XM/Clear Channel

[Louis_009]

Is Clear Channel Radio starts twommrrow on XM-Radio with the Northeast/Southeast/Southwest/Northwest channels plus WSIX ???twommrrow is may 1st and some talk channels on XM are changing I cant wait to hear WFLA-AM 970 from Tampa on one of the southeast channels on XM-Radio...

 

[4dude]

WFLA on XM????That would be AWESOME!!!!!!!

 

[wprt949]

i dont give a hoot im blocking them al

 

[wprt949]

WFLA on XM????not

 

[JoeMorris]

Well, WSIX is coming along pretty good on 161. But I don't think the changes have happened yet on KISS or MIX. They're still identifying themselves by their XM channel numbers, and I haven't heard any commercials on them yet. Does anybody know what KISS or MIX FM station they were going to simulcast? My guess would have been KIIS out of LA and the MIX station out of Houston, like they had years ago.

 

[jobhunter]

It amazes me that XM is adding more and more radio stations.I think top radio stations should fight for a spot on XM. Sure, commercial free XM would be gone...but as radio geeks we could enjoy the top stations and jocks in the country.(XM SUITS, ADD WTMJ OUTTA MILWUAKEE EH!)

 

[radioguy555]

Does anyone with XM know which channel 970 is simulcasting on?

 

[The-Major]

I think the changes (simulcasts, commercials, etc.) with KISS & MIX won't occur until the latter part of this (new) month of May. They still sound exactly the same now as they did a month ago, and now XM HITLIST & FLIGHT 26 sound exactly like KISS & MIX as well. I shall continue to listen to '20 ON 20' until notable improvements are made with the other four stations.I'm with 'Dothan Radio' on this issue. I would love to hear some of the top Clear Channel stations and personalities on my XM.THE MAJOR

 

[Kent]

From what I've heard, it's not guaranteed, and not really expected at this point, that KISS-XM, Mix-XM, Sunny-XM and Nashville-XM will simulcast any terrestrial stations. I have yet to hear a commercial on any of those channels, though I haven't listened frequently today. I've noticed Mix and Sunny actually sound a lot different than they did yesterday and a lot different from Flight 26 and Escape. Mix-XM has a substantial number of 80's titles in its playlist when it was previously a 90's & today format while Sunny is almost all vocals while it was almost all instrumentals before.

 

[The-Major]

I stand corrected. KISS & MIX have radically altered their formats since yesterday. Neither channel is sending digital song title and artist information today, and the music has noticeably changed. I may have to give KISS some more ample listening time to see if I actually like it now !THE MAJOR

 

[Kent]

I have to admit that I've been at least somewhat impressed with what I've heard since the most recent round of new/moved channels. Not necessarily so much with the Clear Channel XM channels as with the service itself. However, if nothing else, I have to give Clear Channel credit for trying to differentiate their programming from the XM channels of the same/similar formats. As a result, XM has a better variety of channels now than it did 24 hours ago and is a better service than it was a month ago.

 

[rp1973]

WFLA on XM????That would be AWESOME!!!!!!!

Why? 70 percent of their weekday programming is off the bird. The only truly local shows are AM Tampa Bay and the two weekend local libtalkers, Dan Ruth and Mark Beiro.EDIT: Oh, and I forgot The Fisher Files on Sunday. Sorry, Jeffy.

 

[JoeMorris]

From what I've heard, it's not guaranteed, and not really expected at this point, that KISS-XM, Mix-XM, Sunny-XM and Nashville-XM will simulcast any terrestrial stations.

But it's going to happen eventually, isn't it? After all, they put it in the category "Regional News, Talk & Music Channels." So my guess is they will take stations with the names Kiss and Mix from somewhere.

 

[mr_mark_taylor]

From what I've heard, it's not guaranteed, and not really expected at this point, that KISS-XM, Mix-XM, Sunny-XM and Nashville-XM will simulcast any terrestrial stations.

But it's going to happen eventually, isn't it? After all, they put it in the category "Regional News, Talk & Music Channels." So my guess is they will take stations with the names Kiss and Mix from somewhere.

It was done before (Kiss being the last to drop simulcast)...so Clear Channel now is probably considering it, and (maybe) if they get sick of programming their own stations on XM, they'll dump them for FM simulcasts

 

[livingfruitvirus]

Does anyone with XM know which channel 970 is simulcasting on?

Who told you WFLA was simulcasting at all? Because it isn't.

 

[Kent]

But it's going to happen eventually, isn't it? After all, they put it in the category "Regional News, Talk & Music Channels." So my guess is they will take stations with the names Kiss and Mix from somewhere.

Don't bet on it. The stations were put into the "regional" category simply because they no longer fit the category they were previously in, which was 100% commercial free music. In other words, it was just the best place to put the channels, and XM wanted to emphasize the 100% commercial free music channels. Remember, when Mix 96.5 Houston and 102.7 KIIS LA left XM, the channels were still airing commercials. KISS and Mix are already Clear Channel brands. So, I wouldn't look for a terrestrial simulcast to happen. I wouldn't necessarily rule it out, but I don't expect it either. It would have been much easier to just throw on a terrestrial simulcast, like they did with WSIX, than what they've done at this point.

 

[smashedcd]

mix is now my second favorite station..behinf liquid metal ;D the sq is great on mix..and all these hits on one station.its great!! and no the 3 stations are not going terestial fm..i got a responce from cc..these are the stations that are staying..oh and those commercials...no more than 3 minutes per hour!! big deal!! even wsix is almost commercial free on xm..they put a gold song over the stopsets. day 3 no commercials!! tears for fears is on mix 22...nope wait..thats david and david..hey its all 80s right now

 

[The-Major]

Up until May Day I was an avid fan of '20 On 20', but then when I discovered that KISS had radically altered their format on that wonderful day (suggested by someone else on here that posted that MIX had done the same thing) I checked it out. Here it is May 03rd and I haven't taken my XM off of 'KISS-21' yet. I absolutely love what Clear Channel has done with it ! They have done away with virtually all of the recurrents that used to clutter more than 75% of their playlist, and now they only play current hits and new hits. Once they start sending digital song title and artist data down to the receiver I'll be totally ecstatic ! Some of the music the're playing is so new I don't even recognize it yet, but I know that I'm lovin' it !'20 On 20' - I haven't forgotten about you. I'll be back from time to time to check up on you too !THE MAJOR

 

[titoisradio]

mix is now my second favorite station..behinf liquid metal ;D the sq is great on mix..and all these hits on one station.its great!! and no the 3 stations are not going terestial fm..i got a responce from cc..these are the stations that are staying..oh and those commercials...no more than 3 minutes per hour!! big deal!! even wsix is almost commercial free on xm..they put a gold song over the stopsets. day 3 no commercials!! tears for fears is on mix 22...nope wait..thats david and david..hey its all 80s right now

Will at least Clear Channel put air talent on these stations. Even if its Voice Tracked that would be great, would love to hear Kane return to XM, either by adding Open House Party or having him track a shift on Kiss 21.

 

[smashedcd]

how come they cant program fm this good??? listen to xm 11..its now as good as xm 10..lots of early 90s..lots of 80s..and a pretty good bit of 70s...