Talk:List of XM Satellite Radio channels

message: Thanks, TKB -- you beat me to it, and saved me a bit more work! Mhking 03:41, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Table Alignment

message: Did it really come back? I can't find it on my dial,
at 79, or anywhere...I think the article needs an update. tharsaile 02:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It never came back. --Tv's emory 21:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: On the Rocks?

message: I decided to give the XM Canada lineup its own page. Reasons being that the filesize of this article was growing quite a bit, and the recent addition of XM Canada channels to cell phones would've required another column. The page is located at List of XM Radio Canada channels. If anyone disagrees, they can revert back and I can erase the XM Canada list. --Tv's emory 03:04, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: XM Canada

message: A preview loop for the channel started to air on July 17.  Should we leave it as coming soon or move it into the active list?--TravKoolBreeze 08:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Oprah & Friends

message: Where did you hear about National Lampoon Radio, I've not found anything about it on xmradio.com, or Orbitcast?
 
* A memeber on xmfan.com posted a screen cap of the channel list that stated this.  This is the thread I'm referring to.TravKoolBreeze 05:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  National Lampoon Radio 

message: Isn't 151 programmed by Clear Channel?  If so, it should get the teal triangle. --Bill.matthews 15:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Laugh USA? No it's not. --Tv's emory 20:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Oh. Extreme? You mean 152. Yes it is, but the teal triangle is just to indicate commercials on a music channel. --Tv's emory 20:31, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extreme XM 

message: Should another column be added to list the channels on Cingular and Alltel? TravKoolBreeze 05:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure. --Tv's emory 20:05, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  XM Radio Mobile

message: What formats will we list these channels?  It seems the true CHR channel will be 20 on 20 and Hitlist will be more of the 2000s hit music like the 90s on 9. TravKoolBreeze 11:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 20 on 20 and Hitlist

message: I now have Big East on 200. Is this permanent? -newkai t-c 01:19, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's not. XM200 is XM Live. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by NightRider63 (talk • contribs) 22:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Big East 

message: I notice channels are diambiguated with "(XM)".  Wouldn't "(radio station)" or "(radio channel)" be more recognisable?  (The same as we use Alex James (musician) instead of Alex James (Blur), for example. -- Chuq 00:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I keeps in tradition of other stations that will have either (AM), -TV or -FM.TravKoolBreeze 12:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguator 

message: The Larry King channel is playing through the end of this week. Should this be on the channel list, till the end of the week. Then after that put in the channel history article?Flap Jackson 03:13, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larry King 

message: I'm curious about the Canadian flag icon being shown for the NHL channels (204 and 205-209). While it's true that the channels are based in Canada, these channels are just as much for U.S. listeners as they are for Canadians.  The "Symbols" chart at the bottom of the page states that the Canada flag icon represents "Content specifically created for XM Radio Canada's satellite broadcast."  This is not the case in the NHL channels, and therefore, I don't think the flag should be shown on those channels.  Of course, this is just my opinion, which is why I'm adding it to the discussion rather than going ahead and removing the icon from those channels.  The XM Scoreboard (XM-243) is another example, although a minor example.  The channel originates in Canada, but they cover U.S. scores as well, so it is not "specifically created for XM Radio Canada's satellite broadcast."  Any thoughts?  Maybe the definition of the Canadian flag icon should be changed instead to "say channels that originate from Canada"?  BucsWeb 00:08, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ya, I do agree.  I'll change it to properly reflect.  TravKoolBreeze 06:00, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NHL Channels 

message: Should we add a colum of the channel logos? Just an interesting thought.
:No, doesn't make sense. TravKoolBreeze 21:26, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I like the idea.  The logos are attractive and would help set things apart nicely. Rtphokie 15:32, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logos? 

message: Should we have different color check marks for the free aol channels and the premium aol channels? Mydotnet 00:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say no because, as I remembered, the free AOL channels rotate. TravKoolBreeze 21:25, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AOL Free/Premium channels? 

message: Any news on whether XM will simalcast Fox Business Channel? If so, has there been a channel number selected? Because it seems that they would have to put it on 135, unless they cut a news channel in the near future. It seems logical that XM would carry the channel since they broadcast every other Fox News outlet. Flap Jackson 00:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fox Business Channel 

message: Should we really change the channel list to reflect the leaked list that is on Orbitcast? This isn't confirmed, it's just leaked. For all we know it could be a fake. We need something official like from the XM or GM website. Somebody needs to remove the rumored lineup. Flap Jackson 00:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Channel Lineup 

message: I think we need to distinguish the color of the triangles better. The teal looks too close to the grey. Flap Jackson 18:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Color Distinguishing 

