The Pulse this weekend make me want to have......

KHill · 08-30-2003, 01:47 PM

I90 back. I want a 90's station again.

I really am enjoying hearing some 90's music again on the

KHill

TulaneJeff · 08-30-2003, 02:20 PM

Yes, it's been great so far. I'm getting nostalgic.

If the weekend continues to be great, then we really need to flood Sirius with praise and recommend that the bring back the 90s full time.

This is the time to make our move.

Jeff

Manco · 08-30-2003, 03:32 PM

You know your young when 90's music makes you feel nostalgic

For me it's 70's and 80's.

The Interpreter · 08-30-2003, 05:30 PM

And for me it is Sirius vibrations...sigh

AZJoe · 08-30-2003, 05:47 PM

I'm so old that the 60s and 70s just seem like a blurr, no wait thats a flashback!!

bruin18 · 08-30-2003, 06:17 PM

I've been sending Sirius e-mails for a while telling them they need a real 90s channel!

Look at XM...they now have their own website for their 90s channel.
www.90son9.com

90s music is a huge draw for the 18-35 age range that grew up on it and tend to be early adopters of new technology!

From my July 17th e-mail to Sirius:
"Another station that gives XM the edge in Pop programming is their 90s channel. I understand that The Pulse contains 90s songs, but there really isn't a stream on Sirius that encompasses all of the hits of the 90s...from Rap/Hip-Hop to Pop and Rock. For 18-35 year olds, the 90s channel could be a huge draw and differentiating factor between the two services."

KHill · 08-30-2003, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bruin18

I've been sending Sirius e-mails for a while telling them they need a real 90s channel!

Look at XM...they now have their own website for their 90s channel.
www.90son9.com

90s music is a huge draw for the 18-35 age range that grew up on it and tend to be early adopters of new technology!

From my July 17th e-mail to Sirius:
"Another station that gives XM the edge in Pop programming is their 90s channel. I understand that The Pulse contains 90s songs, but there really isn't a stream on Sirius that encompasses all of the hits of the 90s...from Rap/Hip-Hop to Pop and Rock. For 18-35 year olds, the 90s channel could be a huge draw and differentiating factor between the two services."

I totally agree with everything youi said. We NEED I-90 back!!
KHill

Jor-El · 08-30-2003, 08:00 PM

Yeah I can't believe they got rid of I-90... who do we send email to, to let them know what we want to hear? How many suscribers did Sirius have when they pulled I-90? <100k? Seems early in the life of the channel lineups to pull such a seemingly popular channel

TulaneJeff · 08-30-2003, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jor-El

How many suscribers did Sirius have when they pulled I-90? <100k? Seems early in the life of the channel lineups to pull such a seemingly popular channel

I-90 was sacrified before we had a chance to fight for it. It was announced one morning that it would be gone by the end of the day.

I imagine some of the programming execs had their head in the sand. This is bread of butter of the 18-24 generation.

Jeff

**DAB** · 08-30-2003, 08:21 PM

I suggest then after this weekend is over we mount a write in campaigned as we did on the repeats issue and let our voices be heard. Calling in, emailing and snail mail. We want a 90's stream and we want the repeats dropped to a very minimal level and you proved this past weekend that you can do it SIRIUS... Cause this is some kind of sweet. We all knew these decades had the tunes for there not to be all these repeats, now they need to just continue it, beyond the weekend and make this everyday SIRIUS. XM wouldn't stand a chance if that was the case... JM2C

The Interpreter · 08-30-2003, 08:30 PM

I TOTALLY agree!

This has been awesome. Why just holidays? Why not everyday?

And we DO want out 90s back. PLEASE!

satradfan · 08-31-2003, 12:39 AM

I just turned on The Pulse (stream 2) and heard the Notorious B.I.G.

It put a smile on my face.

We need a 90s channel that has all the hits from the 90s. (Pop/Rock/Rap/Hip-Hop/R&B)

That is the one big thing that XM has over us and they know it!
Do any of their other streams have their own web page? www.90son9.com

After this weekend, there is no excuse for not bringing it back!

I feel like we may need a little "Shawshank Redemption" letter writing campaign....Just keep sending them letters until they add the channel!

TulaneJeff · 08-31-2003, 02:16 PM

My weekend is complete, The Pulse just played this...

US-1 and Backspin have been great as well, spinning greats such as Digital Underground, Rob Base, Freak Nasty and Snoop Dogg. The Beat has been covering the dance side of the 90s. The programmers should take a bow.

But now that we know how good it can be, there's no going back to the repetitious no-90s wasteland. There is no way I can wait until the next holiday comes around. How far away is that, six months?

This weekend proves that I-90 must make a comeback! Take the the best of the 90s from each of the respective genres (ska, rap, dance, pop hits and alt rock) and smash them together.

Jeff

KHill · 08-31-2003, 02:23 PM

I heard Barbie Girl on The Pluse. But I just turned XM on becasue MTV has a live Coldplay concert going on. I agree we need I90 back. The programming has been awesome this weekend. Hats off to the programmers. Now lets see if we can get them to be this way all of the time.
KHill

satradfan · 08-31-2003, 02:43 PM

Clearly they need to bring back I90. That channel appeals to such a large group of people.

But the question is what channel should they sacrifice for that?

A Jazz Channel? A Rap Channel? A Dance Channel?

I would argue that the 90s channel would have a bigger audience than any other channel they would have to delete.

Here are some suggestions I have....

Get Rid of (Back-Spin) Stream 43- because some of those songs will be on I90 and revise Streams 40 and 44 to include some of the songs from 43. As it is now, I am confused about the true difference between 40 and 44.

Get rid of one of the Dance channels. I know that Sirius' dance line-up is much better than XM's but they have several more channels than XM does. I think we could sacrifice one.

I'd like to hear what other people think.