SiriusXM Programming

Today's SiriusXM press release says this program is "geared towards men and women listeners." That pretty much covers everybody, I suppose.

SiriusXM to launch Women In Trucking show

SiriusXM today announced the launch of Women In Trucking, a live call-in show airing exclusively on SiriusXM Road Dog channel 146. The weekly two-hour show will premiere at 11 AM ET Saturday, January 20. Hosted by Ellen Voie, SiriusXM's Women In Trucking will feature listener call-ins and interviews with professionals from the trucking industry -- from drivers, technicians, and engineers to transportation CEOs and dispatchers -- sharing their stories of the challenges and opportunities of the open road.

Women In Trucking, a show geared towards men and women listeners, will also address gender diversity issues pushing for more women to join its ranks. With women making up 7% of the trucking industry workforce, SiriusXM's Women In Trucking will help promote the employment of more women by identifying and removing the obstacles that keep them from entering the field.

Yet another "single artist channel." Payola is alive and well in 2018. Here is the SiriusXM press release:

Fleetwood Mac to launch exclusive SiriusXM channel

SiriusXM announced today that Grammy Award winning rock band Fleetwood Mac will launch an exclusive, limited-run SiriusXM channel, The Fleetwood Mac Channel, on Thursday, February 1. The Fleetwood Mac Channel will showcase music from Fleetwood Mac's extensive Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career, including their indelible hits, solo material, live songs, rare demo tracks and musical influences. The channel will also include exclusive stories and insights from Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie, plus special shows hosted by band members. The Fleetwood Mac Channel kicks off at 12 PM ET Thursday, February 1, via satellite on channel 4 and through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.

Been a subscriber for about 13 years. Favorite channel is Deep Tracks. Would like to hear just music but do enjoy some of the concert recording breaks. My suggestion would be to severely limit play of artists that have their own stations. such as Springsteen, Grateful Dead, etc. Probably because I don't care for them but that's my problem. Addicts will tune them in for longer duration and I won't have to suffer, because it's all about me.

Dan Neer, Earle Bailey, Meg Griffin, Jim Ladd, et. al. are outstanding in my humble opinion. Would love to be able to hear my subscription over the internet included with my regular subscription price, considering my longevity.

Really have learned a lot from the DJ comments regarding the artists or song history. I enjoy the different DJ personalities and their takes and opinions. Can't bring myself to listen to over the air radio since the mid 2000's.

Comedian Kevin Hart, in conjunction with Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation, launched the Laugh Out Loud multi-platform video network in August 2017. On February 1, Hart will launch a Laugh Out Loud comedy channel on SiriusXM. It will replace the Foxxhole on channel 190. Hart will host a weekly program and will select a diverse group of up-and-coming comics to produce shows for the channel. Hart claims he's funnier on radio than in person. We will soon find out.

https://laughoutloud.com

"Ground control to David Bowie fans": This is from Talkers.com, February 6, 2018:

"Howard Stern and SiriusXM are producing a special program to honor late rocker David Bowie. The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie will premiere on the Howard 101 channel on Friday, February 9. Stern says, 'When I got into rock 'n' roll music, one of the artists that I first really got into was David Bowie. He was always evolving, he was always on top of things, he was just a great musician and a great songwriter and a great singer. I want to make sure that people remember David Bowie.' The program will feature 'a wide variety of artists inspired by the late musician, performing his songs with their own inventive styles and interpretations,' including Peter Frampton, Daryl Hall, Todd Rundgren, Greta Van Fleet, Biffy Clyro, The Struts and more."

February 8 press release from SiriusXM:

SiriusXM to air daily coverage of 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games

SiriusXM today announced that it will air daily coverage of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games from South Korea from February 9th through 25th on satellite radios and the SiriusXM app. Throughout the Games, SiriusXM listeners will hear live two-hour specials of Today In PyeongChang at 10 PM ET and 1 AM ET on SiriusXM Rush (channel 93) courtesy of Westwood One. Hosted by Westwood One’s Jason Horowitz and Laura Okmin, Today In PyeongChang will provide live play-by-play of various events, a comprehensive account of the day's action with event highlights as well as previews and interviews from various venues and disciplines.

SiriusXM subscribers will get live play-by-play broadcasts of men’s hockey games and listeners will have access to every game played by the Team USA Men’s Hockey team, the Team USA vs. Canada women’s game, as well as the Men's Gold Medal game and Women's Gold Medal game. For channel assignments go to www.siriusxm.com/livesports

Will SiriusXM fire Patrick O'Connor? I hope so.

