Holiday Music NOW on DISH

[stardust3]

When I was a kid, Christmas stuff did not come out until after Thanksgiving.

That must have been a really long time ago............

 

[Mr Tony]

When I was a kid, Christmas stuff did not come out until after Thanksgiving.

and back then TV was in black and white and you had 2 channels.....3 if you put enough tinfoil on the rabbit ears

 

[gpollock87]

That must have been a really long time ago............

young frankenstein's time

 

[VARTV]

Have any additional holiday music channels been added?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yes they added SIRIUSXM Holly and more coming the first week of December.

 

[JimWH]

I know a few locals do this on Christmas Day along with some shopping channels I think. In NY it was always WPIX.

 

[Yespage]

When I was a kid, Christmas stuff did not come out until after Thanksgiving.

Actually that probably could be said of five years ago. Halloween has really expanded, and now Christmas is taking over November. Pre-Black Friday sales started last year I think. It may get to the point where we aren't certain which year's Christmas is being marketed for.

 

[Mr Tony]

Yes they added SIRIUSXM Holly and more coming the first week of December.

interesting as the Holiday CD channels are open on Dish Silver but the Sirius XM one isnt (the ones that are mapdowned...none of the CD/Sirius ones are normally in the metal packs)

 

[The Fat Man]

Kind of stinks that Sirius XM put Holiday Traditions on a channel that Dish doesn't get. I enjoy the Johnny Mathis and Dean Martin classics over the N-Sync and Mariah Carrey Christmas songs on Holly.

 

[EricfromTx]

Kind of stinks that Sirius XM put Holiday Traditions on a channel that Dish doesn't get. I enjoy the Johnny Mathis and Dean Martin classics over the N-Sync and Mariah Carrey Christmas songs on Holly.

Try channel 87 The CD Traditional Holidays channel on Dish

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Every time I turn on holly it's miriah Carey or the muppets singing the 12 days of Christmas.

 

[KAB]

Kind of stinks that Sirius XM put Holiday Traditions on a channel that Dish doesn't get. I enjoy the Johnny Mathis and Dean Martin classics over the N-Sync and Mariah Carrey Christmas songs on Holly.

On or day after Thanksgiving.

 

[The Fat Man]

Try channel 87 The CD Traditional Holidays channel on Dish

I just noticed that, thanks.

 

[northgeorgia]

I got a Traxis DBS3500 on flea-bay, and I'm having better luck testing this one than I did with my Openbox s10. (I'm looking forward to playing with the FTA dish once the weather clears up a bit!)

I only see the Dish 101 channels; are the holiday music stations still in the clear? Dish is pointed at 119W, but Radio channels 947 and 949 seem to be scrambled along with the others. Maybe I have the wrong transponders? Or would I need to use an old Dish receiver for that?

 

[TG2]

Anyone looking for a real alternative, though not family friendly ... somafm.com check out Xmas in Frisco ... not your typical Xmas music ... it was their stream that actually got me more into liking some xmas music.. and made me realize the reason I had standard radio for the holidays is the repetition of "family friendly" versions of the same songs ... over and over and over again.. but with Soma's Xmas in Frisco .. not only do you get unique versions of classics, you get alternatives .. Dreidel song by Southpark ... clips / "bumpers" between from bing crosby to ZZ Top, and some bits that some people have probably never heard like Stan Freeberg's Christmas Jingles..

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003A90Q52/ref=dm_dp_trk6

for example ...


SomaFM / Xmas in Frisko
http://somafm.com/xmasinfrisko/

 

[Mr Tony]

I got a Traxis DBS3500 on flea-bay, and I'm having better luck testing this one than I did with my Openbox s10. (I'm looking forward to playing with the FTA dish once the weather clears up a bit!)

I only see the Dish 101 channels; are the holiday music stations still in the clear? Dish is pointed at 119W, but Radio channels 947 and 949 seem to be scrambled along with the others. Maybe I have the wrong transponders? Or would I need to use an old Dish receiver for that?

they're all scrambled. Freeview to Dish subs is different than in the clear.