-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
so long christian rock on xm
- Thread starter smashedcd
- Start date
> Hoilday Traditions will replace the Torch 31 this
> december..and i have to wonder..will it come back??
>
? Where did you hear this at?
<P ID="signature">______________
Lenks
Program Director/Music Director
X Music Online
The X
Today's Best Music
http://www.xmusiconline.com/</P>
> december..and i have to wonder..will it come back??
>
? Where did you hear this at?
<P ID="signature">______________
Lenks
Program Director/Music Director
X Music Online
The X
Today's Best Music
http://www.xmusiconline.com/</P>
>
> xmradio.com/holiday..and no i havent been smoking anything..
>
That's a shame that they are "replacing" the only Christian Rock channel with a Christmas one, There are other channels that would make more sense...
Hopefully this does not spill the end to the Torch, The Christian Rock format is one of the best in my opinion.
<P ID="signature">______________
Lenks
Program Director/Music Director
X Music Online
The X
Today's Best Music
http://www.xmusiconline.com/</P>
> xmradio.com/holiday..and no i havent been smoking anything..
>
That's a shame that they are "replacing" the only Christian Rock channel with a Christmas one, There are other channels that would make more sense...
Hopefully this does not spill the end to the Torch, The Christian Rock format is one of the best in my opinion.
<P ID="signature">______________
Lenks
Program Director/Music Director
X Music Online
The X
Today's Best Music
http://www.xmusiconline.com/</P>
C
ccmfan
Guest
> >
> > xmradio.com/holiday..and no i havent been smoking
> anything..
> >
>
>
> That's a shame that they are "replacing" the only Christian
> Rock channel with a Christmas one, There are other channels
> that would make more sense...
>
> Hopefully this does not spill the end to the Torch, The
> Christian Rock format is one of the best in my opinion.
>
I'm considering getting a satellite radio soon, and if The Torch isn't brought back after Christmas, this may make me Sirius-ly reconsider which service I get. I thought I had read that Sirius had added a Christian rock channel lately.
Also, could this be the reason that The Torch isn't on DirecTV, at least for now? I agree that there are other stations that overlap more that could have been dropped instead.
Could Salem have something to do with this?<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ccmfan on 11/08/05 02:06 PM.</FONT></P>
> > xmradio.com/holiday..and no i havent been smoking
> anything..
> >
>
>
> That's a shame that they are "replacing" the only Christian
> Rock channel with a Christmas one, There are other channels
> that would make more sense...
>
> Hopefully this does not spill the end to the Torch, The
> Christian Rock format is one of the best in my opinion.
>
I'm considering getting a satellite radio soon, and if The Torch isn't brought back after Christmas, this may make me Sirius-ly reconsider which service I get. I thought I had read that Sirius had added a Christian rock channel lately.
Also, could this be the reason that The Torch isn't on DirecTV, at least for now? I agree that there are other stations that overlap more that could have been dropped instead.
Could Salem have something to do with this?<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ccmfan on 11/08/05 02:06 PM.</FONT></P>
G
GaryThompson
Guest
Does Salem's Jim Epperlein (sp?) program the Torch too? I know he does the Fish on XM.
> I have emailed the person who runs the torch, he is a friend
> of mine. I am awaiting his reply so let's just calm down
> till gives us the answer. Also I haven't heard anything
> about this from him, I would think he would have "freaked"
> much about it if it were a bad situation.
>
> I have emailed the person who runs the torch, he is a friend
> of mine. I am awaiting his reply so let's just calm down
> till gives us the answer. Also I haven't heard anything
> about this from him, I would think he would have "freaked"
> much about it if it were a bad situation.
>
H
HurricaneRun
Guest
> > Does Salem's Jim Epperlein (sp?) program the Torch too? I
> > know he does the Fish on XM.
> >
> Epperson? or Epperlein. Epperson's own it - they are Salem,
> they have individual people who do programming. Thomas Kenny
> is who I know at the Torch.
>
You're confused. Jim Epperlein is the PD of XM 32 The Fish. Stuart Epperson is the cofounder of Salem Communications. No Relation.
Thomas Augustus is the PD of The Torch.
The Fish, The Torch, and FamilyTalk used to all be in a suite down the hall from WAVA-FM in Arlington, Va (It's been a while since i was there, but i think "SalemXM" was right next door to Bill Bennett). I do not know the exact arrangement, but from what i have gathered the team who ran the satellite channels were under Salem managemet but technically employees of XM. Recently XM took the channels (except 170) in-house.