Barstool Sports host makes tasteless comment about Olympian Chloe Kim
Yahoo Sports, Feb 13 2018 6:53 PM

Chloe Kim has emerged as the best story from the Pyeongchang Olympics thus far. Everyone wants to talk about her victory, share her family’s story and hire her as a spokesperson for pretty much any food item. Despite the abundance of topics, one Barstool Sports radio personality opted to go a different route. Today on Dialed-In with Dallas Braden, a radio show on Barstool Radio’s SiriusXM channel, co-host Patrick O'Connor made a reference to Kim's 18th birthday coming up in April and said, "She’s fine as hell. If she was 18, you wouldn’t be ashamed to say that she’s a little hot piece of ass. And she is. She is adorable. I’m a huge Chloe Kim fan." Aside from his work with Barstool Sports, Connor hosts a show on KNBR in San Francisco.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...-kim/23360897/

Patrick O'Connor tweeted this today:

"Yesterday in a weird attempt to make people laugh I failed. My comments about @chloekimsnow were more than inappropriate, they were lame & gross. Im truly sorry, Chloe. You've repped our country so brilliantly. I apologize to my colleagues & the listeners for being a total idiot."

Did he really think calling a 17-year-old a "little hot piece of ass" was funny? Wow.

But wait -- there's more!

Radio host fired after sexually suggestive comment about 17-year old Chloe Kim
Yahoo Sports, Feb 14 2018 6:30 PM

When you’re a grown man and call a 17-year old Olympic gold medalist "a little hot piece of ass," things likely won’t end too well for you. Patrick Connor has lost at least one of his jobs after making that comment about American snowboarder Chloe Kim on Tuesday, when he was on Dialed In with Dallas Braden, a show on Barstool Radio’s SiriusXM channel. San Francisco radio station KNBR, where Connor is known as "PCon," fired him today. KNBR program director Jeremiah Crowe told media outlets, "Be advised that Patrick Connor is no longer with Cumulus Media," which owns the station.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...-kim/23361951/

From Talkers.com, February 15:

"SiriusXM is adding a new show to the Underground Garage rock channel, hosted by legendary musician, producer and songwriter Lenny Kaye. The show will air weeknights from 8 PM to 12 midnight. In addition to being a member of the Patti Smith Group, Kaye also produced the Nuggets garage rock anthologies that were released on vinyl during the 1970s."

I have a theory and I think it's valid: Those who are not athletic and do not play any sports stay home and call in to radio programs to talk about sports. SiriusXM made this announcement today:

CBS Sports Radio channel to debut on SiriusXM February 21

CBS Sports Radio and SiriusXM today announced that CBS Sports Radio's programming lineup will be available to SiriusXM subscribers nationwide beginning Wednesday, February 21st on satellite radios (Sirius channel 213, XM channel 201) and on the SiriusXM app. CBS Sports Radio showcases popular sports talk shows hosted by Jim Rome, Tiki Barber, Brandon Tierney, Scott Ferrall, Amy Lawrence, Damon Amendolara, Bill Reiter and Taz & Marc Malusis, among others. Two of these programs, Jim Rome and Tiki & Tierney, are also simulcast on the CBS Sports television network.

To honor the legacy of evangelist Billy Graham, who died today (February 21) at age 99, SiriusXM has brought back the limited-run Billy Graham Channel which originally aired November 6-17, 2017 on channel 145 and featured Graham's sermons along with reminiscences from family, friends, ministry team members and former US Presidents. The Billy Graham Channel is back on channel 145 and will air through March 4.

Aren't we getting tired of all these "curated" channels? SiriusXM has channels supposedly programmed by Pitbull, Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Jamie Foxx, Ozzy Osbourne.....and even two artists who are no longer alive: Tom Petty and B.B. King. SiriusXM is becoming the musical equivalent of the "vanity press." Here is the February 22 press release:

Dwight Yoakam to launch exclusive SiriusXM channel

SiriusXM announced today that multiple Grammy Award-winner and country music icon Dwight Yoakam will launch an exclusive SiriusXM channel, Dwight Yoakam & The Bakersfield Beat, "Where Country Went Mod." The channel will celebrate the Bakersfield sound and those whom it has inspired including Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eagles, The Blasters, Lucinda Williams and more. The channel will encompass all that is California country and country rock, in all of its various and varietal hybrid forms, from Ricky Nelson to Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt and will also include artists from the movement in LA in the early to middle '80s that Yoakam broke out of and will feature bands as diverse as X, Lone Justice and Los Lobos.

SiriusXM's Dwight Yoakam & The Bakersfield Beat channel will launch in the spring. As a special preview, Dwight Yoakam & The Bakersfield Beat will take over SiriusXM's Prime Country, channel 58, from 5 PM ET February 23 through 3 AM ET February 26.

