Sirius XM Deep Tracks moved (2024)

Deep Tracks now streams on channel 308. I hope they didn't remove it from the sat rad as that's my go to station as well in my truck.

One of the stations I like is Yacht Rock, which used to be channel 14, but moved to channel 311. No big deal, right? Except that my "new" 2018 Buick Encore Infotainment system tuner will only go to channel 235 for Sirius XM! Sure, I can listen to Yacht Rock by connecting through the APP on my iPhone, but I really don't want to for just one station! Another channel that just moved is The Blend, which went from channel 17 to 27. Not a problem, as it's programmed as a "favorite" in my Encore, so changed automatically!

My car came with a trial subscription that they neglected to turn off for well over a year.
It was cool driving from upstate NY to Indy (and back) for MotoGP and never changing the radio station.

It's not just basically bricking multiple devices for my purposes (Deep Tracks) it's the disrespect to what has always been one of the most important channels on the service.

A ton of crap must have moved, both my wife's and my XM in our cars is displaying either new or blank channels.

Maybe cassettes will make a comeback

Well I won't have to worry about renewing my sirius subscription when it comes up. I can confirm that deep tracks is now a streaming only channel. Channel line up in my truck goes from 308 to 310 and 309 isn't even listed.

Raise hell if it matters to you. There is a spot on their site for programming input. They could fix this immediately. There's still enough of us to matter if they know we care.

Both of our cars can still get Deep Tracks. Channel 308 as noted earlier.

Agree it seems like all the good channels disappear or change to streaming Sirius only. They bumped “The Joint” (reggae) to stream and the Bob Marley channel has way too much hip hop for my definition of reggae. Frankly the dj style of presentation borders on classic radio, not ad free subscription content. My wife purchased a one year subscription for my car I’m not likely to rene.

I listen to the Bridge quite a bit too, it moved. I noticed the day before it moved that they really played excellent song choices. Today it was just ok, back to the normal hit and miss. Still a good channel for out in the garage.

The Bridge is better than it needs to be for it's intended purpose. It occasionally surprises and they don't play junk. Comfortable when I'm in the mood to wind down. It just does not belong in it's spot. Deep Tracks does.

It seems they want everyone to app up.

I'm so ancient I still listen in the car on a Delphi SKYFi2 from back when it was technically just XM before the merger. From the debut of satellite in the early 2000s, niche channels have disappeared, but can't say I saw Deep Tracks going away just yet.

With streaming taking over, the XM and Sirius satellites are destined to burn up in the atmosphere. Plus satellite radio can't track you. New cars with internet know everywhere you go and everything you listen to.