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Turbo (Sirius XM)

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Turbo
Broadcast areaUnited States
Canada
FrequencySirius XM Radio 41
Programming
FormatActive Rock (from the 1990s and 2000s)
Ownership
OwnerSirius XM Radio
History
First air date
August 17, 2017
Technical information
ClassSatellite radio station
Links
WebsiteSirius XM Turbo

Sirius XM Turbo is a commercial-free music channel that plays 1990s and 2000s hard rock and airs on Sirius XM Radio and Dish Network. It airs on channel 41 on Sirius XM Radio.

History

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Turbo made its debut on August 17, 2017, as a full-time channel devoted to hard rock from artists like Metallica, System of a Down, Linkin Park and more.[1]

PopRocks, which slots in on channel 17, plays lighter rock music from the 1990s and 2000s, a la Goo Goo Dolls, Train and Sheryl Crow; while Turbo, channel 41 (after a try-out as a streaming-only station), offers hard rock music from Linkin Park, Metallica and System of a Down.[2]

Prior to August 17, the channel was on channel 314 as a US only Xtra Channel. This slot is now occupied by the now punk rock-exclusive formatted Faction which has been rebranded as Faction Punk, however it is available on both US and Canadian versions of the Sirius XM app.[3]

On October 5, 2020, at noon EDT (16:00 UTC) until October 12, 2020, at 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC), Turbo switched over to Linkin Park Radio in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory.[4] The first song played on Linkin Park Radio was "One Step Closer", and the last song played was "Happy Song" by Bring Me the Horizon.

Hosts

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Schedules
Hosts Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Shannon Gunz 10am 10am 10am 10:30am 10am 1pm & 6:30pm
Covino 4pm 4pm & 8:30pm 4pm 4pm 4pm
Caity Babs 7am 7am
Hardy 4am 4am 4am 4am 4am
Drivers Seat 6am 8pm 10am 6pm
Turbo 6:30am, 1pm, & 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 10pm 7pm & 10pm
Konnor 3:30pm 2pm 3pm

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (August 17, 2017). "SiriusXM Launches 1990s/2000s Rock Stations Turbo, PopRocks". Billboard.com.
  2. ^ Cook, Zachary (August 16, 2017). "SiriusXM Adds Two New Channels Appealing To Millennials". Insiderradio.com.
  3. ^ Venta, Lance. "SiriusXM Makes Lineup Changes". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ^ "You're one step closer to hearing the limited-run channel Linkin Park Radio on SiriusXM". Hear & Now. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2020-10-05.