40's on 4 to move to 40's on 73.

I thought I had read (years ago) that because XM hardware is preprogrammed to receive Channel 1 without a subscription, that meant SXM was stuck using 1 for the "Preview" loop which these days usually sounds like Hits 1 mixed with lots of ads for the paid subscription service. So if they put the commercial free Hits 1 on channel 1, they either wouldn't be able to block it for those who don't pay, or it would cause other issues. (I'm sure, for example, that a lot of FAQs and support documents are written that tell people to tune into channel 1 to receive an authorization signal.)
On the Sirius hardware platform, the Preview loop has been on channel 184.
 
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If you had to move 40s music off 4, the logical place is 78 (as in RPMs).

Actually, I assume they are freeing up 4 for another current hits channel. They like to have "neighborhoods".
 
No they never had a 20 or 30's channels. (Some of those recording have been played on 40's on 4.)

They haven't announced what will be going on channel 4, but I could only imagine we will find it in time for Summer.
 

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