OutQ (Sirius XM)

OutQ
Broadcast area Contiguous United States & Canada
Frequency SiriusXM Radio 106
First air date

April 14, 2003

! FINAL AIRING: February 12, 2016.
Format LGBT
Owner Sirius XM Radio
Website www.siriusoutq.com

OutQ is a news, talk and entertainment channel on Sirius XM Radio, geared for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender audiences. The channel is available to Sirius and XM subscribers in both the United States and Canada.

Personalities associated with the channel include Frank DeCaro, Doria Biddle, Larry Flick, Lance Bass, Derek Hartley, and Romaine Patterson. Tim Curran serves as the channel's news director, with Xorje Olivares as current lead anchor. OutQ News changed its schedule on August 4, 2013, leaving behind its top-of-the-hour format in favor of a daily news review aired at 6pm EST.[1]

On November 20, 2006, station founder and show host John McMullen was relieved of his duties.[2]

In September 2005, OutQ moved from Channel 149 to Channel 106. On February 14, 2007, the station moved, this time to Channel 109.This channel is also available on XM channel 98 as of November 12, 2008. Both platforms moved OutQ to channel 108 on May 4, 2011, but the channel recently returned to its previous home on channel 106.[3]

It has been announced that SiriusXM would be closing down OutQ on February 13, 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "OutQ's Hourly Newscasts". 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  2. ↑ "JohnMcMullen.com". 2006-11-22. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05.
  3. ↑ "SiriusXM Channel Lineup". 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Gay Bloodbath at Sirius OutQ". 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-02-10.

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