Springsteen, Pearl Jam. The Dead, The Beatles all have channels... Prince has the albums, the associated artists, the live shows and has the vault... so why the hell can't we get a channel on satellite radio?!?! it would be amazing

Ask Sirus

i doubt they would listen to me...but since you're a "moderator" on a Prince fan website...you would probably have better luck than me... let me know how you make out...

luv4u said:

Ask Sirus

macaylasdad said:

i doubt they would listen to me...but since you're a "moderator" on a Prince fan website...you would probably have better luck than me... let me know how you make out...

Just because someone's a moderator (not a "moderator") doesn't give them some power at Sirius XM. Change never happens when you delegate it to someone else. You want a Prince station? Write a letter, a good letter to Sirius XM. Something heartfelt, true, honest, and encouraging. If you're arrogant enough to command someone else to do something, you should really have no problem getting the station on Sirius XM. Best of luck, keep us posted.

TrivialPursuit said:

macaylasdad said:

i doubt they would listen to me...but since you're a "moderator" on a Prince fan website...you would probably have better luck than me... let me know how you make out...

Just because someone's a moderator (not a "moderator") doesn't give them some power at Sirius XM. Change never happens when you delegate it to someone else. You want a Prince station? Write a letter, a good letter to Sirius XM. Something heartfelt, true, honest, and encouraging. If you're arrogant enough to command someone else to do something, you should really have no problem getting the station on Sirius XM. Best of luck, keep us posted.

ahh Trivy....still the same I see... i believe he asked me 1st....right?

TrivialPursuit said:

macaylasdad said:

ahh Trivy....still the same I see... i believe he asked me 1st....right?

He who? Asked you what? Oh, never mind.

AnnaStesia10 said:

I have Sirius and signed the petition last year for the Prince channel.

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You lot and your pointles petitions that are signed by five people. Hilarious. Also, "their" and "there" are completely different words.

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BartVanHemelen said:

I love having Sirius but I am so frustrated that there isn't a Prince Channel.

It either has to do with their demographic or the taste of the executives/decision makers.

But it is all classic rock white guys! Billy Joel, Beatles, Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Buffet, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen... COME ON!

There are no female artists, no RnB artists, no Dance artists with their own channel.

It drives me nuts.. don't get me wrong.. I like those channels... but there is no variety and it frustrates me to no end. And if ANYONE deserves his own channel - it is Prince!

But they may have some legitimate reasons ... maybe they have found that these types of channels get the most listeners/subscribers etc.. who knows..

Howard Stern did say that the founder of Sirius had Tom Petty play at his birthday party.. so there may be some bias for his own personal taste deep in there somewhere too.

Still annoying.

rogifan said:

A lot of these artist specific channels have/had input from the artist themselves. Who would oversee this channel and what music would they be allowed to play? Just WB titles? His whole catalog? Live tracks? Stuff from the vault? Non-Prince music by associates or other artists he liked?

Exactly. It takes a tremendous amount of work to run one of these "artist channels" - work that is usually done by the artists or their families. My favorite is Siriusly Sinatra, which is run by the Sinatra family/estate. Their programming is really exceptional.

If there were to be a Prince channel, someone would have to run it - someone good. If it were someone in the family, they would need to work with a radio professional on the programming. There are a lot of rights issues, obviously - and that's probably the least of it.

People who've never worked in radio (I have, BTW) always think there's just nothing to doing something like this. Sign a petition, get your way and tune in. It's a lot more complicated than that.

BartVanHemelen said:

Genesia said:

TrivialPursuit said:

macaylasdad said:

ahh Trivy....still the same I see... i believe he asked me 1st....right?

He who? Asked you what? Oh, never mind.

look at the 1st posted comment and go from there... Sorry...I don't get the Striesand/Melinda picture... oh well...nevermind...

macaylasdad said:

look at the 1st posted comment and go from there... Sorry...I don't get the Striesand/Melinda picture... oh well...nevermind...

Again, you should do your own work. Luv4u is female.

laurarichardson said:

TXfan said:

Do all the commercials on SiriusXM bother anyone else? It’s the main reason I would cancel after my trial period. We can honestly say we tried to have a Prince Channel on SiriusXM. I too signed the petition and wrote an email to the head honcho. I understand it’s difficult with his music being with different labels, the estate, and such to sort out what would be played, also choosing a team to do the show is another hurdle. I listen to the Elvis channel and it’s nice that it’s done at Graceland. It has special guest, band members, etc. with stories of Elvis and what it was like working with him. They play multiple takes of songs along with the stories behind the sessions. That channel is on because of the Love and appreciation from all his fans for his music. This all could be done with a Prince Channel. This could make Paisley Park more popular and increase attendance ( and $$$ ) for the business. It’s probably still too soon to sort this out but hopefully it will come to be.

Commercials? Huh? There aren't any commercials on the music channels I listen to.

I too am perplexed why this hasn't happened. I have written (snail mail), emailed them many times and signed that pesky petition as well - but to no avail. Doesn't Elvis have a channel? It is probably run by the Graceland Estate - can't be that hard of a stretch at this point to add one for Prince. Perhaps it is still not 'legally' ok to do so since there still seems to be some challenge with rights/copyrights, etc. between the estate and reconrd company dealings. We can cross our fingers and hope that in the near future there may be one. But until then there are a few other channels -

https://www.radioking.com/radio/rainbow-children, http://funkatopia.com/fun...o/........

You will not find the answer to your question from anyone on this website.

RodeoSchro said:

You will not find the answer to your question from anyone on this website.

^^^ He speaks the truth.

TrivialPursuit said:

macaylasdad said:

look at the 1st posted comment and go from there... Sorry...I don't get the Striesand/Melinda picture... oh well...nevermind...

Again, you should do your own work. Luv4u is female.

sorry...how would I know, i don't troll profiles... but i guess with that said... what was the 1st comment from Luv4u(who is a female) on this post?

[Edited 10/9/17 16:48pm]

macaylasdad said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Again, you should do your own work. Luv4u is female.

sorry...how would I know, i don't troll profiles... but i guess with that said... what was the 1st comment from Luv4u(who is a female) on this post?

[Edited 10/9/17 16:48pm]

The answer is because Sirus does not want to have one. A petition was sent and the answer was no.

Perhaps they do not think there would be enought interest.

there is definitely enough music to fill the hours !!

[Edited 10/10/17 15:40pm]

FunkyStrange said:

there is definitely enough music to fill the hours !!

[Edited 10/10/17 15:40pm]

I miss Orange Park Radio...

itsjustaroundthecorner said: