The Definitive Reveiws of SiriusXM channels
(.....according to my presets)
2 - SiriusXM 1 Hits
The station for the person that doesn't have an FM radio. Every city has their one pop station. So since this is satellite radio, I guess this is universe's? This is the place to go when you just need that Taylor Swift or Katy Perry fix.
8- 80's on 8
Let me start by saying that the simplicity of the name of this station (along with channels 5, 6, 7 & 9) is a big selling point for me. As far as content, you really can't go wrong with some good 80's music. I'm sure you've been to an 80's themed party at one point or another in your life, well this is the soundtrack to that drunken night where you wore your uncle's Member's only jacket.
9 - 90's on 9
Another great station for some classics. Wide range of music here going from grunge all the way to over abundance of boy bands that emerged in the late 90's. If you're my age this will take you back to a time where your biggest worry in life was how you were going to scrap enough change to give to the ice cream truck.
10 - Pop2k
I'll be honest, I'll hear some songs come on this station and think to myself "Holy crap, I'm getting old." I mean we're at a point that there's a whole decade in the 2000's that already has it's on channel. I'm not entirely sure how to describe this channel except I always seem to find myself stopping here whenever I hear a rap song as this was the point in my life where I started to listen to it. Country Grammar forever!
11 & 12 - KIIS (LA) / Z100 (NY)
Basically everything you get on channel 2 just with the DJ's talking about some local stuff. Kind of pointless if all you want is music since channel 2 is commercial free. (I say it's pointless but they are on my presets)
17 - SiriusXM Love
Well, this station is filled with baby making music. Enjoy.
18 - SiriusXM Limited Edition
This is a hit or miss. This changes every week or two with a different theme. As I'm writing it just so happens to be a great week, it's Neil Diamond radio week. One of America's greatest songwriters. But it's not always Neil. During Super Bowl week they had stadium anthems which was another winner. Those are really the only two that I can remember but I'm sure at one point they'll have something you'll like.
24 - Radio Margaritaville
I basically just have this station on standby hoping when I sporadically switch to it "Fins" is on. Go Dolphins!
34 - Lithium
It's just the 90's on 9 station with only rock songs. Officially it's alternative/grunge but it's rock from the 90's. It's always good, espicially on those days you get hear Spin Doctors - "Two Princess"
36 - Alt Nation
To be frank, I have no clue why this is on my presets. I couldn't even tell you what New Alternative Rock sounds like. 21 Pilots? Is that even rock?
39 - Hair Nation
OH YEA! Now thats what I'm talking about. Takes you back to those glamour rock days where VH1 Behind the Music got 92% of it's episodes from. This time was all about "sex, drugs and rock and roll" and these Hair Bands took that to the max. Just a great station where you can just bang your head and enjoy the good times.
43 - Classic Hip Hop
Basically when you weed out all the pop hits from channel 9 and the rock hits from channel 34 you're left with this. Great for those who like hip hop when they actually rapped about something. We all have that older cousin that will tell you about he remembers when this song came out.
71 - Siriusly Sinatra
Old Blue Eyes. Easy listening station that's all Sinatra, all the time. I tend to find myself tuning in here after I've had a few too many. Great for singing along and remembering a time where men would dress in suits all the time, smoke anywhere they wanted and drank so much alcohol that they were basically always drunk.
72 - On Broadway
Ok, no judging. I accidentally came across this station and a song from Book of Mormon was playing so I let it ride. My girlfriend was in the car and realized what the station was. And her being the giant fan of musicals that she is, naturally the channel stayed.
80 - ESPN Radio
Pretty self explanatory. Sports. People talking about sports. That's basically everything. Nothing really special just what you get on TV without pictures.
85 - SiriusXM FC
People talking about soccer and your occasional game on the weekend. Solid station. You'll get some good insight from some personalities that usually don't have a platform.
Overall I really enjoy my SiriusXM radio. What I don't enjoy is the price. I had my 3 month free trial when I got my new car. I got a promo of 5 months for $25 to try to keep me locked in, it did. Then when that was done I paid $10 a month for a few months. Then when I went to cancel, I was offered the 5/$25 again, which I took. To be honest though, if you could afford it, go for it. It's quality entertainment with high quality sound, and no commercials!
Having said all of that there is an alternative. If you have an iPhone, I highly suggest Apple Music. It's a great way to access the entire iTunes library and if you have a college email you get it for only $4.99/month (a steal). And if you need some talk radio in your life, there's countless podcasts out there that you can listen to.
.....much like there's thousands of blogs out there. Which makes me think why are you reading this? Why am I writing this? I'll tell you why....
....in my next post 😉
