SiriusXM Unveils 100 Music Channels on Streaming Platform

RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, February 28, 2019

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SiriusXM debuts more than 100 new curated commercial-free streaming music channels featuring multiple variations of SiriusXM's lineup, giving listeners more music variety with skip-ahead functionality. The company's new Xtra Channels break down and mash up many of the SiriusXM channels to match mood, occasion or activity. The new Xtra Channels are available to SiriusXM All Access and SiriusXM Premier Streaming subscribers. Subscribers can also preview a selection of Xtra Channels on SiriusXM Spotlight (channel 4) through the month of March.

"With more than 100 new commercial-free channels to choose from, SiriusXM is offering even more variety for our subscribers. The new channels have the DNA of current SiriusXM channels that our subscribers love, but offered in a variety of new versions that fit listeners' tastes, moods and activities," said SiriusXM Senior VP/GM for Music Programming Steve Blatter. "We have also developed channels that satisfy the demand for combining SiriusXM channels together into exciting new curated experiences. These new channels are sure to make our streaming service even more attractive and valuable to our listeners."

SiriusXM listeners will be able to explore new Xtra Channels that break down and mash up current favorites, allowing listeners to explore top music by decades, discover newly created formats, and hear the latest hit songs by music style. For fans of 80s on 8, new channels include 80s on 8 Top 100, 80s on 8 Workout and 80s on 8 Party. Prime Country fans can check out Prime Country Top 100, Prime Country 80s Hits and Prime Country Party. BPM listeners who follow dance music will have options that include BPM Top Hits, BPM Discovery and BPM Workout.

Pop and rock music is mashed up in channels that play music from across the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. And for those looking for the very latest music that's about to break, there is a Discovery category featuring new channels from the taste-making programmers behind channels including SiriusXM Hits 1, The Highway, Alt Nation, and The Heat.