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

[Peter Parker]

Is Pitbull permanent?

 

[TNGTony]

As long as the checks clear

 

[w6pea]

I don't get why they are moving it, keep all the decades together...

http://blog.siriusxm.com/2015/04/30/top-10-reasons-40s-hits-is-moving-to-ch-73/

That really sucks. Maybe they are going to get rid of the Sinatra Channel. Is Sinatra on ch-73

 

[w6pea]

And why isn't Hits1 on channel 1? (It's on channel 2.)

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.

The other day for some reason my XM Delphi 3 receiver, went dead and went to Channel 1. I just got my remote and press 6 to go back to 60.s on 6 why did it go to the preview channel. I pulled up to pick up my wife from work one afternoon and it did it then also. I pulled under a tree for shade that time.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I like listening to the 40's. Sucks they are moving it.

I really liked the xm thriller channel with all the michael Jackson hits.

 

[osu1991]

That really sucks. Maybe they are going to get rid of the Sinatra Channel. Is Sinatra on ch-73

No Sinatra is channel 71

 

[w6pea]

That really sucks. Maybe they are going to get rid of the Sinatra Channel. Is Sinatra on ch-73

No Sinatra is channel 71

I wonder how long it will be before they do the 40.s Channel and the Sinatra Channel like they did the Neil Diamond Channel and put it in the same tier like that slug Howard Stern.

 

[The Fat Man]

Just a note, on Dish, it is still on channel 4 (6004 non Hopper receivers, 99-04 on the Hopper). Dish's current deal doesn't cover Pitbull's channel.

 

[king3pj]

I never listened to the 40s channel but I really can't believe that Pitbul warrants his own channel. I'm in my 20s and I don't know a single person who is a big Pitbull fan.

 

[dfergie]

I'm in my 50's and really don't know any Pitbull fan's, some young execs probably thought this was a really good idea... (not)

 

[Bobby]

Maybe Pitbull's manager paid to have the channel put up so that Pitbull could get more recognition....

 

[w6pea]

Well then I must be older than dirt. I never heard of this "PitBull" Character , Somebody at Sirius/XM got their palms greased. I'm about ready to dump them completely. If I didn't like MLB it would have been gone a long time ago.