Broadcast area | Off-air |
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Branding | X Country |
Frequency | XM 12 |
First air date | September 25, 2001 |
Format | Progressive country |
Class | Satellite radio station |
Owner | XM Satellite Radio |
Website | X Country |
X Country was a channel on XM Satellite Radio that specialized in playing progressive country music. It was available on channel 12 on XM and channel 810 on DirecTV.
Artists on the playlist included John Hiatt, Todd Snider, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Cross Canadian Ragweed, John Prine, Pat Green and Dwight Yoakam, and Jason Isbell.
The channel's name was pronounced "Cross Country." On November 12th, 2008, the channel was replaced with Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country as part of the merger of the two services.