Why doesn't Sirius/XM have a standards channel that isn't a Sinatra channel?

[vchimpanzee]

I don’t enjoy the one artist channels at all on Sirius XM. Even the ones that aren‘t 100% one artist still play too much of that artist.

I can be in the mood for standards, but when every third song is Sinatra, no thanks. Same with Radio Margaritaville. I may enjoy some tropical/beach sounds but not when most of it is Jimmy Buffett.

I also don’t understand the appeal of the Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood channels which offer a mix of genres that often doesn’t flow well. The only channel named after an artist that is ok to me is Willie’s Roadhouse. They probably play about one Willie Nelson an hour and the rest is for the most part classic country.

I agree about standards. I want a channel that has standards, but it's actually possible to play too much Sinatra. iHeart's The Standard has this problem as well. I had this available on a TiVo, but I quit listening for several reasons. One was that the channel played Sinatra every few minutes, but there were also too many songs that weren't standards. "A Hard Day's Night" was the last straw.

Sirius/XM also has 40s Junction and Escape, which is beautiful music. When Escape was temporarily available only online until too many people complained, Sirius/XM Love added some standards artists but people didn't like that. So apparently there is a channel that sounds like so-called standards stations on commercial radio.

And there are supposedly some standards on the 50s channel, but from what I have been told, pretty much nothing from the early 50s. And I'm not aware that those early 50s songs are on 40s Junction.

Wikipedia once had an article on Siriusly Sinatra and I haven't seen a source for this to know whether this is true, but the article said one of the two standards channels became Siriusly Sinatra. There were two before the merger of Sirius and XM and one stayed.

 

[Kelly A]

Because there aren't enough potential listeners.

 

[davideduardo]

Because there aren't enough potential listeners.

Maybe it could be the soundtrack for "Ghosts" on CBS.

 

[Kelly A]

Maybe it could be the soundtrack for "Ghosts" on CBS.

To that point, I imagine there are probably more dead than alive who once liked that type of music. Those numbers are likely increasing, on the dead side anyway..

 

[speer360]

"Siriusly Sinatra" is branded as "Standards by Sinatra & More", within the JAZZ/STANDARDS/CLASSICAL Section.

There was formerly "High Standards" on XM before the merger.

 

[vchimpanzee]

"Siriusly Sinatra" is branded as "Standards by Sinatra & More", within the JAZZ/STANDARDS/CLASSICAL Section.

There was formerly "High Standards" on XM before the merger.

Right. They should still have that. If they want a Sinatra channel too they can do that.

I've heard some people say Nat King Cole and Perry Como are not on Siriusly Sinatra.

 

[radiofan2023]

What about Dinah Washington?

 

[vchimpanzee]

What about Dinah Washington?

She should be there. Does anyone know?

 

[radiofan2023]

Same with Ella Fitzgerald

 

[vchimpanzee]

Same with Ella Fitzgerald

Again, she should be on Siriusly Sinatra.

Interestingly, she was never on America's Best Music to my knowledge.

 

[radiofan2023]

She’s great! Do you ever listen to Bessie Smith?

 

[tall_guy1]

The EDM channels on there seem to really focus on deep house/trance and not much in the way of europop (which is more melodic and the type I prefer.)

 

[K6JHU]

I am one of those people who could never get into Sinatra and preferred other standards artists. I would like to listen to standards on Sirius/XM but I can't take a lot of the channel. I could only wish they had a regular standards channel.

 

[vchimpanzee]

She’s great! Do you ever listen to Bessie Smith?

I don't get that traditional.

I think the only way to know what's really there is to look at the list of songs now playing, if there is one, and just keep going back to it.

 

[gr8oldies]

Beats me. I don't listen to 40s junction enough to know what's on it

 

[vchimpanzee]

Beats me. I don't listen to 40s junction enough to know what's on it

I have heard it when I was on vacation and riding with someone who had it. Sounds good but not the standards I really want.

Sirius/XM has changed how they do the song now playing and have added recently played songs. So I have this list.

"I've Got a Crush on You/My Romance" Julie Budd
"The Lady's in Love with You" Doris Day
"The Lady Is a Tramp" Frank Sinatra
"For Once in My Life" James Brown
"You'll Never Know" Johnny Mathis
"What Is This Thing Called Love" Rosemary Clooney
"Love And Marriage" Frank Sinatra
"You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" Michael Buble
"The Lonesome Road" Julie London
"Song of the Jet" Tony Bennett
"Come Fly with Me" Frank Sinatra
"Avalon" Jack Sheldon

I guess the only thing wrong other than too much Sinatra is too many songs I've never heard of, and too many versions that are not the familiar version. Though by listening to Kevin Taylor's show on Serenade Radio online, I got used to that, and I discovered "The Quiet Hour" on that station (description is not accurate but would apply to "Music Box", a show that airs mostly after I leave the computer), and other similar shows. WLML is a lot like these shows but with fewer instrumentals or soft songs.

The description of this channel that I saw some years ago may not be correct. Johnny Mathis is here and I saw Nat King Cole another time. Maybe Perry Como is played too. It looks like it could be a good standards format if they just cut back on Sinatra.

 

[tvnut]

Again, she should be on Siriusly Sinatra.

Interestingly, she was never on America's Best Music to my knowledge.

Both Nat and Ella are regularly heard on Siriusly Sinatra.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Both Nat and Ella are regularly heard on Siriusly Sinatra.

That's good. I read somewhere that Nat's style of music was not.