Radio Coast to Coast

AN OPINIONATED TOP 10 LIST OF XM CHANNELS

(XM's marketing descriptions appear in quotes.)

Best station for teenage boys to annoy their parents

Channel 41, XMLM Liquid Metal: All "criminally hard" heavy metal, all the time.

Best station for parents to annoy their teenage boys

Channel 28, On Broadway: "It's not the same old song and dance," but it's show tunes and nothing but show tunes.

Best station for a Sunday morning church carpool


Channel 31, Spirit: "The glory
of gospel."

Best station for a Sunday morning hangover


Channel 110, EXM Classics:
"Traditional classical," meaning Mozart, Beethoven, and the gang.

Station where you're most likely to hear an interview with a member of a pit crew


Channel 144, NASCAR Radio: "Radio at full throttle."

Station where you can expect to hear the bubbly phrase "Britney rules"


Channel 167, Babble On: "Young and sassy talk."

Station where you will never hear the bubbly phrase "Britney rules"


Channel 112, Vox: An opera station that "celebrates the magic of the human voice."

Best nonmusic station for Mensa members


Channel 131, BBC World Service: "World affairs" and fact-based "international news" analysis from the Brits.

Worst nonmusic station for Mensa members


Channel 166, Buzz XM: "America's hottest, most controversial talk stars" and all their most learned opinions.