XM Channel Lineup Changes?

[KnoxHarrington]

So Orbitcast is posting a PDF document that they say is a new channel lineup for XM. Here are the changes, if you don't want to download the whole damn thing:

* A new channel, XM Exclusives, on Channel 2, which will showcase XM exclusive shows like Artist Confidential, Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio, Tom Petty's Buried Treasure, etc.

* XM Cafe (45) and Hear Music (75) are being merged. The new channel will still be on 45, and still called "XM Cafe", but it's also got the "Voice of Music at Starbucks" subtitle Hear Music had.

* The channel descriptions for the alternative trio, Fred, Ethel, and Lucy, have changed. Fred is now labelled as "'70s/'80s Alternative", Lucy as "'90s Alternative/Grunge", and Ethel as "New Alternative", listing bands like Linkin Park, Incubus, and the White Stripes. (Guess I'll be losing a pre-set then.) This probably isn't really a change, but it does seem to be a tighter definition for these channels.

That's about it. Let's see how many panicked "ARE THEY CANCELLING RON & FEZ?" threads get started by the fact the only show the guide lists as being on 202 is Opie & Andy. Oops, I mean Opie & Anthony.

See for yourself here:

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/leaked-new-xm-channel-lineup.html

[weekapaugjz]

* XM Cafe (45) and Hear Music (75) are being merged. The new channel will still be on 45, and still called "XM Cafe", but it's also got the "Voice of Music at Starbucks" subtitle Hear Music had.


so with the merge of these channels, there will now be enough bandwidth for Big Ass 203?

[underdog]

ARE THEY CANCELING RON AND FEZ?!

I think someone should make a "RON AND FEZ FIRED!" post and sticky it until we get all the facts.

[Don Stugots]

i am going to be smashing my XM unit at first light and record it and then post it on you tube.

[underdog]

so with the merge of these channels, there will now be enough bandwidth for Big Ass 203?

Oooh. Sooory. They need the bandwidth for the other POTUS, the one that just play Presidents Of The United States music 24/7.

I hope they play Peaches.

[scottinnj]

He said Peaches...........:tongue:

[fohat]

ARE THEY CANCELING RON AND FEZ?!

I think someone should make a "RON AND FEZ FIRED!" post and sticky it until we get all the facts.

If they are i'm going to smash my modem against the wall

[DonInNC]

I like all those changes. Hopefully, Lucy being called Alternative/Grunge means they'll stop playing U2 all the time.

[ScottFromGA]

i am going to be smashing my XM unit at first light and record it and then post it on you tube.

are you gonna call them and scream at them as loud as you can while smashing it with a hammer?

wait....hasn't all of this been done before?

and by before, I mean people overreacting to a bullshit rumor before the facts come out.

[SHANEFROMGA]

Oooh. Sooory. They need the bandwidth for the other POTUS, the one that just play Presidents Of The United States music 24/7.

I hope they play Peaches.

f potus, i want POTHEAD, all stoner talk all the time.
with such subjects as.....
hey man remember the time that aaaaa.....hey man remember the time thataaaaa
or
did you ever look at a doller bill man, there's some spooking shit going on on a dollar bill man!
i would be a hooot!!!!

[sailor]

are you gonna call them and scream at them as loud as you can while smashing it with a hammer?

wait....hasn't all of this been done before?

and by before, I mean people overreacting to a bullshit rumor before the facts come out.

didn't all the fightin' over this stuff just die down? why try to start it all up again?

[Fallon]

so with the merge of these channels, there will now be enough bandwidth for Big Ass 203?

The funny thing is channel 203 is "Big East 203".

[Don Stugots]

the Lucy, Ethel and Fred channels play alot of the same music right now, making them more time frame specific works for me. i doubt i will even notice to tell the truth. i will just keep jumping from one to the other to hear what i like.

[lleeder]

the Lucy, Ethel and Fred channels play alot of the same music right now, making them more time frame specific works for me. i doubt i will even notice to tell the truth. i will just keep jumping from one to the other to hear what i like.

Hardly sounds like music fit for Mosh Pit Stugots

[riverofpiss]

I like the fact that Ethel and Lucy are going to be more distinct from each other. I sick of hearing the same Foo Fighters song on both channels at the same time.

[DonInNC]

f potus, i want POTHEAD, all stoner talk all the time.
with such subjects as.....
hey man remember the time that aaaaa.....hey man remember the time thataaaaa
or
did you ever look at a doller bill man, there's some spooking shit going on on a dollar bill man!
i would be a hooot!!!!

POT U.S. - Homegrown 205

[STC-Dub]

I am trying to decide which will happen first: Ron and Fez get their own channel, or I win the Powerball. I have decided it is a tie, neither will ever happen.

[Don Stugots]

Hardly sounds like music fit for Mosh Pit Stugots

i should have a line of action figures.

[ScottFromGA]

didn't all the fightin' over this stuff just die down? why try to start it all up again?

ahh sailor, I was just playing along with Stugots.

[sailor]

the Lucy, Ethel and Fred channels play alot of the same music right now, making them more time frame specific works for me. i doubt i will even notice to tell the truth. i will just keep jumping from one to the other to hear what i like.

lucy was so much better than the other two. a lot of the stuff on the other two was like deep tracks (alternative style), while lucy was top tracks (alternative style)

ahh sailor, I was just playing along with Stugots.

sweet.

[ScottFromGA]

sweet.

SUPER sweet. :tongue:

[DonInNC]

Once the grunge moniker is offically placed on it, wouldn't it seem logical to make Lucy the Starbucks channel? At least in a "yeah at first glance but then again not really" sort of way?

[J.Clints]

I just got word there making way for the Don Stugots Channel............Ohh Shit it was taken over by Fade to black sorry buddy......

[sailor]

I just got word there making way for the Don Stugots Channel............Ohh Shit it was taken over by Fade to black sorry buddy......

i heard the promo for that and thought "oh, no, they ripped earl off!"

[J.Clints]

i heard the promo for that and thought "oh, no, they ripped earl off!"

Who Cares that much for black music history???????//

[S0S]

Speculation Saturday!!!

[J.Clints]

Speculation Saturday!!!

your best post so far.

[ESD's twin brother]

so with the merge of these channels, there will now be enough bandwidth for Big Ass 203?

We can only hope.....................

I like all those changes. Hopefully, Lucy being called Alternative/Grunge means they'll stop playing U2 all the time.

Yes, but you can still hear them all the time on the 80's, 90, 20 on 20, Fred, and Ethel. Thank GOD!!!!!!!!