The Latest(as of 2/12) For The Sirius Channel Changeup
Whew! It looks like we need another post about the lineup changes. The third and fourth updates to the last ‘update’ thread would have been too much!
First, we have confirmed that a relatively high-up Sirius Canada employee has stated that, at least for Canada, they are losing ABC News and Talk, EWTN, ESPN Deportes, and Hot Jamz. It should be duly noted though that counting what they say they are gaining and losing, it evens out. They are required under Canadian law to cap the number of total number of channels available at 10x the Canadian programmed channels, and they are maxed out currently, so any channel additions require one to be deleted as well. If any of those four are leaving the American lineup, EWTN is the most likely candidate due to having similar content to The Catholic Channel, and the two stations could merge.
Now, here is what Sirius or a third party has confirmed either over the air, or on their website, effective 2/14:
-The Who Channel is moving to channel 29, according to Sirius.com
-Sirius Disorder is moving to channel 32, according to a DJ on the station
-C-SPAN Radio will be leaving the lineup according to C-SPAN
-The Foxxhole, Jamie Foxx’s new “Urban Lifestyles” channel, will launch on 106
-OutQ will be moving from channel 106 to 109
-Reggae Rhythms is moving channel 97.
Here is what we have heard from one or more sources, but Sirius has not officially released the information:
-A channel tentatively named “frequency 24″ and feature 90s Rock will be on channel 24
-Revolution will be taken off the air
-Starting April 1st, a punk rock station will replace The Who Channel on 29 according to DJ Long Paul.
-Rumors persisted of an artist-showcase channel, but it does not fit in with the rest of the rumors. If it were to happen, odds are the Who would go there rather than to the future punk station. There are two other possibilities though: there could be a dedicated artist showcase channel that will start with another group that would conflict with The Who ending 3/31 when The Who tour ends. The other possibility is that there won’t be a punk rock channel, and Sirius will just make channel 29 an artist-rotation channel. All we know now is that Sirius is trying to be like Apple, and keep mum on the updates for now.
Update 2/12: Sirius has posted Reggae Rhythms is moving to channel 97 on 2/14, so that gets moved from the strongly rumored to confirmed category.