NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced its extensive holiday music lineup featuring eight
commercial-free channels celebrating the festive season, two to
broadcast starting Wednesday, November
1.
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 70)
will feature
contemporary holiday music as well as traditional favorites,
including songs by Kelly Clarkson,
Pentatonix, Josh Groban,
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Celine Dion, Ariana
Grande, Meghan Trainor,
Michael Bublé, Sam Smith and
Mariah Carey.
Wednesday, November 1 at 12:00 pm ET- Saturday,
December 30 at 3:00 am ET
Holiday Traditions (via satellite on channel 4)
will
feature traditional holiday music from the '40s through the '60s by
artists such as Frank Sinatra,
Andy Williams, Ray Conniff, Bing Crosby and Nat "King"
Cole.
Wednesday, November 1 at 12:00 pm ET- Saturday,
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.
Will air from Sunday, December 24 at
12:00 pm ET – Tuesday, 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.
Monday, December 4 at 12:00 pm ET – Tuesday,
December 26 at 3:00 am ET.
Navidad (SiriusXM channel 785)
will feature
contemporary Latin holiday music and traditional classics,
including Jose Feliciano, Fania
All-Stars, Gloria Estefan,
Marco Antonio Solis, El Gran Combo
and Tito El Bambino.
Monday, November 27 at 12:00 pm ET – Sunday,
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.
Monday, December 4 at 12:00 pm ET – Tuesday,
December 26 at 3:00 am ET.
Radio Hanukkah (via satellite
on channel 77)
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.
Tuesday, December 12 at 12:00 pm ET – Thursday,
December 21 at 3:00 am ET.
New Year's Nation (via satellite on channel 4)
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.
Saturday, December 30 at 12:00 pm ET – Tuesday,
January 2 at 3:00 am ET.
SiriusXM recently announced that its 200+ channels are now also
available for streaming to SiriusXM subscribers nationwide with
Amazon Alexa. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/AmazonAlexa to learn
more.
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 approximately 32.2
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 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™ and SiriusXM 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 2.8 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services,
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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http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.
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