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As the Holiday's approach, the channels are going "live"!!
HOLLY - XM103 // D*862 - Holly blends contemporary holiday music with just a touch of the classics for the perfect mix of Christmases present and memories from Christmases past.
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS - XM104 // D*849 - Holiday Traditions celebrates Christmas the way you remember it with timeless holiday favorites from some of the biggest recording artists from the '40s, '50s, and '60s.
MUSIC CITY HOLIDAY - XM105 // D*809 - For a down-home Christmas straight from Nashville, tune in to contemporary and traditional Holiday hits from Country music's biggest superstars.
A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS - XM106 // D*866 - Classical Christmas - XM 106 celebrates the season with the biggest selection of Holiday pops and symphonies performed by the greatest classical musicians and choirs of all-time.
SPECIAL XMAS - XM107 // D*848 - Special Xmas is the soundtrack to your dysfunctional family holiday. It's a special, different musical view of Christmas with parodies, novelty songs, hip numbers, retro oddities, and weird tunes.
RADIO HANUKKAH - XM108 // D*??? - It's a celebration of the festival of lights as well as Jewish culture. Radio Hanukkah brings you the best mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish favorites as well as exclusive music shows, interviews, and the candle lighting every day in every time zone throughout America.
spoonman
11-14-07, 05:59 AM
Hard to believe its Christmas music season already :D
As the Holiday's approach, the channels are going "live"!!
HOLLY - XM103 // D*862 - Holly blends contemporary holiday music with just a touch of the classics for the perfect mix of Christmases present and memories from Christmases past.
NEW!! HOLIDAY TRADITIONS - XM104 // D*849 - Holiday Traditions celebrates Christmas the way you remember it with timeless holiday favorites from some of the biggest recording artists from the '40s, '50s, and '60s.
MUSIC CITY HOLIDAY - XM105 // D*??? - For a down-home Christmas straight from Nashville, tune in to contemporary and traditional Holiday hits from Country music's biggest superstars.
A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS - XM106 // D*??? - Classical Christmas - XM 106 celebrates the season with the biggest selection of Holiday pops and symphonies performed by the greatest classical musicians and choirs of all-time.
SPECIAL XMAS - XM107 // D*??? - Special Xmas is the soundtrack to your dysfunctional family holiday. It's a special, different musical view of Christmas with parodies, novelty songs, hip numbers, retro oddities, and weird tunes.
RADIO HANUKKAH - XM108 // D*??? - It's a celebration of the festival of lights as well as Jewish culture. Radio Hanukkah brings you the best mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish favorites as well as exclusive music shows, interviews, and the candle lighting every day in every time zone throughout America.
Music City Holiday is live on D*809
Classical Christmas is live on D*866
Special X-Mas is live on D*848
No word on where Radio Hanukkah will be on D* yet.
The XM versions of most of those (except Holly, which is already live, and Radio Hanukkah, which goes live in early December), won't be live until next Monday. Keep in mind that XMRO listeners can listen to all of them (again, except Radio Hanukkah) online now.
Thanks, mhking! I've updated the OP.
y2k02c5
11-14-07, 07:47 AM
Hard to believe its Christmas music season already :D
Yea. There is station here in Detroit, that starts playing christmas music 24/7, beginning Nov 1st. Its crazy. They've done this now 3 years in a row. And surprisingly, their ratings are high.
Before they would start day after thanksgiving.
The holiday season is out of control. seems like every year its starting sooner, and sooner. I recall seeing halloween stuff at the stores in August!:eek2:
ccr1958
11-14-07, 07:58 AM
As the Holiday's approach, the channels are going "live"!!
HOLLY - XM103 // D*862 - Holly blends contemporary holiday music with just a touch of the classics for the perfect mix of Christmases present and memories from Christmases past.
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS - XM104 // D*849 - Holiday Traditions celebrates Christmas the way you remember it with timeless holiday favorites from some of the biggest recording artists from the '40s, '50s, and '60s.
MUSIC CITY HOLIDAY - XM105 // D*809 - For a down-home Christmas straight from Nashville, tune in to contemporary and traditional Holiday hits from Country music's biggest superstars.
A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS - XM106 // D*866 - Classical Christmas - XM 106 celebrates the season with the biggest selection of Holiday pops and symphonies performed by the greatest classical musicians and choirs of all-time.
