NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced its extensive holiday music lineup featuring eight
commercial-free channels celebrating the festive season, one to
broadcast starting Wednesday, November
2.
SiriusXM's holiday music channels will offer listeners a variety
of traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, country
Christmas classics, contemporary holiday tunes, soul music,
Hanukkah music and Latin seasonal
music.
SiriusXM's commercial-free holiday music channels will be
available on multiple satellite radio channels, and via the
SiriusXM App for smartphones and other connected devices and online
at siriusxm.com
SiriusXM's holiday channel lineup features:
Holly (via satellite on channel 17)
Will feature
contemporary holiday music as well as traditional favorites,
including songs by Kelly Clarkson,
Pentatonix, Josh Groban, Madonna,
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Brian
Setzer, Jimmy Buffett and
Mariah Carey.
Wednesday, November 2 at 5:00 pm ET- Friday,
December 30 at 3:00 am ET
Holiday Traditions (via satellite on channel 18)
will
feature traditional holiday music from the '40s through the '60s by
artists such as Andy Williams,
Ray Conniff, Bing Crosby and Nat
"King" Cole.
Monday, December 5 at 5:00 pm ET- Friday,
December 30 at 3:00 am ET
Holiday Pops (via satellite on channel 76)
will
feature classical Christmas carols and other holiday favorites by
the greatest classical musicians of all-time, including the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, Boston Pops, Luciano Pavarotti, The New York
Philharmonic, King's College Choir and Thomas Hampson.
Saturday, December 24 at 5:00 pm ET – Monday,
December 26 at 3:00 am ET.
Country Christmas (via satellite on channel 58)
will feature a mix of country Christmas music from contemporary and
classic country artists like Garth
Brooks, Carrie Underwood and
Willie Nelson. The channel will also
include the "12 Days of Country Christmas Live," a performance
series featuring a different artist performance every day for 12
days. Artists include Collin Raye,
John Michael Montgomery, T G
Sheppard, Exile, The Bellamy Brothers, Mark
Wills, Johnny Lee and
more.
Monday, December 5 at 5:00 pm ET – Monday,
December 26 at 3:00 am ET.
Navidad (SiriusXM channel 785)
will feature
contemporary Latin holiday music and with traditional classics,
including Jose Feliciano, Fania
All-Stars, Gloria Estefan,
Marco Antonio Solis, El Gran Combo
and Tito El Bambino.
Monday, November 28 at 5:00 pm ET – Saturday,
January 7 at 3:00 am ET.
Holiday Soul (via satellite on channel 49)
will
feature classic soul and Motown holiday music from the '60s and
'70s as well as R&B from the '80s and '90s including
Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Michael
Jackson, Luther Vandross,
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles,
Dionne Warwick, The Four Tops, The
Supremes, The O'Jays, James Brown,
The Temptations, Lou Rawls and
Toni Braxton.
Tuesday, December 13 at 5:00 pm ET – Monday,
December 26 at 3:00 am ET.
Radio Hanukkah (SiriusXM
channel 787)
will feature an extensive collection of
Hanukkah-themed music, including
contemporary, traditional and children's selections as well as
daily reflections and prayers related to the holiday.
Friday, December 23 at 5:00 pm ET – Monday,
January 2 at 3:00 am ET.
New Year's Nation (via satellite on channel 18)
is the ultimate soundtrack to New Year's
Eve parties around the country and will feature the biggest,
upbeat party hits from genres across SiriusXM's music platform.
Friday, December 30 at 5:00 pm ET – Monday,
January 2 at 3:00 am ET.
For more information about additional holiday programming,
please visit www.siriusxm.com/holiday.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit
www.siriusxm.com.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has more than 30.6 million
subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and
talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from
every major car company in the U.S. and on smartphones and other
connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM
radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and
online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic,
weather, data and information services for subscribers through
SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®,
NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers weather, data and information
services to aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM
Marine™, Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX
Aviation™, XMWX Weather, and XMWX Marine™. In addition,
SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to
a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest
in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.7 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services
to major automakers, giving customers access to a suite of safety,
security, and convenience services including automatic crash
notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside
assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.
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