SIRIUS Love is a station that plays only love songs on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 3 and DISH Network channel 6003.
This channel was replaced by Sirius XM Love prior to the Sirius XM merger.
What they played: Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan, Luther Vandross, Bryan Adams, Mariah Carey, Kenny G. and more.
See Also[]
- List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
- List of Dish Network channels
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SiriusXM satellite subscription radio has rearranged a few of its numerous channels. (Getty Images)
SiriusXM satellite subscription radio has rearranged a few of its numerous channels and added some new formats as well. New to the service are:
The 10s Spot: It’s available on Channel 11, which is a decision obviously made in the same genius spirit as putting Hits One on Channel 2. The playing pop hits from the 2010s, give or take a year or two. This is the place to find Drake, Fall Out Boy, Lada Gaga, Coldplay, and Lukas Graham
Mosaic: That’s on Channel 15 and plays pop hits of the 1990s and 2000s. Think Nickelback, Matchbox 20, Kelly Clarkson, Hootie and the Blowfish, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, and Cheryl Crow.
The changes include:
The Pulse: When first launched, this played music of the ‘90s and 2000s, but now it’s one of the best adult contemporary formats anywhere. It’s moved to Channel 5 from its former home on Channel 15.
The Coffee House: These acoustical versions of current and past hits is now on Channel 6. My wife loves this station. I can’t stand it.
Fifties on 5: It’s now known as ‘50s Gold and is on Channel 72. The music is early rock ‘n’ roll with a few doo-wop hits mixed in.
Sixties on 6: This has been renamed to ‘60s Gold and is now on Channel 73. This is the place to find Shotgun Tom Kelly playing the oldie hits every afternoon. It’s well worth tuning in even if the new channel number is the equivalent of being in Siberia.
Seriously Sinatra: This plays, well, Sinatra, along with Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and other crooners. It’s moved to Channel 70 from its old home at 71.
On Broadway: This is all show tunes, and it’s moved to Channel 72 from its former spot at 77, pushing Kids Bop to Channel 79.
As well, the moves caused a couple of stations to go bye-bye: Now available only as a streaming station via the SiriusXM app is Love. This is too bad as it was a decent channel when you wanted soft hits a la Love Songs on the KOST (103.5 FM) or the former Pillow Talk program as once heard on KFI (640 AM). 40s Junction is also app-only for now, though it will return to Channel 71 once the holiday channels are packed up in January.
Did I say holiday channels? Yes, I did. There are more channels than you can shake a stick at: traditional favorites, contemporary holiday hits, country Christmas, holiday soul, contemporary Christian, holiday pops and more. I count 17 different holiday music channels including Rockin’ Xmas, a channel playing Christmas rock, live tracks, and novelty hits.
They must have stolen that last idea from me, as I still have “The Best Christmas Tape” I made to play over the PA system when I worked at the old Sears Surplus Store in San Pedro. It included the same type of rock, novelty and comedy-themed songs. Though come to think of it, I also included traditional favorites, so it was even more all-encompassing.
More information on all the various holiday music channels at SiriusXM.com.
Internet Radio
My wife and I took a road trip up to the San Luis Obispo area recently to, among other things, do the obvious: wine taste. Usually, I play the songs on my iPhone or something on SiriusXM on trips such as this. But I need to update my playlist and I was afraid I’d have to listen to the Coffee House, so when she wasn’t paying attention I used the myTunerRadio app on my phone to listen to WION, a station that broadcasts out of Ionia, Michigan.
It’s an AM station that plays a mix of oldies and what might be called adult hits, with a difference. The playlist includes songs you haven’t heard in a long time and you forgot you liked.
They also broadcast to the local audience in AM stereo, an analog system that sounds fabulous. In fact, it sounds so good that the stream you hear from them online and through apps like myTunerRadio are taken not from the studio like most station streams. Instead, they use an AM stereo tuner to pick up the station over the air and use that to feed the stream.
It’s an intriguing idea for multiple reasons. The obvious is that it’s a successful AM station playing music, something I think would bring listeners back to AM. But it also highlights once again what I think truly could be the future of radio: online listening. We heard the station the entire distance from just north of Ventura all the way to San Luis Obispo – in good fidelity, with no interference from power lines and no signal loss due to hills or mountains.
Regardless of the possible future of radio, the songs WION played made for a very enjoyable drive. Give it a listen and see what you think. See the station website at i1430.com.
Am I the only one that keeps complaining about Channel 70? It was XM Love then it was changed to Yacht Rock, I complained and the changed it back. This has happened twice this year, the last was about a month ago. Now they changed it to Billy Joel. Please comment if you want them them change it back.
Sirius XM Love[1] is a music channel that plays love songs from soft-AC artists and airs on Sirius XM Radio, and Dish Network. It airs on channel 708 on Sirius XM Radio. On XM, it replaced former channel The Heart on November 12, 2008. On Sirius XM Canada, the channel retained the old Sirius Love name, Until February 9, 2010, Sirius XM Love was on DirecTV channel 819, but all of the Sirius XM programming was dropped in favor of Sonic Tap.
First air date Former frequencies From 2009–2014, Sirius XM Love was pre-empted annually during the Christmas season and replaced with "Holly," a seasonal format devoted to contemporary pop Christmas music. This format change typically occurred during the first two weeks of November and continued until the end of the year. (Holly is also available year-round through Sirius XM's online service.) From 2015–2016, Holly pre-empted Sirius XM's Velvet instead. On May 22, 2015, Sirius XM Love became a limited-run James Taylor Channel. Later, it was the home of Yacht Rock Radio.[2][3] On August 17, 2017, SiriusXM Love moved to channel 70 and was replaced by PopRocks on Channel 17.[4] For 2018, Love was pre-empted by a different Christmas music channel known as Hallmark Channel Radio—which was hosted by the channel's talent as an extension of its seasonal programming lineup "Countdown to Christmas".[5]. In 2020 and 2021, Love was once again pre-empted for the limited-run Billy Joel channel and Yacht Rock Radio, and in October 2021 it was announced that Love would move to online-only on channel 708. It was replaced by '40s Junction on channel 70.
Gloria Estefan, Luther Vandross, Bryan Adams, Mariah Carey, Kenny G, Barry Manilow, Kelly Clarkson, Bette Midler,
Lionel Richie, Pink
CanadaFrequencySirius XM Radio 708
Dish Network 6070ProgrammingFormatSoft AC/Love songsOwnershipOwnerSirius XM RadioHistory
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- List of Sirius XM Radio channels
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