message: I suggest the icon for radio broadcast channels () be changed to something that better represents the technology involved in satellite radio. The "olde timey" radio seems kind of ironic.. maybe a picture of a current XM radio or better yet just a satellite?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.29.237.215 (talk) 14:06, August 27, 2007 (UTC) 
:If an Icon of a satellite can be found and have the fair use rationale put with it, I would say go ahead.TravKoolBreeze 23:57, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll second that. NightRider63 21:23, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Icons on grid 

message: Is there a particular reason MIX 22 and the other comercial stations are off the list?  I added MIX 22 but wanted to see if there was a rationale for their exclusion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halcyonforever (talk • contribs) 18:38, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Check lower in the grid in the section of Regional Music...TravKoolBreeze 04:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MIX 22 

message: I think after this year's holiday channels go off, we should just comment out the section instead of deleting it as we usually do.  TravKoolBreeze 13:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holiday Channels 

message: The AOL channels as of March 30, 2008, are:
XM '50s
XM '60s
XM '70s
XM '70s
XM '80s
XM 20 on 20
XM BPM
XM Big Tracks
XM Classics
XM Deep Tracks
XM Escape
XM Ethel
XM Flight 26
XM Highway 16
XM Hitlist
XM The Blend
XM The Heart
XM The Heat
XM Top Tracks
XM U.S. Country
XM Watercolors
76.126.29.36 (talk) 17:59, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: AOL Channels as of March 30, 2008

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message: Does anyone know any information on Telus phones to see if they have updated their offerings for XM Radio Mobile?  Both the XM Radio Canada and the Telus site don't have any information on the merged SiriusXM channels. TravKoolBreeze (talk) 16:08, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Telus, XM Radio Canada, and the merged channels

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message: ===Merge another article with this one and move===
List of XM Satellite Radio channels → List of Sirius XM Radio channels – Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I was thinking too. [...] My first thought was to put everything here and redirect the Sirius list, and then move this article to a new title.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

text: I got hung up on the navboxes. Sorry, but I didn't even come close to reordering the list today. Anyone want to do the rest?Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I got all the music channels done but none of the talk channels.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 22:15, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's what I've been working on. I haven't had time to finish it, but I've hit a couple brick walls with the different channels. Also there's the Canadian streaming issue, but it sounds like that will fix itself soon. I've got more in my sandbox. --Tv's emory (talk) 05:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

text: So I've finished all the channels except the ones above 170 under sports and the traffic channels (which I wasn't sure belonged in the navbox, and that's where I got the numbers from today), along with that last section with Sirius exclusive channels which I don't even know about. Since I didn't get a response from you, I'm hoping my work wasn't all for nothing. You seem to want to reformat the list, but I was sort of hoping all that trivia would stay around. I didn't bother with previous channel numbers since pretty much everyone changed. I also didn't touch the URLs because that would just take time.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

text: A possible complication. I found this pdf with Sirius channels (meanwhile, the pdf I found last week for XM and someone else's pdf for Sirius gave me 404 errors) and Oprah's channel is 204, while the ViRUS is 206. Plus there are a bunch of other channels like an all-Neil Diamond channel that didn't appear on the other list. I'm not sure what to do at this point, although no one has touched the Sirius list yet, beyond minor fixes.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:09, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Okay, I fixed it later. I also checked the URLs and which channels are different on Sirius so we can merge the two lists, but only for those channels I've been able to find so far. If you find any URLs that don't work it means I haven't figured out the URL or verified the Xirius number (or even the XM number). We're not finished.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 15:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Repeating: WE'RE not finished. I've observed a handful of contributions. We need to verify channel numbers for the sports play-by-play and traffic channels. I suppose I COULD do it at home, but I make a point of not going to web sites other than a select few.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:45, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, we have some Sirius channels I've never heard of that aren't in this list yet. We still have to figure out what content is different in order to merge.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To simlify the merge process, I decided to follow what has been done with XM: I split the part of List of Sirius Satellite Radio channels which, for XM, is its own list. The new list is Sirius Satellite Radio channel history‎. So when/if the larger list  changes to a redirect, that content won't have to go anywhere.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:35, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

