XM's Holiday Channels
Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Tags: 2, XM
XM Satellite Radio is (once again) offering dedicated holiday music channels - a total of five channels in a variety of seasonal style - during the upcoming holiday season.
Here's the lineup:
- Holly (XM 103) – Available start November 13th at 12 midnight ET - December 25th. Features contemporary holiday hits mixed with selected traditional favorites
- Holiday Traditions (XM 104) – Available beginning November 23rd at 12 midnight ET - December 25th. Features traditional holiday recordings from the 1940s through the 1960s
- A Nashville Christmas (XM 105) – Available beginning November 23rd at 12 midnight ET - December 25th. Features contemporary and traditional holiday hits from popular country music artists
- A Classical Christmas (XM 106) – Available beginning November 23rd at 12 midnight ET - December 25th. Features traditional holiday carols performed by celebrated classical music artists
- Special X-Mas (XM 107) – Available beginning November 23rd at 12 midnight ET - December 25th. Features a mix of holiday novelty songs, oddball parodies, and rock covers of holiday classics
Details on XM's Holiday 2006 channel lineup will be available on their website soon.
Source: XM Satellite Radio
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Its being reported that XM will have six channels this year. XM 108 would be the sixth.
http://www.myspace.com/xmholiday
Posted by: mustang_xm | November 9, 2006 11:07 AM
Are the last four really starting the 23th? Or the 13th like Holly?
Posted by: TVGenius ? | November 9, 2006 11:16 AM
Are the last four starting the 23th or 13th like Holly? And dare I ask what we're losing this year?
Posted by: TVGenius ? | November 9, 2006 11:17 AM
What is the source for this info?
Posted by: Amnesia ? | November 9, 2006 11:25 AM
Would be nice if the inno/helix users got a "Holiday" Genere Tab...
Posted by: WebMatt01 | November 9, 2006 11:46 AM
The source is directly from XM Satellite Radio. I'm updating the post to reflect this.
Thanks mustang_xm. I'm confirming the XM 108 report. The same XM Holiday MySpace blog is also reporting that Holly will start on November 13th while the others are starting November 23rd - but I'm confirming that as well.
Check this post for updates.
Posted by: Ryan Saghir ? | November 9, 2006 11:58 AM
Will be interesting to see what channels get bumped for these this holiday season. Last year The Torch got bumped for holiday music and it ended up being a sign of things to come, unfortunately for me.
Posted by: waterwagen ? | November 9, 2006 1:13 PM
Smart move by XM putting all these on their own channels *and* all in a row as well.
Will anything actually get bumped?
Just take away all the MLB channels for a month or so, the exception being 'Home Plate', obviously.
Posted by: Pete ? | November 9, 2006 2:06 PM
Seems like the XM Holiday Myspace is gone and the original blog on the XM Hit List page (http://www.myspace.com/xm30thehitlist) is gone also. Was the info released too early??
Anyone hear anything?
Posted by: mustang_xm ? | November 9, 2006 2:22 PM
Iron Otaku's myspace blog is saying U-Pop is getting bumped.
Posted by: Brian ? | November 9, 2006 3:38 PM
If The System gets bumped again like last year I'll be f'ing pissed.
Posted by: Thrawn | November 9, 2006 5:36 PM
OK, here's the official response from XM:
Correct – Holly launches early on Monday, November 13. The other four channels listed (Holiday Traditions, Nashville Christmas, Classical Christmas and Special X-Mas) will launch on November 23 (just in time for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade).
The reference to XM 108 was posted in error and has been removed (which we all know by now). The information that was sent to me yesterday about XM’s holiday channels is everything XM has announced.
Hope this clears things up.
Posted by: Ryan Saghir ? | November 10, 2006 8:36 AM
WOW! Mystery solved..lol
Thanks Ryan!
Posted by: mustang_xm ? | November 10, 2006 8:52 AM
Heh. Hey, what can I say? That's I've got. :)
Posted by: Ryan Saghir ? | November 10, 2006 10:10 AM
Hope this helps! Torch & System seem not to be affected.
Posted by: Diana in Sacramento | November 11, 2006 6:19 AM
Hope this helps! Torch & System seem not to be affected.
Posted by: Diana in Sacramento | November 11, 2006 6:19 AM
Will the start dates of Holly and the rest or the holiday channels be the same for XM on DirecTV?
Posted by: Eric | November 12, 2006 10:07 AM
The XM Web site's PDF channel guide lists 108 as "Radio Hanukkah", running from 15 Dec to 23 Dec.
Posted by: Amnesia ? | November 14, 2006 11:21 AM