I like The Torch. It has become a lot better than it was just 6 months ago. It doesn't really make sense to replace it with a Christmas channel. I bet the web stream will still be up though.
HR
> > know he does the Fish on XM.
> >
> Epperson? or Epperlein. Epperson's own it - they are Salem,
> they have individual people who do programming. Thomas Kenny
> is who I know at the Torch.
>
You're confused. Jim Epperlein is the PD of XM 32 The Fish. Stuart Epperson is the cofounder of Salem Communications. No Relation.
Thomas Augustus is the PD of The Torch.
The Fish, The Torch, and FamilyTalk used to all be in a suite down the hall from WAVA-FM in Arlington, Va (It's been a while since i was there, but i think "SalemXM" was right next door to Bill Bennett). I do not know the exact arrangement, but from what i have gathered the team who ran the satellite channels were under Salem managemet but technically employees of XM. Recently XM took the channels (except 170) in-house.
I like The Torch. It has become a lot better than it was just 6 months ago. It doesn't really make sense to replace it with a Christmas channel. I bet the web stream will still be up though.
HR
H
HurricaneRun
Guest
> > >
> > > xmradio.com/holiday..and no i havent been smoking
> > anything..
> > >
> >
> >
> > That's a shame that they are "replacing" the only
> Christian
> > Rock channel with a Christmas one, There are other
> channels
> > that would make more sense...
> >
> > Hopefully this does not spill the end to the Torch, The
> > Christian Rock format is one of the best in my opinion.
> >
>
> I'm considering getting a satellite radio soon, and if The
> Torch isn't brought back after Christmas, this may make me
> Sirius-ly reconsider which service I get. I thought I had
> read that Sirius had added a Christian rock channel lately.
>
> Also, could this be the reason that The Torch isn't on
> DirecTV, at least for now? I agree that there are other
> stations that overlap more that could have been dropped
> instead.
>
> Could Salem have something to do with this?
>
No offense to XM or Thomas Augustus, but Sirius 67 Revolution is much much better than XM 31 The Torch. Their music is more current and they actually have imaging..... from Jeff Berlin. It sounds really good.
HR
> > > xmradio.com/holiday..and no i havent been smoking
> > anything..
> > >
> >
> >
> > That's a shame that they are "replacing" the only
> Christian
> > Rock channel with a Christmas one, There are other
> channels
> > that would make more sense...
> >
> > Hopefully this does not spill the end to the Torch, The
> > Christian Rock format is one of the best in my opinion.
> >
>
> I'm considering getting a satellite radio soon, and if The
> Torch isn't brought back after Christmas, this may make me
> Sirius-ly reconsider which service I get. I thought I had
> read that Sirius had added a Christian rock channel lately.
>
> Also, could this be the reason that The Torch isn't on
> DirecTV, at least for now? I agree that there are other
> stations that overlap more that could have been dropped
> instead.
>
> Could Salem have something to do with this?
>
No offense to XM or Thomas Augustus, but Sirius 67 Revolution is much much better than XM 31 The Torch. Their music is more current and they actually have imaging..... from Jeff Berlin. It sounds really good.
HR
From the Torch itself:
"The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions, XM 104. It begins
Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS December 26. It
is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
Have anyone asking email me directly or at [email protected]."
Everything is fine, they are coming back
"The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions, XM 104. It begins
Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS December 26. It
is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
Have anyone asking email me directly or at [email protected]."
Everything is fine, they are coming back
C
ccmfan
Guest
> From the Torch itself:
>
> "The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions, XM
> 104. It begins
> Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS
> December 26. It
> is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
>
> Have anyone asking email me directly or at
> [email protected]."
>
> Everything is fine, they are coming back
>
But still, it looks like it would have made more sense to replace an easy listening channel or something else that was closer to the format that the Christmas channel will be.
>
> "The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions, XM
> 104. It begins
> Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS
> December 26. It
> is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
>
> Have anyone asking email me directly or at
> [email protected]."
>
> Everything is fine, they are coming back
>
But still, it looks like it would have made more sense to replace an easy listening channel or something else that was closer to the format that the Christmas channel will be.
D
denningsjon_
Guest
> > From the Torch itself:
> >
> > "The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions, XM
> > 104. It begins
> > Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS
> > December 26. It
> > is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
> >
> > Have anyone asking email me directly or at
> > [email protected]."
> >
> > Everything is fine, they are coming back
> >
>
> But still, it looks like it would have made more sense to
> replace an easy listening channel or something else that was
> closer to the format that the Christmas channel will be.
