Hannukah
American Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu will host the "Festival of Lights", a special SIRIUS Hanukkah celebration. Matisyahu will share facts and his thoughts about the meaning of this holy time of year several times-a-day throughout the Hanukkah holiday.
This begins at sundown ET on Friday, December 15, and airs through sundown ET on Saturday, December 23, the duration of Hanukkah. Hear this on Reggae Rhythms (channel 32).
XM will offer Radio Hanukkah (XM 108), a dedicated channel featuring Jewish music and conversation beginning Friday, December 15 and running through December 23.
Radio Hanukkah will focus on music and traditions, classic and off-the-wall renditions of traditional Hanukkah songs, and nightly broadcasts of the traditional Hanukkah candlelight blessings which will air at the appropriate times in both the Eastern and Pacific time zones.
Christmas Programming
XM's holiday programming lineup includes five commercial-free holiday music channels:
* Holly (XM 103) - Features contemporary holiday hits mixed with selected traditional favorites
* Holiday Traditions (XM 104) - Features traditional holiday recordings from the 1940s through the 1960s
* A Nashville Christmas (XM 105) - Features contemporary and traditional holiday hits from popular country music artists
* A Classical Christmas (XM 106) - Features traditional holiday carols performed by celebrated classical music artists
* Special X-Mas (XM 107) - Features a mix of holiday novelty songs, oddball parodies, and rock covers of holiday classics
SIRIUS Satellite Radio is celebrating the music of the holiday season by dedicating three commercial-free music channels to non-stop holiday music. Now through December 25th subscribers can hear:
* SIRIUS Holiday on Starlite (Channel 2) - Holiday hits mixed with selected traditional favorites as sung by Nat "King" Cole, Paul McCartney, Bing Crosby, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Mariah Carey and many more, plus SIRIUS listeners' holiday messages and greetings from Santa Claus himself.
* Christmas Country on The Roadhouse (Channel 62) - Heartfelt versions of holiday favorites by country music's biggest stars, including Martina McBride, George Strait, Alabama and Garth Brooks, in addition to some newer country holiday songs that are sure to become classics.
* Classical Christmas on SIRIUS Pops (Channel 86) - Traditional holiday music from the Renaissance to the modern day, including performances of Christmas carols and seasonal classics by the world's leading orchestras, choirs and opera stars, along with enduring holiday masterpieces such as Handel's "Messiah" and Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker".
