The great Sirius XM Transition day 1

[acroyear]

well, some things are less changed (for XM users) than others.

In particular, there are shows that XM had licensed that are still playing in their usual spots, including Exploring Music with Bill McLaughlin on Symphony Hall (formerly XM Classics) and Spa has picked up Hearts of Space from Audio Visions.  The playlists for 80s and Classic Rewind (formerly Big Tracks) aren't that different, though I've not heard the MTV vj stuff yet.  Casey's AT40 for the 80s has moved to 2 slots on Sunday and no Thursday show at all (Similarly, the 70s no longer has a Wednesday night airing).

Pops LP has moved to a nighttime only gig, no more lunch-hour, but Pops is still running Boundaries (again, the timeslot moved a bit).  XM Classics will still run NYPO Week and the Chicago Symphony radio show, plus Robert Aubrey Davis does still have a time slot and Millennium of Music (there was talk that this show would be dropped).  Nobody seems to have the Deutch Symphony show anymore, though.  From Sirius, we do seem to be getting a show of Modern Music on Saturdays which shows some promise (yeah, I'm a weirdo who actually likes 20th & 21st Century Classical, much to faireraven's annoyance).

And after all the bitching about no real prog outlet, just flippin' channels I managed to hear an old (Gabriel era) Genesis track on Deep Tracks and Yes's Love Will Find A Way on 49 (a channel that previously only played stuff from 90125 and ignored the rest).

As for my grand effort to redo my 80s in iTunes, it's mostly there to the point where "Party Shuffle" actually does sound pretty good as a mix, though I still need to clean up and process 3 major acts: Peter Gabriel, Sting and the Police, and Big Country.

Comments

[ladyprivy.livejournal.com]

I was wondering why my radio kept saying SiriusXM. I've had Sirius for a few years now and I LOVE it!!

[loresinger.livejournal.com]

1st wave, if you get it is also pretty good. Most of my 80's and Prog stuff I get there.

My Channels updated last night and we lost one of my favorite stations, Boombox.

I'm excited about the hearts of space on Spa though, I'll have to check that out.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

you mean you didn't know about this corporate merger?

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

First Wave, as "Fred" on XM, was on my top 10, though it usually only batted about .350 for me as far as having the 80s I liked, at least in its Fred playlist. I'll see what it is like at some point, though tonite I'll be giving 80s on 8 with the MTV vj's a try. Martha Quinn at 10pm...ooooo, memories...

[ladyprivy.livejournal.com]

i knew that sirius had taken over xm...but i thought they were going to keep things as they were. oh well :D

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

well, from the XM perspective we try not to look at it as a takeover...though once Lee Abrahms left, he being the key program manager, leaving no one to really bat for XM's format attitudes, we kinda saw the writing.

if they removed too much XM content, they would both lose too many subscribers (including me), AND they would lose money since many of the 3rd-party programs they license (like those above) are licensed for multi-year deals.

both sides took loses in content (though XM took more, and will be feeling the pain of killing Fine Tuning a lot more than they think they will). it is now what it is now, and i'm going to continue to listen. aside from Emerald Voyage (again, a Fine Tuning product - an hour of all-celtic at a reasonable time), most of what i liked is still there, especially my sunday afternoon AT40!

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

First Wave is generally good from what I listened to so far this morning on the commute in, though I know some Fred fans won't like it - The Cure and Scritti Polliti's "Perfect Way" should under no circumstances ever end up played next to each other. Ever.