60's on 6

[jude]

OH HOW I WISH that channel 6 was NOTHING but rock n' roll. Playing Dionne Warwick and other 'easy listening' of the 60's is out of place, and one reason why my finger is always on the button when listening to 6.

[tbsteph]

Dionne Warwick was a part of the 60's just as much as what you may otherwise consider "rock". You must really like it when they play a song like A Theme from a Summer Place etc.

For what it's worth, I don't like every song played on 6. Didn't like some of them when they were new either. Go with the flow, impossible to keep 5 million subs happy 100% of the time. With all that said, XM beats ANY FM station no matter the format - just my opinion, could be wrong but don't think so!

Lot's of "rock" stations on XM - try 46.

[albo60s]

the decades channels are supposed to reflect what the decade as actually like. Especially during the early 60s you got a real mixed bag on the radio. Dionne Warwick had numerous hit records during the 60s. She belongs on that channel. Far as I can hear, they don't play much country crossover like Bobby Bare, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, & others. There were a number of country crossover hits & I don't hear them much.
Have they ever played "Hello dolly" by Louis Armstrong? Don't play a lot of Dean Martin either. He had numerous charting records during his Reprise years.
How about the Kingston Trio, they are mia on 60s on 6. "The MTA" "Reverend Mr Black", "Tijuana Jail", "Greenback Dollar", "Desert Pete". Can't recall any of these being played.

[jude]

Ah, but there were ROCK STATIONS in the 60's, who didn't play Dionne Warwick or any 'easy listening'. That's what is needed on XM...a pure 60's Rock n' Roll channel.

[Skidancer]

[albo60s]

[Skidancer]

I have heard Houston several times -- particularly sice Hurricane Rita. Call or email the DJ's and ask them to play the ones you want to hear. They are all great about playing requests.

[Thomps2525]

And why SHOULDN'T Channel 6 play Dionne Warwick? This year, almost every major U.S. city quickly jumped on the bandwagon by switching to a "Jack" format. This is a format that plays a wide variety of music from the mid-'60s to the early 2000s, mostly rock but also a lot of pop and disco hits. Many of the stations are called Jack-FM and quite a few use other names, as in the case of Philadelphia's Ben-FM. But playing a wide variety of music is nothing new. In the 1960s (which brings us back to the topic of XM Channel 6), EVERY station played a mix of top 40, rock, R&B, country, and adult hits. Dionne Warwick was mentioned by previous writers. Well, I'm looking at the March 6 1968 "Boss 30" from KHJ here in Los Angeles. Dionne's "Valley Of The Dolls" was number one. The top 30 included a VERY wide range of artists, including Petula Clark, Joe Tex, Paul Mauriat, Sly & the Family Stone, Raymond LeFevre, the Bee Gees, Roger Miller, Lalo Schifrin, Simon & Garfunkel, Otis Redding, Manfred Mann, Donovan, and the Mills Brothers! I have often complained that modern-day oldies stations are too selective. Most of them play the same 300 songs over and over, and they play just the biggest rock'n'roll hits and ignore hundreds of big songs. Well, XM Channel 6 is an oldies station...and they play any song that was a hit (and many that were not), regardless of who sang it or what style of music it is. Ain't nothin' wrong with that!

[albo60s]

[CafeSSJ]

[jude]

No, I don't 'get the idea'. I do remember 60's radio...I was a teenager in those days. And there WERE rock-only stations back then. Regardless, I still think the format for 6 is poor. I would much-rather have a 60's ROCK only channel.

[BRH]

I'll have to disagree too. The "60's on 6" is one of the best oldies stations I've ever heard. I have both Sirius and XM, and I'll admit that I normally like Sirius better for most formats, but as far as the decades channels go, XM wins hands down. The "60's on 6" sounds like you have time traveled back to the decade itself. Also, the dj's, the reverb on the mics, and the interaction with listeners are all incredible. My favorite shows are the "CQ" shows. These are a perfect example of how awesome this channel is. I record the 9AM "CQ" every morning on my MyFi for listening later at work. Also, I love "It" as well. I've been listening to hours and hours of it.
As I said, I have had both services for several years, and even though I spend more time with Sirius, for decades channels, I'll gladly admit that I'm addicted to XM's. Anyway, I like both services for different reasons and channels, so I'd never want to do without either.

[Skidancer]

[Thomps2525]

There were indeed album-rock stations in the 1960s, but not for the first six years of the decade. The first such station was New York's WOR-FM, which had a rock format from 1966 to 1967 and then switched to an oldies format. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's" album in May of 1967 is considered (by some people) to be directly responsible for several stations switching to album rock in 1967-68, including KSAN in San Francisco, KPPC (now KROQ) in Pasadena, KSJO in San Jose, WBCN in Boston, and WHFS in Washington, DC. Prior to those years, sorry, but you still had to take Dionne Warwick, Roger Miller, and Herb Alpert along with the Who, the Stones, and the Beatles.

[stillbillmd]