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Is it just me, or are there tons of new additions while some of the "biggest" acts are getting more airplay than they've had in months? Today I heard Johnny Rivers 4 times spread across four 15-minute listening intervals throughout the day. Haven't heard that kind of rotation on him since late spring.

I just added Mr. Businessman, which will delight those of you who enjoy spending counterfeit incentive and wasting precious time and health. I also added Ballad Of The Green Berets , a long-ignored number one hit that may have been played as a display of patriotism in light of last week's shootings at Fort Hood. And I added Stevie Wonder's Blowin' In The Wind , which peaked at #9. Peter Paul & Mary's version peaked...

Actually, KAZG Lamplighter doesn't have a playlist half as big as 60s on 6, you get the usual stale 300 burnt out ones that Sirius plays but not the other ones that we get to hear. And its off the air half the day. So, I stand by my previous statement, Phoenix radio offers nothing close to what I get on Sirius/XM.

walterconklin wrote: As someone who is 27 and grew up in the 1980s, I cannot fathom that eighties music is being included in some oldies programming. But the reality is 80's music is "oldies" to anyone too young to have experienced the 80s. It happens to all recorded music with the passage of time. Doesn't mean it is bad music necessarily, just that it had its day in the Sun so to speak. Good music endures time....

3david wrote: Basically the only change since Lou Simon took over the 60's is this: about five acts have been added to the original 30 that Zellner played into the ground. Tommy Roe, Peter & Gordon, Lesley Gore, the Crystals and Lou Christie. Now you'll hear them at least every other song, along with the Beatles, Hermits, Monkees, Supremes, Stones, etc. About once, sometimes twice an hour, you'll hear a relatively...

"Lou will bring another one of his musical anthologies to Sirius XM radio this weekend. Be sure to listen to "Girls In The Groove" Saturday night at 7 PM Eastern time and Sunday night at 10 PM Eastern time on Channel 6...60's on 6 on Sirius XM radio. Lou's show will air right before Cousin Brucie on Saturday and right after the Cuz on Sunday. That's this weekend 11/14 & 11/15...be sure to tune...

Long, long time ago, I can still remember when that music used to make me smile And I knew that if I gave a chance The nostalgia’d put me in a trance And I’d always wind up happy for awhile But November 12 made me shiver With every station they delivered Songs that would repeat, yep XM DJs out on the doorstep I can’t remember if I cried When I realized that Sirius lied And something touched me deep inside The day That XM Died....

XM in Dallas wrote: programdir wrote: XM in Dallas wrote: programdir wrote: There are too many duplications on some of the music channels. I suggest merging "Jam On" and Greatful Dead". "20 on 20" and Sirius Hits 1". "The Blend" and Love". Pop 2K and "The Pulse". Springsteen can't hold up his own station any longer.(Only Elvis and The...

Yeah, azjoe, those 35 burned out artists defined the 60's. Along with many, many others whose songs are unplayed, or underplayed. The original, wildly popular XM, which gained subscribers at an amazing pace, did not play the same 35 artists over and over on its 60's channel. It played a wider variety. The excellent Music Choice service, available to millions now on Comcast and other sources, has a larger playlist on every one of its...

You are 100% correct - the decade channels (and XM for that matter) of the past was a place where music was celebrated - where the experience of listening to the radio was recaptured. IT was something that excited people about listening - and got us to tune in. Radio today rarely has that effect on people and the fact that XM is nothing but a shell of itself is truly sad. On that note, I really, really wish I had recorded some of the 40s on 4...