I can't imagine anyone being excited about the chance to hear golf on the radio -- but here is today's press release from SiriusXM:

PGA Tour, SiriusXM agree to four-year extension

The PGA Tour and SiriusXM announced today that they have reached a four-year extension to their broadcasting agreement, which will continue extensive tournament coverage on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio for subscribers nationwide through 2021. Listeners enjoy live coverage of every round of most PGA Tour events throughout the season, including The Players Championship, the four events of the FedExCup Playoffs and the biennial Presidents Cup, with hole-by-hole commentary and expert analysis on the only audio channel dedicated to professional golf.

SiriusXM subscribers can listen to the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel on SiriusXM radios (Sirius channel 208, XM channel 92) and those with streaming access can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home on a wide variety of connected devices, including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. For more information, visit www.SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATourRadio

It's time for "March Madness" -- which also would be a good name for the reaction of soldiers upon being told they'll be going on a ten-mile hike. Here is the SiriusXM press release:

March Madness on SiriusXM

SiriusXM will offer listeners nationwide comprehensive coverage of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, airing every minute of every game on satellite radios and the SiriusXM app and providing in-depth daily coverage of the tournament on its exclusive 24/7 college sports talk channels. SiriusXM listeners nationwide can hear every game in its entirety from the First Four on March 13 and 14 through the Final Four and national championship game in San Antonio on March 31 and April 2. Tournament match-ups and SiriusXM channel assignments are available at www.siriusxm.com/collegebasketballschedule

At first I thought "Diplo" was a brand of tiny construction blocks. Then I realized I was confusing "Diplo" with "Duplo." Diplo is the stage name of DJ/rapper/producer Thomas Wesley Pentz. Here is today's press release from SiriusXM:

Diplo to produce his own exclusive SiriusXM channel

SiriusXM announced today that Grammy award-winning producer and DJ Diplo will launch his own radio channel, Diplo's Revolution, exclusively on SiriusXM channel 52 and through the SiriusXM app. The channel, which will launch on Thursday, March 22, will feature global rhythmic music hand-selected by Diplo as well as regular original shows hosted by Diplo, Dillon Francis and Major Lazer members Jillionaire and Walshy Fire. Diplo's Revolution will also showcase the biggest songs in global, hip-hop, experimental and underground dance culture.

The channel will air live festival coverage from the most important electronic music festivals around the world including Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas and more. In addition to championing the diverse and eclectic musical tastes that have put Diplo at the forefront of music and pop culture, Diplo's Revolution will also include songs from his solo projects, Major Lazer, Jack Ü and further upcoming collaborations.

SiriusXM online channel 359, the Canada-based Americana channel, has dropped the name Routes Radio and rebranded as North Americana. The logo says NORTH AMERICANA -- America and Canada, get it?

https://www.siriusxm.com/routesradio

On November 16 -- Go look! -- I posted the SiriusXM press release announcing Rock The Bells Radio, LL Cool J's new hip-hop channel which "in early 2018" will replace Backspin on Channel 43. The channel will launch tomorrow, March 28. Here are the details:

https://blog.siriusxm.com/ll-cool-j-...e-bells-radio/

In the past four months, 32 scam phone ads have been posted on Sirius Buzz. Each one has come from a different "new member": 32 different screen names. Today we have another new member, Yajaira, who has posted a link to an online gambling site. This thread is for discussions of SiriusXM programming and Sirius Buzz is a site for discussion in general. The above link and bizarrely worded sentence were posted by a scammer using this site for free advertising and should be ignored.

Here is the April 2 SiriusXM press release -- and if I haven't lost count, Trisha's program is the 547th SiriusXM show to be called "exclusive."

Trisha Yearwood to host exclusive new show on SiriusXM's The Garth Channel

SiriusXM announced today that Trisha Yearwood, Grammy Award-winning country music star, will launch her new weekly SiriusXM show Trisha's Take Five on Monday, April 2. It will air on Garth Brooks' exclusive SiriusXM channel, The Garth Channel. Each week Trisha will handpick a new four-song theme and then invites listeners to choose the fifth track. The series will kick off with the premiere theme of "Auto-Pilot," with Trisha selecting songs including Little Red Corvette by Prince and Fast Car by Tracy Chapman among her favorites. Trisha's Take Five will air Mondays at 5 pm ET on The Garth Channel, SiriusXM channel 55 and through the SiriusXM app. The weekly show will rebroadcast on Wednesdays at 1 pm ET, Fridays at 9 am ET, Saturdays at 3pm ET and Sundays at 8 pm ET.