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- The '60s on 6 (or just The '60s) is a commercial-free, satellite radio station on the Sirius XM Radio platform. It plays music from the 1960s and early '70s, mostly Top 10 hits from the second half of the decade. Airing on XM since 2001, the channel became available to Sirius subscribers on November 12, 2008, following the merger of the two companies. The station currently broadcasts on both on channel 6 of both services, as well as on Dish Network channel 6006. As of February 9, 2010, Direct TV has dropped Sirius XM programming in favor of another music service called SonicTap. The morning man is Phlash Phelps, the leader of the Phunny Pharm Phan Clan. Also heard on the channel are Terry "Motormouth" Young, Mike Kelly, and "Cousin Brucie" Morrow. Lou Simon is currently the program director for the channel. 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 was also used for XM's annual pop music chronology, IT. Example of the list of artists heard on this channel: The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Supremes, Herman's Hermits, the Animals, the Monkees, the Temptations and the Doors. As of 2008 the '60s on 6 was the fifth most listened to station on the XM service, with a cume of 581,300 listeners per week, according to Arbitron analysis.
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- The '60s on 6 (or just The '60s) is a commercial-free, satellite radio station on the Sirius XM Radio platform. It plays music from the 1960s and early '70s, mostly Top 10 hits from the second half of the decade. Airing on XM since 2001, the channel became available to Sirius subscribers on November 12, 2008, following the merger of the two companies. The station currently broadcasts on both on channel 6 of both services, as well as on Dish Network channel 6006.
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