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Channels Exclusive to Sirius Satellite Radio


Channel Category Channel Name Description
Sirius 102 Entertainment SIRIUS XM Stars Celebrity Hosts & Lifestyle Shows
Sirius 108 Entertainment SIRIUS XM Stars Too Great Talk Radio for Guys
Sirius 87 Latin & World Bande a part New French-language Music
Sirius 89 Latin & World Energie 2 Canadian Pop, Rock & Urban Music
Sirius 85 Latin & World Iceberg Radio Canadian Adult Alternative Music
Sirius 88 Latin & World Rock Velours Canadian Soft Rock
Sirius 137 News CBC Radio One News Canadian News
Sirius 94 News Premiere Plus Current Affairs French Language
Sirius 95 News RCI Plus International Talk French Language
Sirius 1 Pop SIRIUS XM Hits 1 Top 40 Hits
Sirius 86 Rock CBC Radio 3 Canadian Indie Music
Sirius 121 Sports ESPN All Access SportsCenter, College Gameday & More
Sirius 91 Sports ESPN Deportes Spanish Sports Talk & Play-by-Play
Sirius 98 Sports Hardcore Sports Sports Talk with a Canadian Edge
Sirius 127 Sports Sporting News Radio Sporting News Radio with Tim Brando
Sirius 97 Sports Sports Express Sports Express
Sirius 96 Sports Sports Extra Sports Radio French Language
Sirius 125 Sports Sports Play-by-Play 1 European Soccer & More Including Formula 1
Sirius 126 Sports Sports Play-by-Play 2 European Soccer, Formula 1 & More
Sirius 213 Sports World Cup Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 214 Sports World Cup Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 212 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 215 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 216 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 217 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 218 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 219 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play XM live play-by-play, drawn from the NBA, NHL, college sports and more
Sirius 220 Sports XM Sports Play-by-Play Live Play-by-Play of NBA, NHL & More
Sirius 160 Talk EWTN Catholic Radio EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network
Sirius 135 Talk NPR Talk NPR News & Talk
Sirius 144 Talk SIRIUS XM Patriot Conservative Talk
Sirius 138 Weather Canadian Weather Network & Weather Canada Weather
Sirius 113 Weather SIRIUS XM Weather Channel 24/7 National Weather


Channels Exclusive to XM Radio (what Lexus uses)


Channel Category Channel Name Description
XM Radio 153 Comedy Laugh Attack Canada's Extraordinary Comedy
XM Radio 11 Country Nashville Today's Country Hits and Legends
XM Radio 15 Country The Village Folk
XM Radio 160 Entertainment Reach MD For Healthcare Professionals
XM Radio 169 Entertainment The Power African-American Talk
XM Radio 88 Latin & World Air Musique Fusion of Punk, Hip-Hop & More
XM Radio 173 Latin & World Bollywood and Beyond India's Hottest Hit Mix
XM Radio 89 Latin & World Sur La Route Modern/Classic Pop, Folk & Rock
XM Radio 87 Latin & World The Verge Best New Rock with Unsigned Artists
XM Radio 76 Movies Cinemagic Movie Soundtracks and More
XM Radio 132 News C-SPAN Radio C-SPAN
XM Radio 152 News Extreme Talk Entertaining, Informative & Extreme
XM Radio 166 News SIRIUS XM Patriot Conservative Talk
XM Radio 96 News Canada 360 A New Canadian Perspective on News
XM Radio 125 News Quoi De Neuf French-Language Arts & Entertainment
XM Radio 172 News Radio Parallèle French-Language Canadian News & Talk
XM Radio 20 Pop 20 on 20 Top 20 Hits
XM Radio 22 Pop Mix Continuous Music Variety!
XM Radio 30 Pop Pop2K 2000s Pop Hits
XM Radio 24 Pop The Pink Channel All Hit Music
XM Radio 64 R&B The Groove Old Skool R&B
XM Radio 21 Rock Kiss Today's Hottest Hits And Non-Stop Jamz
XM Radio 161 Rock Rock @ Random Pure Classic Rock Variety
XM Radio 190 Sports ACC All Season Long
XM Radio 191 Sports ACC All Season Long
XM Radio 192 Sports ACC All Season Long
XM Radio 231 Sports BIG 12 All Season Long
XM Radio 203 Sports Big East Live Coverage
XM Radio 196 Sports Big Ten 196 Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 197 Sports Big Ten 197 Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 198 Sports Big Ten 198 Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 97 Sports Calendrier Sportif 24-Hour Coverage in French
XM Radio 141 Sports ESPN Xtra The Latest Sports News
XM Radio 142 Sports FOX Sports Radio All About Your Favorite Sports
XM Radio 145 Sports IndyCar Series Racing Satellite Radio Home for IndyCar
XM Radio 176 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 177 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 178 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 179 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 180 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 181 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 182 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 183 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 184 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 185 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 186 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 187 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 188 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 189 Sports MLB Play-by-Play Live MLB Play-by-Play
XM Radio 174 Sports MLB Play-by-Play En Español Spanish-Language MLB News & Games
XM Radio 232 Sports NBA Play-by-Play Live NBA Play-by-Play
XM Radio 233 Sports NBA Play-by-Play Live NBA Play-by-Play
XM Radio 234 Sports NBA Play-by-Play Live NBA Play-by-Play
XM Radio 205 Sports NHL Play-by-Play Live NHL Play-by-Play
XM Radio 206 Sports NHL Play-by-Play Live NHL Play-by-Play
XM Radio 207 Sports NHL Play-by-Play Live NHL Play-by-Play
XM Radio 208 Sports NHL Play-by-Play Live NHL Play-by-Play
XM Radio 209 Sports NHL Play-by-Play Live NHL Play-by-Play
XM Radio 193 Sports PAC-10 All Season Long
XM Radio 194 Sports PAC-10 All Season Long
XM Radio 195 Sports PAC-10 All Season Long
XM Radio 199 Sports SEC Live Coverage
XM Radio 200 Sports SEC Live Coverage
XM Radio 201 Sports SEC Live Coverage
XM Radio 102 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 103 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 104 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 105 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 106 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 107 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 108 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 109 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 110 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 111 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 112 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 113 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 114 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Sports Play-by-Play
XM Radio 237 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 238 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 239 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 241 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 244 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 245 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 246 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 242 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 243 Sports Sports Play-by-Play Live Coverage
XM Radio 235 Sports World Cup Live World Cup Coverage
XM Radio 236 Sports World Cup Live 2010 FIFA World Cup Coverage
XM Radio 95 Sports XM Scoreboard 24-Hour Coverage
XM Radio 158 Talk Americas Talk Compelling Talk Show Hosts
XM Radio 159 Talk ATN - Asian Radio North America's South Asian Channel
XM Radio 136 Talk PRX Public Radio Public Interest Programming
XM Radio 165 Talk Talk Radio Clear, No-Nonsense Advice & Opinions
XM Radio 215 Traffic Pittsburgh / Minneapolis Traffic & Weather