text: There are merger templates on the articles, AND the name of this section is "MERGER", so I was *NOT* the one proposing a merger. Further all the discussion is about MERGING the articles together. Clearly this is NOT a move proposal. 184.144.163.181 (talk) 20:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I proposed a merger using the existing information here, with the Sirius information added. Essentially, that's keeping the same list but with a name change, which is a move. Actually, I didn't know you could propose merging two separate lists like that, but the end result will be so similar to what is here now, I don't see why that shouldn't be just a move. . I would like to see all the historical information kept, not put in the history somewhere where people won't know how to find it. Why should Wikipedia only have current information for everything? I'm all the time seeing people treat radio station articles as if they should only have current information, deleting the old format when they add the new one. That's not useful at all. You may be right that a list doesn't have to have all this detail, but I see the list as being useful as it is now.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To 184.144.163.181--What you're saying now is what you should have said when you replaced the template. My proposal was just one way of doing things, but after reading that template carefully, it makes no sense at all. I don't know whether it wasn't done right, but I don't see how the proposal as worded can ever take place.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:19, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: List of XM Satellite Radio channels → List of Sirius XM Radio channels – Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I was thinking too. [...] My first thought was to put everything here and redirect the Sirius list, and then move this article to a new title.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge another article with this one and move

message: I'm going to try to realign this list today to the extent I can (all I'm going to do is reorder what's here by number), and I already changed many of the XM channel numbers earlier. Someone else came along aand reverted me in a couple of cases, which is what I feared would happen once I realized I had done it early. Others seem to be working on the individual articles so maybe I don't need to do as much as I thought.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I got hung up on the navboxes. Sorry, but I didn't even come close to reordering the list today. Anyone want to do the rest?Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I got all the music channels done but none of the talk channels.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 22:15, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's what I've been working on. I haven't had time to finish it, but I've hit a couple brick walls with the different channels. Also there's the Canadian streaming issue, but it sounds like that will fix itself soon. I've got more in my sandbox. --Tv's emory (talk) 05:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

text: So I've finished all the channels except the ones above 170 under sports and the traffic channels (which I wasn't sure belonged in the navbox, and that's where I got the numbers from today), along with that last section with Sirius exclusive channels which I don't even know about. Since I didn't get a response from you, I'm hoping my work wasn't all for nothing. You seem to want to reformat the list, but I was sort of hoping all that trivia would stay around. I didn't bother with previous channel numbers since pretty much everyone changed. I also didn't touch the URLs because that would just take time.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

text: A possible complication. I found this pdf with Sirius channels (meanwhile, the pdf I found last week for XM and someone else's pdf for Sirius gave me 404 errors) and Oprah's channel is 204, while the ViRUS is 206. Plus there are a bunch of other channels like an all-Neil Diamond channel that didn't appear on the other list. I'm not sure what to do at this point, although no one has touched the Sirius list yet, beyond minor fixes.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:09, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Okay, I fixed it later. I also checked the URLs and which channels are different on Sirius so we can merge the two lists, but only for those channels I've been able to find so far. If you find any URLs that don't work it means I haven't figured out the URL or verified the Xirius number (or even the XM number). We're not finished.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 15:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Repeating: WE'RE not finished. I've observed a handful of contributions. We need to verify channel numbers for the sports play-by-play and traffic channels. I suppose I COULD do it at home, but I make a point of not going to web sites other than a select few.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:45, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, we have some Sirius channels I've never heard of that aren't in this list yet. We still have to figure out what content is different in order to merge.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To simlify the merge process, I decided to follow what has been done with XM: I split the part of List of Sirius Satellite Radio channels which, for XM, is its own list. The new list is Sirius Satellite Radio channel history‎. So when/if the larger list  changes to a redirect, that content won't have to go anywhere.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:35, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Efforts to update this list

message: |-
| colspan="2" | 2 || Sirius XM Hits 1 || CHR/Pop ||  ||  ||  ||  || 6002
|-
| colspan="2" | 3 || Top 20 on 20 || Top 20 Countdowns ||  ||  || ||  || 6003
|-
| colspan="2" | 4 || The 40s on 4 || Big Band/Swing/Hits of the 1940s ||  ||  || ||  || 6004
|-
| colspan="2" | 5 || The 50s on 5 || Hits of the 1950s || ||  ||  ||  || 6005
|-
| colspan="2" | 6 || The 60s on 6 || Hits of the 1960s || ||  ||  ||  || 6006
|-
| colspan="2" | 7 || The 70s on 7 || Hits of the 1970s || ||  ||  ||  || 6007
|-
| colspan="2" | 8 || The 80s on 8 || Hits of the 1980s || ||  ||  ||  || 6008
|-
| colspan="2" | 9 || The 90s on 9 || Hits of the 1990s || ||  ||  ||  || 6009
|-
| colspan="2" | 10 || The Pulse || Hot Adult Contemporary || ||  ||  ||  || 6010
|-
| colspan="2" | 14 || Pop2K || Hits of the 2000s || ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| colspan="2" | 15 || BBC Radio One || UK Pop Hits || ||  ||  ||  || 6015
|-
| colspan="2" | 16 || The Blend || Soft Adult Contemporary || ||  ||  ||  || 6016
|-
| colspan="2" | 17 || Sirius XM Love || Love songs || ||  ||  ||  || 6017
|-
| colspan="2" | 18 || Sirius XM Limited Engagements || Limited run channels || ||  ||  ||  ||
|}
Okay. Should I continue adding the new numbers or will that not help you anyway?Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:56, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: So I've finished all the channels except the ones above 170 under sports and the traffic channels (which I wasn't sure belonged in the navbox, and that's where I got the numbers from today), along with that last section with Sirius exclusive channels which I don't even know about. Since I didn't get a response from you, I'm hoping my work wasn't all for nothing. You seem to want to reformat the list, but I was sort of hoping all that trivia would stay around. I didn't bother with previous channel numbers since pretty much everyone changed. I also didn't touch the URLs because that would just take time.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:51, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

