Sadly, there is still no SiriusXM Channel for Prince (and channel 106 is still empty). I'm happy that they are playing more Prince on several of their channels (like The Groove), but it's not the same.

Now, they just announced Garth Brooks is getting his own channel: http://blog.siriusxm.com/2016/07/07/the-garth-channel-presented-by-garth-brooks-launches-on-siriusxm/

I think it still makes sense to keep writing, emailing, tweeting, messaging SiriusXM to get Prince his own channel - finally!

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Who do we contact to request that Prince get his on SiriusXM channel? If Elvis can have one SURELY Prince can have one. Prince was the BEST musician of all time!!

twinnies said:

Who do we contact to request that Prince get his on SiriusXM channel? If Elvis can have one SURELY Prince can have one. Prince was the BEST musician of all time!!

There are several petitions on Change.org to request the Prince channel. Also, sending emails, letters, tweets, etc., are also helpful.

Here are a couple of org posts on how to help:

http://prince.org/msg/7/426086

/and/

http://prince.org/msg/7/425562

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i was actually thinking of cancelling my sirius . not just because of this ... but

there are channels for people like tom petty and .... why not prince ...

plus Howard is on vacation all the time now ... so .... why spend the 15.00 a month?

ColAngus said:

plus Howard is on vacation all the time now ... so .... why spend the 15.00 a month?

So true about Howard... and lately when he's not on vacation the show has been sucking really, really bad.

Garth Brooks is running his channel himself. Frank Sinatra's family runs Siriusly Sinatra. I suspect the other artist-dedicated channels operate that way, too.

Who would approve the creation of a Prince channel? Who would program and operate it? Because that would have to happen.

Petitions on change.org? Yeah - that'll work.

2020 said:

As I mentioned on previous threads screw SirusXM! Dedicated Prince channel 24/7/365 simply go to dashradio.com! Completely FREE! Check it out

Wait, I thought that channel ended. It's not available to me anymore. What's up?

I canceled our SiriusXM subscription when they stopped the Prince Tribute Channel in May. They told me it was always meant to be temporary and I assumed they had problems getting the rights to play some of the music. Anyway, if they reinstate it, I'll resubscribe and I told them that but I'm sure they don't care.

2020 said:

As I mentioned on previous threads screw SirusXM! Dedicated Prince channel 24/7/365 simply go to dashradio.com! Completely FREE! Check it out

didnt find it..got a link

For some reason, I can't see a Prince SiriusXM Channel working.

I really enjoyed the Sirus Channel but now with so much available I do not miss it that much.

The Prince Channel di work however. Whoever programmed it did a good job with playing the hits as well as deep cuts. I esp enjoyed the Madhouse.

ThirdStrike said:

i mean...

bruce springsteen, greatful dead, tom petty, garth brooks, pearl jam have their own channels.

what b*llshit...

its too bad i cant live without howard stern or i would cancel... but i cant.. i love howard and robin too much!

3rdeyedude said:

For some reason, I can't see a Prince SiriusXM Channel working.

Just curious, why is that?

bookwomen said:

I really enjoyed the Sirus Channel but now with so much available I do not miss it that much.

The Prince Channel di work however. Whoever programmed it did a good job with playing the hits as well as deep cuts. I esp enjoyed the Madhouse.

Yeah, at first they were playing too many of the same tracks, from like the same 5-6 albums all starting with Prince to Lovesexy. They must've gotten clearance because they did start playing the deeper tracks, but some latter years albums never received attention or airplay (The Rainbow Children, Come, 3121, Emancipation, Crystal Ball are just a few that come to mind).

Baduizm said:

bookwomen said:

I really enjoyed the Sirus Channel but now with so much available I do not miss it that much.

The Prince Channel di work however. Whoever programmed it did a good job with playing the hits as well as deep cuts. I esp enjoyed the Madhouse.

Yeah, at first they were playing too many of the same tracks, from like the same 5-6 albums all starting with Prince to Lovesexy. They must've gotten clearance because they did start playing the deeper tracks, but some latter years albums never received attention or airplay (The Rainbow Children, Come, 3121, Emancipation, Crystal Ball are just a few that come to mind).