Source:

http://www.satelliteradiousa.com/sat...omparison.html

swajames

Thanks for posting. Now that they are one company it's odd that there's such a content disparity.

As an aside, it's the large number of channels offered which explains why the sound quality of satellite radio absolutely sucks...

Every car I have has a satellite radio, I've given up extending beyond the free trials. The idea is solid, the execution is horrible. Fewer channels and better sound quality would be the way to improve the service. And don't get me started on their customer service...!

tecman

^^^ I forget just how bad the quality is until I switch over to my iPod and the clarity is much better.

TangoRed

I have still found the quality to be better than anything I've streamed over Bluetooth audio in a number of cars.

mmarshall

I'm with Tango on that one. I have a Sirius/XM package for my car (they blll you every three months), and it sounds just as good as anything else I hear on it. I don't listen to very many different channels, though....mostly Christian or news-related.

TangoRed

I'm hoping you're calling and pretending to cancel before each renewal period. If you do, it'll get escalated and they'll give you a better deal. You really shouldn't be paying more than $25-$30 for 6 months.

mmarshall

No, it's a little more than that. But I'm also a firm believer in being honest....I don't like to double-talk to people or try and be evasive. You might save a few bucks by doing that, but I just don't believe in that kind of practice.

LexBob2

I do this with both cars. I've been paying $25 for 5 or 6 months depending on their offer at the time. When I threaten to cancel I'm being honest, but it's never come to that recently. The one time I did cancel, the discounted offers started arriving in the mail pretty quick.

Mike728

Seriously? It's the same as ~96kbs MP3.

TangoRed

That's the boat I'm in. I really don't think it's worth the original price they quote and I tell them that every 5-6 months my renewal is due. Then I accept the same discounted rate. If they didn't offer me the discounted rate I'd absolutely follow through with canceling it.

swajames

it is indeed. Channels are broadcast with a bitrate of 44 to 64 kb, the codec is reportedly a variant of AAC - so roughly equivalent to 96kbs MP3 at their very top end. Some channels such as talk or news channels are using even lower bitrates....,

I totally get that some people don't really focus that much on audio quality, but the quality of satellite radio is absolute garbage. Notably, you can stream SiriusXM programming with their app. That uses a higher bitrate, and the audio is much better.

UDel

Exactly but I am not pretending to cancel when the bill goes back up after the "special" pricing ends and they skyrocket the rates, I fully intend to cancel unless I am offered a deal for around $6 a month because it is not worth paying anymore then that for it. I rarely listen to Sirius, I mainly only listen Howard Stern(if my passenger is not someone who will be offended), FOX news, sometimes rock/metal stations or 80's station when I have girls in the car and that is about it aside from maybe some Holiday music but the local stations have good Holiday music too around Christmas.

I remember when Sirius first came out I paid more, think around $11.99 a month just to listen to Howard Stern when he went to Satellite radio because I was in my car much more and I liked the channel more, I could also stream over the internet for free too which I often did and could add more radio's but then they started charging extra for streaming and kept raising the prices which I never paid much attention to because I was having the monthly fee automatically taken out of a account. When I checked the fee they were taking out, it was like $22 a month and that was without streaming anymore and I was not even listening to it as much, I was furious and went to cancel and that is when they started offering the deals, I won't keep Sirius anymore unless I get that one deal. They won't even give you a decent way of just choosing the channels you want, a la cart, for a lower price, if you get the radio for the a la cart plan to choose fewer channels for a lower price it costs over $50, you need a signal booster, you can't even get Howard Stern from when I last checked, and I was only saving like 3 or 4 dollars a month at most from their overpriced rate so it was pointless.

tex2670

Listent to the music channels and you'll hear more of a difference.

tex2670

Yup. And now, when I press them, and they tell me all they have is the 5-month / $25 promotion, I tell them to go talk to their supervisor to renew my 6-month / $25 deal, and each time, it magically appears.

Corey140

The channel list is old and outdated. It seems to be from before the channels were merged on both services. Most of those channels have been canned too.

Everything is the same except for a few channels in the 100's