The 60s on 6

Infobox Radio Station
name = The '60s on 6


area = United States
Canada
phone = |1-(866)-738-6060 airdate = 2001-09-25
frequency = XM 6
format = 1960s Music
owner = XM Satellite Radio
class = Satellite Radio Station
website = [http://the60s.xmradio.com the60s.xmradio.com]

The '60s on 6 (or just The '60s) is a commercial-free, satellite radio station on the XM Satellite Radio platform. It plays music from the 1960s, mostly the Top 40 hits. The channel is programmed by Pat Clarke, and Music Director is Phlash Phelps, the leader of the Phunny Pharm Phan Clan.Like the other decades channels, The '60s on 6 attempts to recreate the feel of 1960s radio. They use similar DJ habits, classic PAMS jingles, period slang, and news updates. The channel is also used for XM's annual pop music chronology, IT.

Example of the list of artists heard on this channel: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, The Supremes, and The Doors.

Programs

* CQ USA America's only live, extremely popular, '60s all-request dedication call-in show, which Pat Clarke, Program Director, moved from weekday mornings and evenings to Saturday evenings. Phlash, Terry, and Pat invite XM 6 fans to check in..."You say it, we play it."
* Sonic Sound Salutes '60s on 6 "Sonic Sound Salutes" highlights great '60s radio stations from across America. Terry "Motormouth" Young transforms the '60s on 6 into these great AM radio stations. Hear the stations jingles, air personalities, and local happenings. The way it was, is the way it is. The Sonic Sound Salutes air Fridays from 4-9 p.m. Eastern, but beginning in July 2007, Saturday rebroadcasts of the most popular big-market station features were added from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and again from Midnight-5 a.m.
* The Sweet 16 Music Machine Terry Motormouth Young relives 'this day' in the sixties with a Supersonic Satellite Survey. Hear the top supersonic satellite survey songs, plus brand new releases from the launch pad and the 60s Xtranaut rocket picks of the week.
* The Wolfman Jack Show The classic Wolfman Jack Show as recently discovered and restored. The programs heard on XM have been chosen and edited to specifically air music exclusively from the '60s.
* Here and There The sounds from another shore. In the 60s, it was the British invading America with the Beatles, Dave Clark 5, Animals, Rolling Stones...but what were the British teenagers listening to There. Compare the record charts. What were we playing HERE in America and what were they playing THERE in the UK. Another weekend original from the 60s on 6.
* Chickenman He's everywhere, he's everywhere! The classic Chickenman series of Dick Orkin airs three times daily and on weekends.

External links

* [http://the60s.xmradio.com XM The '60s]