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Sunny is a channel on XM Satellite Radio. It is located on channel 24 and plays softer hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, otherwise known as oldies.
Lite (2001-2003) As part of an investment deal with Clear Channel Communications, XM agreed to simulcast some of Clear Channel's FM radio stations. Lite was one of the original four channels (named after Lite FM), and it simulcasted WLTW from New York City, New York. With its popular soft AC format, WLTW has been the most profitable FM radio station in the US in recent years. Due to low subscription count at the time, XM's audience didn't concern themselves with the New York City locality of the station. After a couple years on the air, XM decided to move away from local simulcasts, and Lite became an exclusive-to-satellite station. However, the name Lite didn't stay. Sunny (2003-2006) On December 1, 2003, the Lite FM simulcast was dropped and the channel became its own brand: Sunny. The station was now on autopilot 24/7 with no jocks. A month later, Sunny, in addition to all XM music channels, went commercial-free, making the station auto-piloted 24/7 by music. This incarnation of XM's Sunny had a beautiful music format and was programmed by Marlin Taylor. In March 2006, according to a 10-k filing, XM Satellite Radio mentioned that Clear Channel programmed music on XM would begin carrying commercials, including Sunny. This has been done to fulfill an arbitration settlement between XM and Clear Channel. In response to this, XM Canada, DirecTV and AOL Radio removed this channel on April 17 in favor of XM's commercial-free equivalent. Sunny now displays a "cm" next to its name on the XM unit's program-associated data to indicate that it is a commercial radio station. (As of May 5th, the artist and song title is now displayed.) Sunny (2006-) As of May 1st, 2006, Sunny's format has become a "music of your life" style, featuring more vocals and contemporary hits. A mix of big band hits and orchesteral favorites, easy hits from the 70's, oldies, some smooth jazz and crooner/female vocals performing standards from the Great American Songbook haved helped the new "Sunny" become a true nostalgic station. Escape on XM 78 has replaced Sunny as the new beautiful music channel on XM. Once again, Sunny changed their format the day they added commercials, on June 5th. It is now all AM gold, with no more hit parade songs or smooth jazz vocals, but instead strictly soft hits from the 1960s through the 1980s. Right now, there are no plans to add DJs to the channel, despite it being one of the few on XM that is jockless. Sunny is currently programmed by Kevin Kash of DC101. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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