text: A possible complication. I found this pdf with Sirius channels (meanwhile, the pdf I found last week for XM and someone else's pdf for Sirius gave me 404 errors) and Oprah's channel is 204, while the ViRUS is 206. Plus there are a bunch of other channels like an all-Neil Diamond channel that didn't appear on the other list. I'm not sure what to do at this point, although no one has touched the Sirius list yet, beyond minor fixes.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 20:09, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

text: Okay, I fixed it later. I also checked the URLs and which channels are different on Sirius so we can merge the two lists, but only for those channels I've been able to find so far. If you find any URLs that don't work it means I haven't figured out the URL or verified the Xirius number (or even the XM number). We're not finished.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 15:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Repeating: WE'RE not finished. I've observed a handful of contributions. We need to verify channel numbers for the sports play-by-play and traffic channels. I suppose I COULD do it at home, but I make a point of not going to web sites other than a select few.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:45, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, we have some Sirius channels I've never heard of that aren't in this list yet. We still have to figure out what content is different in order to merge.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 17:50, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To simlify the merge process, I decided to follow what has been done with XM: I split the part of List of Sirius Satellite Radio channels which, for XM, is its own list. The new list is Sirius Satellite Radio channel history‎. So when/if the larger list  changes to a redirect, that content won't have to go anywhere.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:35, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Pop music|Pop]]

message: Comment Okay, I cannot take credit for that new merger proposal. I did not suggest a merge of this article, but rather a move after all the necessary information from both articles is put here. I'm not sure about the proper action to take, but I proposed a MOVE, not a MERGER.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 15:20, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There are merger templates on the articles, AND the name of this section is "MERGER", so I was *NOT* the one proposing a merger. Further all the discussion is about MERGING the articles together. Clearly this is NOT a move proposal. 184.144.163.181 (talk) 20:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I proposed a merger using the existing information here, with the Sirius information added. Essentially, that's keeping the same list but with a name change, which is a move. Actually, I didn't know you could propose merging two separate lists like that, but the end result will be so similar to what is here now, I don't see why that shouldn't be just a move. . I would like to see all the historical information kept, not put in the history somewhere where people won't know how to find it. Why should Wikipedia only have current information for everything? I'm all the time seeing people treat radio station articles as if they should only have current information, deleting the old format when they add the new one. That's not useful at all. You may be right that a list doesn't have to have all this detail, but I see the list as being useful as it is now.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To 184.144.163.181--What you're saying now is what you should have said when you replaced the template. My proposal was just one way of doing things, but after reading that template carefully, it makes no sense at all. I don't know whether it wasn't done right, but I don't see how the proposal as worded can ever take place.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:19, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger of two existing articles into one new one

message: If no one wants to merge anything, I sure don't. It was proposed and then the person who proposed it disappeared. I updated some channel numbers and have no idea how to deal with the duplicates.Vchimpanzee ·  talk · contributions · 18:38, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article has been pretty much abandoned 

message: Having noted the deletion of ch. 62 from the satellite broadcast, I then noticed there is a section at the bottom for internet-only channels, including some that have previously been on satellite (and could be again). Given the check-box format which makes it easy to see which channels are available which way, and to make changes each way without moving channel listings between sections, it would seem to make sense to reincorporate these listings into the main table. "Internet only" isn't an analogous category to the rest. Spark240 (talk) 18:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internet-only channels 

message: Per discussions at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of AT&T U-verse channels and at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television#Discussion about channel lineups in general, this article is probably also subject to deletion under a similar rationale. Just so ya know. --Chaswmsday (talk) 17:42, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible deletion of this article 

message: Is there is going to be new decade hits XM Satellite Radio channels it will be 20s on 2: Hits from the 1920s and 30s on 3: Hits from the 1930s?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.206.183.39 (talk) 12:43, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other decades for XM Satellite Radio channels