'60s on 6
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, mostly Top 10 hits from the second half of the decade. Airing on XM since 2001, the channel became available to Sirius subscribers (replacing '60s Vibrations) 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 DirecTV channel 803 and Dish Network channel 6006.
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.
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. The channel focuses on about thirty major acts from the 1964-69 era, while refusing to play hit songs by artists such as Glen Campbell, Herb Alpert, Bobby Vinton, the Impressions, Bobby Goldsboro, Brenda Lee and others who apparently don't fit the channel's image of 1960's music.
Program Schedule
In Central Time:
WEEKDAYS
12:00AM-02:00AM:Wolfman Jack
12:00AM-03:00AM:Cousin Brucie (MONDAY)
02:00AM-05:00AM:Music
05:00AM-11:00AM:Phlash Phelps
11:00AM-12:00PM:Music
12:00PM-06:00PM:Mike Kelly
06:00PM-11:00PM:Terry “Motormouth” Young
11:00PM-12:00AM:Music
SATURDAYS
12:00AM-02:00AM:Wolfman Jack
02:00AM-09:00AM:Music
09:00AM-03:00PM:Mike Kelly
03:00PM-07:00PM:Terry “Motormouth” Young
07:00PM-11:00PM:Cousin Brucie
11:00PM-12:00AM:Music
SUNDAYS
12:00AM-09:00AM:Music
09:00AM-12:00PM:Phlash Phelps
12:00PM-06:00PM:Mike Kelly
06:00PM-11:00PM:Terry “Motormouth” Young
11:00PM-12:00AM:Cousin Brucie
Programs
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.
Saturday Night Party with Cousin Brucie Airs 8-11pm ET.
Post Sirius XM merger
With the merger of many XM and Sirius Satellite Radio channels on November 12, 2008, there were some changes to 60s on 6. The channel's playlist (which had once exceeded 3,000 songs) was trimmed to emphasize Top 10 hits more, with most of the lower-charting tracks (as well as many of the crossover and novelty hits of the era) removed from the rotation. Program director Pat Clarke and another disk jockey, "Marty With The Party", were dismissed. Phlash Phelps and Terry "Motormouth" Young were spared, and Broadway Bill Lee and Mike Kelly joined the airstaff. (Lee eventually moved to the 70s on 7 channel.) Cousin Brucie began a live Saturday all-request show. Wolfman Jack was moved into an early afternoon block, and was eventually eliminated all together, along with other channel fixtures such as the Sonic Sound Salute, Sweet Sixteen Music Machine countdown, and Chickenman.
The classic PAMS jingles were edited to remove references to XM Radio, or jingles not referencing XM were used. In the summer of 2009, PAMS produced a new set of jingles based on its Series 31, "Music Explosion" for the channel.
Prior to the merger, it was the only XM channel to not change its zero in the logo, since it has always been a peace sign (all decades channels changed logos, whereas this channel, along with The 40s on 4 and The 70s on 7 are updated logos from their predecessors). The current logo for The 60s on 6 is the same, but "The" is phased out on the left, and adds the "On 6" info at the right.
Official Websites
[http://www.sirius.com/60son6 Sirius Site]
[http://the60s.xmradio.com XM Site]
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