I heard Space and Dark from Come as well as cuts from some of those other albums, It did seem that the tracks got deeper as the station stayed around longer. They also played some live cuts that were previously only available to NPG members.

i heard Goodbye from Crystal Ball which blew my mind...

i could do without so many associated artist tracks.. if I heard COOL on there one more time.. i was gonna lose it...

but yeah.. it needs to be done right... lots of deep tracks and live tracks to balance the hits..

and i mean can you imagine something like peach and black podcast etc on there?

it could be really great...

bookwomen said:

Baduizm said:

Yeah, at first they were playing too many of the same tracks, from like the same 5-6 albums all starting with Prince to Lovesexy. They must've gotten clearance because they did start playing the deeper tracks, but some latter years albums never received attention or airplay (The Rainbow Children, Come, 3121, Emancipation, Crystal Ball are just a few that come to mind).

I heard Space and Dark from Come as well as cuts from some of those other albums, It did seem that the tracks got deeper as the station stayed around longer. They also played some live cuts that were previously only available to NPG members.

I didn't hear those tracks you reference Bookwomen, perhaps they were played in rotation while I was in my office Cube Still no music from TRC - one of my favs - made it into the playlist, nor from AOA (Time), Hit n Run & 2.

And they did play Wonderful Ass which was surprising.

I work into the wee hours of the morning so I mostly listened then while working so I may have heard some of the more obscure tracks.

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

its too bad i cant live without howard stern or i would cancel... but i cant.. i love howard and robin too much!

I used to feel that way, too... But then I realized I was paying for a bunch of reruns since it seems like Howard is on vacation for about 26 weeks a year.

When he is actually live for his big three-day-a-week schedule, he seems to be phoning it in more and more.

It's actually gotten to the point where I enjoy the wrap-up show more than the actual show.

just bring back the orangeradio network

Just saw a tweet from @sxm_help saying that at this time, there are no plans for a permanent Prince channel.

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This is really ridiculous. With all the other people having their own channels, Prince seems to be no-brainer. Plus, as others have noted, whoever was curating the Prince channel at Sirius picked some really cool tunes and b-sides/rarities. This is something I think we need to keep pestering them about!

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Garth Brooks, yachtrock, but no Prince??

CAL3 said:

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

its too bad i cant live without howard stern or i would cancel... but i cant.. i love howard and robin too much!

I used to feel that way, too... But then I realized I was paying for a bunch of reruns since it seems like Howard is on vacation for about 26 weeks a year.

When he is actually live for his big three-day-a-week schedule, he seems to be phoning it in more and more.

It's actually gotten to the point where I enjoy the wrap-up show more than the actual show.

I hear ya...I still enjoy Howard, but it's not the same. Plus, it seems he is always on vacation. Good for him for negotiating that schedule, but still! I have considered cancelling my subscription, but I'm still hopeful that Prince gets a channel. Although I have my own CDs, having his own channel really would be a tribute to his genius and legacy.

Adore27 said:

Just saw a tweet from @sxm_help saying that at this time, there are no plans for a permanent Prince channel.

/

This is really ridiculous. With all the other people having their own channels, Prince seems to be no-brainer. Plus, as others have noted, whoever was curating the Prince channel at Sirius picked some really cool tunes and b-sides/rarities. This is something I think we need to keep pestering them about!

/

Garth Brooks, yachtrock, but no Prince??

Now i know sxm are a joke . Prince is too good for them anyway.

LBrent said:

My biggest fear would be an all Prince channel only playing the Purple Rain soundtrack 24/7 and thinking that was sufficient programming. No thanx. I already have a "Purple iPod" that I'm loading up to have my collection ready for the house, car, trips, etc. My own private Prince radio station. Like the time he and the band took over VH1 except Mayte can't accidentally kick out the power cord. Lol [Edited 7/31/16 16:34pm]

why would you fear that, they had a prince channel for about a month following his death and it was nothing like that. They did a fantastic job with it.

alandail said: