Update on the SiriusXM Censorship Post-Channel Update

Keith Gable — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:45:00 -0600

I did a little bit of looking around and here’s what I’m able to deduce:

In the channel merge, some channels were pulled from XM and renamed to match the original Sirius channels. (Think SBC buys AT&T and changes name to AT&T)
These channels broadcast from XM’s studios where their playlists were not explicit prior to the channel merge.
These channels have either not updated their playlists to be explicit due to oversight or intentionally. This is what’s important - if it’s intentional, they had better fix it.

So far, looks like they fixed it. eXonyte confirmed Faction and Octane are not edited, and this morning I heard My Own Worst Enemy by Lit .. and we all know the line “‘cause every now and then, I kick the living shit outta me” .. and that played unedited. This backs up my theory they just weren’t ready for the switch and the XM stations didn’t change their playlists.

If the censorship is fixed - awesome - but they still need to put back BackSpin.

Update 11/17: It’s not fixed. They’re playing a mix of edited and unedited on Lithium.

The Ignition Project: Update on the SiriusXM Censorship Post-Channel Update

Update on the SiriusXM Censorship Post-Channel Update