The Loft (XM)
Encyclopedia
The Loft is a music channel on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, broadcasting on Sirius
channel 30 (previously 29), XM
channel 30 (previously 50) and Dish Network
channel 6029. Until February 9, 2010
, it was heard on DirecTV
channel 836. It features a format of eclectic adult album alternative
music, occasionally branching off into more freeform
music and talk programming.
Until November 12, 2008
, it broadcast an acoustic rock format. The Loft changed formats to what sounded like the now-defunct SIRIUS Disorder
and Fine Tuning
by that time, with the acoustic rock format broadcast on its sister channel, The Coffee House
.
Mike Marrone is the channel's programming director and primary on-air voice. Franny Thomas and Meg Griffin
are also heard regularly.
The Loft Sessions - a series of live performances recorded at XM's studio facilities.
From the Living Room to the Loft - music and interviews from the Living Room club in New York.
Your Roots Are Showing - featuring modern roots rock
.
Vin Scelsa
's Idiot's Delight - a freeform program hosted by longtime New York radio personality Scelsa.
Kick Out the Jams - a show combining music and politics and hosted by writer and critic Dave Marsh
.
Lou Reed
's New York Shuffle - a freeform show hosted by veteran rocker Reed.
David Johansen
's Mansion of Fun - a freeform show hosted by musician and actor Johansen.
Disorder - a freeform show hosted by Meg Griffin.
American Roots Radio with Bernie Taupin
- roots music show hosted by the songwriter.
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 30 (previously 29), XM
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 30 (previously 50) 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 6029. Until February 9, 2010
2010 in radio
The following events occurred in radio in 2010.-Events:*Date Unknown: CHOI/Quebec City flips from Alternative Rock to News/Talk.*January 4: KJCS/Lufkin, Texas goes silent....
, it was heard on DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
channel 836. It features a format of eclectic adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
music, occasionally branching off into more freeform
Freeform (radio format)
Freeform, or freeform radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests. Freeform radio stands in contrast to most commercial radio stations, in which DJs have little or no...
music and talk programming.
Until November 12, 2008
2008 in radio
Several events occurred in radio in 2008.- Events :* January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for Adult contemporary music branded as "Warm."...
, it broadcast an acoustic rock format. The Loft changed formats to what sounded like the now-defunct SIRIUS Disorder
SIRIUS Disorder
SIRIUS Disorder was a Freeform/Eclectic radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 33 and simulcast to Dish Network channel 6033. Sirius Disorder started on channel 24 then moved to channel 32 on February 14, 2007. On September 7, 2007 Disorder moved again to Sirius channel 70, replacing...
and Fine Tuning
Fine Tuning
Fine Tuning was the name of XM Satellite Radio's eclectic music channel. The program director for Fine Tuning was Ben Smith and the tag line was, "The World's Most Interesting Music"....
by that time, with the acoustic rock format broadcast on its sister channel, The Coffee House
The Coffee House
The Coffee House is a Singer-songwriter and Acoustic rock radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 31 , XM Satellite Radio 31 and on Dish Network channel 6030. Until February 9, 2010, it was heard on DirecTV channel 829...
.
Mike Marrone is the channel's programming director and primary on-air voice. Franny Thomas and Meg Griffin
Meg Griffin (radio personality)
Meg Griffin is an American DJ, currently heard on the Sirius XM Satellite Radio channels The Loft, Classic Rewind, and Deep Tracks....
are also heard regularly.
Programming
Featured programs on the channel include:The Loft Sessions - a series of live performances recorded at XM's studio facilities.
From the Living Room to the Loft - music and interviews from the Living Room club in New York.
Your Roots Are Showing - featuring modern roots rock
Roots rock
Roots rock is a term now used to describe rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. It is particularly associated with the creation of hybrid sub-genres from the later 1960s including country rock and Southern rock, which have been seen as responses to the...
.
Vin Scelsa
Vin Scelsa
Vincent Anthony Scelsa, better known as "Vin," was born on December 12, 1947 in Bayonne, New Jersey. He is the host of a freeform radio show known as Idiot's Delight....
's Idiot's Delight - a freeform program hosted by longtime New York radio personality Scelsa.
Kick Out the Jams - a show combining music and politics and hosted by writer and critic Dave Marsh
Dave Marsh
Dave Marsh is an American music critic, author, editor and radio talk show host. He was a formative editor of Creem magazine, has written for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on...
.
Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
's New York Shuffle - a freeform show hosted by veteran rocker Reed.
David Johansen
David Johansen
David Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
's Mansion of Fun - a freeform show hosted by musician and actor Johansen.
Disorder - a freeform show hosted by Meg Griffin.
American Roots Radio with Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...
- roots music show hosted by the songwriter.