, whether you like it or not, it is what it is. Just keep making your voice heard and eventually they should come around and build something we will all enjoy.

We have Sirius at work and I have XM at home...and as far as Fred, Ethel, and Lucy and their counterparts on Sirius are frankly not as good. Of course...that is what I am hearing on XM now.

My cancellation notice will be coming as soon as college football ends I fear.

Well HEll, I guess channel 37 the Strobe is gone as well as Chrome WTF? I see that the 70's on 7 now has saturday nite dance, but, will they just play the songs are will they be mixed like back in the day, guess I'll have to listen and find out......HUH? right now I'm not a happy camper...

The suits at Sirus-XM really screwed this up. Why cant they get rid of all those stupid channels noone cares about. come on 6 comedy channels? Playboy? Martha stewart? oprah radio? I really enjoyed listening to Classic Disco, Old School Hip Hop and Moving Easy. Hey Sirius- Cutting corners is going to lose alot of customers, including me

well i just finished a 5 hour drive with the new Sirius/xm station. I used to love Lucy and The Rhyme! Not quite sure what slop they haev replaced it with, but the Rhyme has pretty much dissapeared and Lucy is lost. Pretty sure I'll be cancelling my subscription after my 5 hour drive back home. If I wanted Sirius I would have subscribed to it! Loved the big mac to fish sticks analogy.

what the fuck happened to the old school rap station Backspin?

god dammit!!!

well this is some bullshit. Backspin (the old school rap station) is gone. i mean, what the fuck?!?!!

Audio Visions - formally XM channel 77 - and Spa do NOT offer the same programming. These two are not interchangeable. If the folks making the moves listened to the programming, they would know this. Audio Visions offered a refined selection of the best new age and ambient music. From what I've heard of Spa, the play list seems to be ripped from a bargain bin compilation CD tarted up with loads o' electronic tinsel and metaphysical debris. Audio Visions was far more sophisticated than the cosmic clutter and crap Spa spins out. Former channel 77 is the place on the radio dial I landed BECAUSE the world is a loud jumble filled with exactly the same old stuff broadcast on every other channel. I have subscribed to Sirius and XM for years but will to cancel if Audio Visions is not part of the package.
I hope this mistake is corrected; if not I'm gone.

Hip-Hop Nation sucks! It's just like XL Raw. Bring back the Rhyme or at least Backspin from Sirus. Just bring back some kind of old school hip-hop. The reason I subscribe to XM is because of DJ Ali Shaheed Mohamaad, Subsoniq, and Zulu Beats. This is crap! when my year is up I'm not renewing.

Just canceled three subscriptions. I vote with my money and will get a bigger ipod with the savings and program it the way I like. No problem. In this economy, seems they would have thought this through a litle better. BBC was the only decent news source. We are in the trouble we are in due to corporate controlled media and no need to pay to hear the propaganda. How can anyone trust those shills who were telling everyone a few months ago that this was just a bump in the economy. Use the right word--depression.

The real truth lurks in Liveleak, Utube, etc.

AMF to XM. It was fun while it lasted.

Sirius, management has made a hugh mistake by removing backspin. It was one of a kind old school channel, your primary target market grew up listening to this music. I got my sirius radio with my new car and told my wife that I would continue the service because this was the only place I could here backspin, which I listen to everyday. I can here all the other crap on any radio station. Why didn't you merge some of the hip hop, country or classic stations, they all sound a like, you could have even merged the comedy stations. In stead of listening to sirius I listened to FM all day. Why because they played the same stuff on Sirus plus they had local information about Memphis. Without BackSpin I have to reason to listen to Sirus except for an occasional channel 40 or the Fox station. Please reconsider this move and soon.

Signed
Very upset customer.

FYI, I will be canceling my XM subscription at the end of this year. I am very disappointed with the new channel line up, you would have expected to get more channels options with the merger but instead you have less channels. It went from more than four Latin music channels to only one. The only reason I had XM subscription for years was because of this 4 Latin stations where I can select what I want to listen instead of you combining them into one and forcing me to listen only what you want me to listen (big mistake from your part, you are going to lose a lot of Hispanic customers because of this). FYI, as any ethnic group Latinos have many different type of music that are very distinct and not everybody likes the same type of music, it is like somebody that like Rock and another one Soul music and then you decide to force everybody to listen whatever you want... “again big mistake”. , we were expecting more choices not less... Luckily there are plenty of free radio stations that you can listen in the INTERNET and for my car my i pod will be the solution and at the end I will save some money. Hope they realize the mistake they made because they are going to lose many customers like me (FYI, I know of many other Latino customers that are going to be saving a bundle of money in the near future because of this change).

"The Sirius XM changeover had happened at midnight, it seems. Drunk on their own near insolvency the idiots had decided to merge the worst parts of both together. The entirety of XM's rock "block" was erased instantly with the Clear Channel sameness of Sirius programming.

* They drug FRED out behind the DC headquarters, raped him, shot him in the face, and then left him on the street for as an example to anyone else who dared to have an original idea. They built a shack around the decaying body and called it "1st Wave."

* ETHEL and LUCY were drowned like unwanted kittens in a burlap sack. What emerged from that river of hatred were shuffling Stepford zombie versions of what had gone in. Lucy's new name was Lithium, and Ethel inexplicably tattooed "Alt Nation" on her forehead."

XM Subscriber for 4 years, indignantly cancelled today at 6pm, R.I.P. XM, Out comes the iPod.

Spa is nothing like Audio Visions. Someone woould have to be tone deaf to make the comparison. Hearts of Space wason AV. I do not believe that Spa plays it. Anybody know?

Bring back backspin and the strobe!!! If they don't at least bring back backspin it is over...