SPECIAL XMAS - XM107 // D*848 - Special Xmas is the soundtrack to your dysfunctional family holiday. It's a special, different musical view of Christmas with parodies, novelty songs, hip numbers, retro oddities, and weird tunes.
RADIO HANUKKAH - XM108 // D*??? - It's a celebration of the festival of lights as well as Jewish culture. Radio Hanukkah brings you the best mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish favorites as well as exclusive music shows, interviews, and the candle lighting every day in every time zone throughout America.
Music City Holiday is live on D*809
Classical Christmas is live on D*866
Special X-Mas is live on D*848
No word on where Radio Hanukkah will be on D* yet.
The XM versions of most of those (except Holly, which is already live, and Radio Hanukkah, which goes live in early December), won't be live until next Monday. Keep in mind that XMRO listeners can listen to all of them (again, except Radio Hanukkah) online now.
thanks :)
Wisegoat
11-14-07, 08:37 AM
Music City Holiday is live on D*809
Classical Christmas is live on D*866
Special X-Mas is live on D*848
No word on where Radio Hanukkah will be on D* yet.
The XM versions of most of those (except Holly, which is already live, and Radio Hanukkah, which goes live in early December), won't be live until next Monday. Keep in mind that XMRO listeners can listen to all of them (again, except Radio Hanukkah) online now.
All except Radio Hanukkah are on DirecTV right now. Listened to Special Xmas on Monday.
Lord Vader
11-14-07, 08:45 AM
As much as I love Christmas music, I just can't get into it. Yet.
It's been too warm out this fall (Chicago area).
I just have to have it get colder, more Christmas-like or something. I usually get into it during Thanksgiving week.
Redlinetire
11-14-07, 08:52 AM
Yea. There is station here in Detroit, that starts playing christmas music 24/7, beginning Nov 1st. Its crazy. They've done this now 3 years in a row. And surprisingly, their ratings are high.
Before they would start day after thanksgiving.
The holiday season is out of control. seems like every year its starting sooner, and sooner. I recall seeing halloween stuff at the stores in August!:eek2:
Yea, I just noticed that this year. (I'm never down on that end of the dial - I listen to the Canadian gov't station - no commercials!)
There just isn't THAT much top notch Christmas music to play for two months straight IMO...
are the gonna duplicate these channels to the 100's like they did last year? i think holly was 108 but i dont completly remember.
Lord Vader
11-14-07, 09:32 AM
Holly is 103 right now, IIRC. The other ones should be placed at 104, 105, etc., I believe. Holly is live now on XM, but the others I don't think are.
Holly is 103 right now, IIRC. The other ones should be placed at 104, 105, etc., I believe. Holly is live now on XM, but the others I don't think are.
The others are not set to go live on XM until next Monday.
Really glad to see Holiday Traditions is coming to DirecTV this year. It is ideal for family gatherings with my parents, who for some reason don't want to hear "contemporary" versions of Christmas music.
Lord Vader
11-14-07, 02:49 PM
The others are not set to go live on XM until next Monday.
I wonder why they're live on DirecTV but not on XM itself. A man can only take so much of Vanessa Williams's "Do You Hear What I Hear?" on XM 103!!! :eek2:
Paul Secic
11-14-07, 03:57 PM
Yea. There is station here in Detroit, that starts playing christmas music 24/7, beginning Nov 1st. Its crazy. They've done this now 3 years in a row. And surprisingly, their ratings are high.
Before they would start day after thanksgiving.
The holiday season is out of control. seems like every year its starting sooner, and sooner. I recall seeing halloween stuff at the stores in August!:eek2:
They have to start selling Chinese junk early for proffits for CEOS. When I was a kid in the 50's, I never saw X-MAS things after Thanksgiving.
Greg Alsobrook
11-16-07, 08:24 AM
this is kinda funny... apparently XM doesn't even know that 'Holly' is on d* right now... i just sent in an email to holly@xmradio.com... and I got this in part of the response...
HOLLY is available In The Following Locations:
-On XM SATELLITE RADIO - Broadcast via Satellite... On XM Channel 103
-On XM RADIO ONLINE at http://xmro.xmradio.com On Channel 103
-On DirecTV (with applicable DirecTV package.. starting November 19th)
-While you TRAVEL this holiday season on AIRTRAN Airways and JETBLUE (equipment dependent)
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