Deep Tracks

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Deep Tracks
Sirius XM Radio
Technical information
ClassSatellite Radio Station
Links
WebsiteSiriusXM: Deep Tracks

Deep Tracks is a

B-side
" tracks.

Previous logo, used until April 2009. Still seen on current brochures of Sirius Canada.

Brian Beddow is Deep Tracks' current programming director. Earle Bailey is one of its on-air voices and has worked with American voice-over artist

Carol Miller
appearing on weekends.

The station appears on SiriusXM Radio as channel 308. Originally it replaced

Top Tracks, which was replaced by Classic Vinyl
post-Sirius/XM merger.

The name is a remnant of XM's old classic rock stations: Big Tracks, Top Tracks, and Deep Tracks. Big Tracks became

Classic Rewind. Top Tracks became Classic Vinyl
.

The original programmer for the channel, George Taylor Morris, departed in the summer of 2008 due to health issues.

For one week in January 2020, the station exclusively played music by Rush in tribute to the band's drummer Neil Peart, who died on January 7, 2020.

On October 6, 2020, the station started playing music by Van Halen in tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who died on the same day. The first song played was "Jamie's Cryin'".

Dusty Street and Jim Ladd were prominent hosts for the channel; both died in 2023.[3][4]

Core artists

Internet Player

One feature of the internet version is the ability to bias the player regarding how well known the artists played are. Another is to bias it toward artists from the Vinyl era or from the Rewind era.

References

  1. ^ P., John (5 January 2011). "Meet Ted Williams. Good Onya' Ted, do it well dude". oforchristsakes.wordpress.com. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. ^ Ted Williams meets Doral Chenoweth. MSNBC. Youtube. Retrieved 15 November 2013.[dead link]
  3. ^ Haring, Bruce (October 22, 2023). "Dusty Street Dies: Outspoken Rock DJ For SiriusXM, KROQ Was 77".
  4. ^ Pedersen, Erik (2023-12-18). "Jim Ladd Dies: Longtime Los Angeles & SiriusXM DJ Who Inspired Tom Petty Album Was 75". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-12-19.

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