Had sirusXM for free via its app when covid hit and they were offering it.  I never liked it.

If you want streaming music all day Stingray wipes the floor with it and in selection for Canada and its free.

The changes are now in effect. Here's an overview of some of them:

New Channel Numbers & New Channels

I called my friend with Dish Network. The channels are on the same places, with the exception of what used to be the 40s channel. It's gone. 50s and 60s Gold are still where they were but with the new branding and jingles. Interestingly, he says the 70s on 7, the 80s on 8 and the 90s on 9 are all still being called that and haven't been changed in any apparent way. 

The Sirius App page no longer allows access to the 60s or 50s stations for some reason, saying the channel is no longer available. It may be that they haven't changed the URL. It still points to "60s on 6" which no longer exists. 

Also, he heard a jock indicate in an email from a caller that his presets had automatically rerouted his 60s station to channel 73, so there was no input from listeners needed. 

The Siriusly  Sinatra channel has moved from CH 71 to CH 70. In its place on 71 is Holiday Traditions.

I like the Holiday Tradition channel at Christmas time, but not when I'm still drinking beer on my patio.

They had a channel on 70 they called Yacht Rock. It's gone.

Radiowiz wrote:

turkeytop wrote:

They had a channel on 70 they called Yacht Rock. It's gone.

70 was once the home of the Love channel also. 

I remember that. Usually they would replace it with Yacht Rock over the summer and return it to Love after Labour Day.
 

So, is CH 311 a real channel, or just something on a ap?

With all due respect to the person on the phone, and I mean that   They're full of shit.  Unless you get your own microwave sub-stream the changes will affect you.  It's representative of the demos.  The 50's and 60's audience are sliding over the edge of the cliff.  Got to keep moving forward.

And much like TV channels, most people use presets anyway.  Hell, having said that, I'm so used to talking to my Rogers Ignite box I have NO idea what channels are where anymore..  "ABC", "CBC", "CNN" or whatever is all I need to know.

ig.

Ale Ont wrote:

I am a subscriber so I phoned SiriusXM Canada and was told the changes do not apply to Canada.
I find that hart to believe.  Of course, it is difficult to get any information when phoning corporations.
Try getting info from Rogers or Bell.  We'll get an answer and phone you back, they say.
The trouble is they don't say if or when they'll phone back.

Yes, there is still room for them, they've just been taken off the marquee.
 

turkeytop wrote:

ig wrote:

It's representative of the demos.  The 50's and 60's audience are sliding over the edge of the cliff.  Got to keep moving forward.
ig.

So if there's no longer an audience for those channels, dump them. Don't just keep calling them 50s and 60s while substituting newer music.
 

I don't think Iain (or anyone) suggested that there's "no audience," but rather pointed out that de-emphasizing those channels makes sense. 
 

paterson1 wrote:

Heard them cut out of a song early on the weekend (can't remember which channel) but today they did on 70's on 7.  I was groovin (yes groovin) in the car to Al Green's Let's Stay Together, had it cranked and all of a sudden about 45 seconds before the song would even be fading... bang... into America Ventura Highway.  No mix or fade, Al was chopped and into Ventura...They had an announcer but I am assuming he was pre recorded, so maybe a technical thing.  

It's interesting to hear that. I was listening to the new 60's Gold at my friend's place the day the changes were made. The jock - who was live, although I didn't catch the name - launched into some classic tune that's long gone out of mind. All of a sudden, part way through, a new song came on and cut off the old one. 

The jock came on afterward to tell the audience something that went like this: "I didn't do that. I'm not sure what happened, but I didn't cut the previous song short! I think the equipment did it by itself! Maybe haunted leftovers from Halloween!"

So whatever you heard, it's happened before. I'm sure they're working on whatever it is, but it wasn't the first time. 

Both stations sound about the same as before, and the featured programming (such as the '60s Satellite Survey) is still there.

Dale Patterson wrote:

Both stations sound about the same as before, and the featured programming (such as the '60s Satellite Survey) is still there.

I don't believe that was ever in doubt. The only thing changing is the channel numbers and I don't see why anyone would care. Why would SXM want to move them?