Soul Town
Broadcast area |
United States Canada |
---|---|
Frequency |
Sirius XM Radio 49 Dish Network 6049 |
Format | Soul |
Class | Satellite Radio Station |
Owner | Sirius XM Radio |
Website | SiriusXM: Soul Town |
Soul Town is a soul music radio station operated by Sirius XM Radio, broadcasting on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 49[1] (previously 53), XM Satellite Radio channel 49[2] (previously 60, where it replaced Soul Street on November 12, 2008) and Dish Network channel 6049(previously 6053), until Sirius XM Chill took Dish Network 6053 and Sirius XM Radio 53. Until February 9, 2010, it was on DirecTV channel 842, but all of DirecTV's Sirius XM programming was dropped in favor of Sonic Tap by DMX.
The channel concentrates on soul and R&B music from the 1960s and 1970s. Its definition is expansive, including black artists from the 1960s in various not-quite-soul genres as well as a few white soul artists. On-air personalities include Carol Ford, Ken "Spider" Webb, Jeff Foxx, Tanya Simpson, and Wanda Ramos.
Hosts
- Ken "Spider" Webb
Weekdays 6 am - 12 pm ET
- Carol Ford
Mondays - Fridays 12 pm - 6 pm ET
- Jeff Foxx
Weekdays 6 pm - 12 am ET
- Tanya Simpson
Weekends 6 pm - 12 am ET
- Wanda Ramos
Saturdays & Sundays 12 pm - 6 pm ET
Programming
- Soul Town's Uptown Classic Soul Countdown
Saturdays 12 pm ET
Rebroadcast 12 am ET
Host Wanda Ramos shines the spotlight on a different Motown artist each week, and turns back the clock to count down 15 of the best soul songs from a specific year between 1960 to 1979.
Core Artists
- Aretha Franklin
- Marvin Gaye
- The Temptations
- Diana Ross
- Stevie Wonder
- The Supremes
- James Brown
- Smokey Robinson
- Gladys Knight
- The Spinners
See also
- List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
- List of Dish Network channels
References
- ↑ "Sirius Channel Lineup". 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ↑ "XM Channel Lineup". 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04.