Soul Town
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Soul Town is a soul music
radio station operated by Sirius XM Radio, broadcasting on Sirius Satellite Radio
channel 49 (previously 53), XM Satellite Radio
channel 49 (previously 60, where it replaced Soul Street
on November 12, 2008) and DISH Network
channel 6053. Until February 9, 2010, it was on Direct TV channel 842, but all of Direct TV's Sirius XM programming was dropped in favor of Sonic Tap.
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.
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
radio station operated by Sirius XM Radio, broadcasting on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
channel 49 (previously 53), XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
channel 49 (previously 60, where it replaced Soul Street
Soul Street
Soul Street was a commercial-free, classic soul satellite radio station. It is channel 60 on XM Satellite Radio. The channel played soul music from the late 1950s until the early 1970s....
on November 12, 2008) and DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
channel 6053. Until February 9, 2010, it was on Direct TV channel 842, but all of Direct TV's Sirius XM programming was dropped in favor of Sonic Tap.
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.