Sixx Sense

Sixx Sense

Broadcast area	United States
Branding	Sixx Sense cm
Frequency	XM 164
First air date	2008-08-18 (as Rock@Random)
Format	Rock
Class	Satellite Radio Station
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations	Nashville!, KISS-XM, Mix, The Music Summit, Extreme Talk, America's Talk, Talk Radio, Bollywood & Beyond, Fox Sports Radio
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	XM Sixx Sense

Sixx Sense is a commercial radio channel on XM Satellite Radio, located at channel 164^[1] (previously 161) and playing a mainstream/alternative rock format. The channel is programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Advertising sales are handled by Premiere Radio Networks. It intersperses the music with segments from the nightly "Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx" radio show. It is also available on iheartradio.

It is the only commercial music station on XM that parent company Clear Channel Communications did not replace with one of its local radio stations on June 8, 2011.

Contents 1 History 2 Shows 3 References 4 External links

History

XM channel 161 originally launched as Discovery Channel Radio, and was heard on both XM and Sirius. On September 1, 2005, Discovery Channel Radio was removed from the XM lineup, and months later from Sirius. Eight months later, the channel was brought back to the lineup as a full-time simulcast of WSIX-FM in Nashville. This brought XM 161 under Clear Channel control, as they were able to select any vacant channel of their choosing. This was also the second time WSIX-FM was simulcast on XM, as it was also from 2001-2003 on channel 11, which was known as Nashville! until June 2011 and is now WSIX-FM yet again.

On Friday, August 8, 2008, WSIX left XM Radio for the second time, and the channel began stunting with a commercial free country format. The following Monday, XM 161 played Beatles music nonstop for twelve hours, afterwards reverting back to the country format.

Rock@Random launched on XM on Monday, August 18, 2008, with the song Hush by Deep Purple. There is currently no information on whether or not the station will carry a personality-driven lineup.

In December 2008, Rock@Random adjusted their playlist to include newer rock music into the 80s and early 90s.

On June 10, 2009: Rock@Random again adjusted their playlist to include many 80's pop/rock songs with some 70's added-in, however, the playlist provided only 16 hours of music before it repeated again, and with the same song order.

Since then, Rock@Random does not repeat songs too frequently, and does not play the same songs in the same order. It provides a great variety of rock music that is safe for public places because to the editing of profanity. The range of music is from Iron Maiden to Bob Seger, Judas Priest to Pink Floyd, Nirvana to Fleetwood Mac. The station is listed with a "CM" logo, which means the station includes commercials.

On February 22, 2011: Rock@Random was replaced on XM channel 161 by Sixx Sense.

Shows

• Side Show - Sixx-hosted top 20 alternative rock countdown. Saturdays at 8 AM Eastern, repeated Sundays at 10 PM Eastern.
• Side Show - Sixx-hosted top 20 active rock countdown. Saturdays at 8 PM Eastern, repeated Sundays at 10 AM Eastern.

References

External links

• XM Sixx Sense

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