>
Definetly! Check out this link... http://www.xmradio.com/holiday/
Explains what 5 channels will temporarily be replaced and what they will be replaced with...
> >
> > "The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions, XM
> > 104. It begins
> > Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS
> > December 26. It
> > is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
> >
> > Have anyone asking email me directly or at
> > [email protected]."
> >
> > Everything is fine, they are coming back
> >
>
> But still, it looks like it would have made more sense to
> replace an easy listening channel or something else that was
> closer to the format that the Christmas channel will be.
>
Definetly! Check out this link... http://www.xmradio.com/holiday/
Explains what 5 channels will temporarily be replaced and what they will be replaced with...
> > > From the Torch itself:
> > >
> > > "The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions,
> XM
> > > 104. It begins
> > > Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS
>
> > > December 26. It
> > > is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
> > >
> > > Have anyone asking email me directly or at
> > > [email protected]."
> > >
> > > Everything is fine, they are coming back
> > >
> >
> > But still, it looks like it would have made more sense to
> > replace an easy listening channel or something else that
> was
> > closer to the format that the Christmas channel will be.
> >
> Definetly! Check out this link...
> http://www.xmradio.com/holiday/
>
> Explains what 5 channels will temporarily be replaced and
> what they will be replaced with...
>
i got an email from the pd at the torch..its coming back for sure. but i sure was worried..still ticked off however..they could have taken away sunny or one of those world channels!!<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
> > >
> > > "The Torch will TEMPORARILY become Holiday Traditions,
> XM
> > > 104. It begins
> > > Thanksgiving Day and ends December 25. THE TORCH RETURNS
>
> > > December 26. It
> > > is one of five channels of XM Christmas music.
> > >
> > > Have anyone asking email me directly or at
> > > [email protected]."
> > >
> > > Everything is fine, they are coming back
> > >
> >
> > But still, it looks like it would have made more sense to
> > replace an easy listening channel or something else that
> was
> > closer to the format that the Christmas channel will be.
> >
> Definetly! Check out this link...
> http://www.xmradio.com/holiday/
>
> Explains what 5 channels will temporarily be replaced and
> what they will be replaced with...
>
i got an email from the pd at the torch..its coming back for sure. but i sure was worried..still ticked off however..they could have taken away sunny or one of those world channels!!<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
H
HurricaneRun
Guest
> >" i got an email from the pd at the torch..its coming back
> for
> > sure. but i sure was worried..still ticked off
> however..they
> > could have taken away sunny or one of those world
> channels!!"
>
> That email I put up was from Thomas.
> >
>
Did Thomas say if the internet stream of The Torch would continue throughout the holiday season?
> for
> > sure. but i sure was worried..still ticked off
> however..they
> > could have taken away sunny or one of those world
> channels!!"
>
> That email I put up was from Thomas.
> >
>
Did Thomas say if the internet stream of The Torch would continue throughout the holiday season?
> > >" i got an email from the pd at the torch..its coming
> back
> > for
> > > sure. but i sure was worried..still ticked off
> > however..they
> > > could have taken away sunny or one of those world
> > channels!!"
> >
> > That email I put up was from Thomas.
> > >
> >
>
> Did Thomas say if the internet stream of The Torch would
> continue throughout the holiday season?
>
it will..<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
> back
> > for
> > > sure. but i sure was worried..still ticked off
> > however..they
> > > could have taken away sunny or one of those world
> > channels!!"
> >
> > That email I put up was from Thomas.
> > >
> >
>
> Did Thomas say if the internet stream of The Torch would
> continue throughout the holiday season?
>
it will..<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
N
neutral_observer
Guest
> Hoilday Traditions will replace the Torch 31 this
> december..and i have to wonder..will it come back??
Torch is one of the channels announced today to be discontinued to make room for the Canadian content.
> december..and i have to wonder..will it come back??
Torch is one of the channels announced today to be discontinued to make room for the Canadian content.
> > Hoilday Traditions will replace the Torch 31 this
> > december..and i have to wonder..will it come back??
>
>
> Torch is one of the channels announced today to be
> discontinued to make room for the Canadian content.
umm.no its not..
>
<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
> > december..and i have to wonder..will it come back??
>
>
> Torch is one of the channels announced today to be
> discontinued to make room for the Canadian content.
umm.no its not..
>
<P ID="signature">______________
note to tvland...bring back wkrp!!!</P>
- Status