XM Radio Canada - XM Radio Canada Content

XM Radio Canada Content

XM Radio Canada offers listeners 130 channels, including 100% commercial-free music as well as news, talk, sports and children's programming across Canada via satellite. XM Radio Canada also offers every NHL hockey game, as it is the exclusive broadcaster of the NHL games starting in the 2007-2008 season. As of September 2007, XM Radio Canada now offers every Major League Baseball game, the IRL, select college sports, and the PGA Tour Network along with the NHL. The company programs, produces, and distributes thirteen new Canadian channels (eight in English and five in French) with formats such as music, sports, comedy, and news, in addition to the existing XM service. XM Radio Canada uses the existing 2 XM satellites: Rhythm and Blues, as well as a system of ground repeaters across Canada to broadcast a subscription radio service to Canadians. For a complete list of channels, please visit List of XM Satellite Radio channels.

XM Radio Canada currently programs the following on-air channels for XM Satellite Radio.

• The Verge (XM87) - New and emerging Canadian rock music. This channel sticks to the up and coming talent and does not play the more established Canadian rock artists. Broadcast in (English).
• Air Musique (XM88) - New and emerging music. Broadcast in (French).
• Sur La Route (XM89) - Pop hits. Broadcast in (French).
• XM Scoreboard (XM95) - Channel for sports scores of current games, as well as schedules and updates. Broadcast in (English).
• Canada 360 (XM96) - Looping news and information reel that covers news, business, and other forms of information for Canada. Broadcast in (English).
• Calendrier Sportif (XM97) - Sports information channel. Broadcast in (French).
• Quoi de Neuf (XM125) - Looping reel that covers art and entertainment news and information as well as news, business, and other forms of information for Canada. Broadcast in (French).
• Laugh Attack (XM153) - Canadian stand-up and comedy routines. Like XM's now-defunct XM Comedy and the succeeding Raw Dog Comedy, this channel is completely uncensored. Broadcast in (English).
• ATN-Asian Radio (XM159) - South Asian Programming produced by ATN. Broadcast majority in (English).
• Radio Parallèle (XM172) - News, talk, information and entertainment channel that features Jeff Fillion's show. Broadcast in (French).
• MLB Home Plate Info (XM179) - Major League Baseball information, scores, updates and short specials are produced for this channel, and loop on the other MLB play-by-play channels occasionally when out of service. Broadcast in (English).
• NHL Home Ice (XM204) - National Hockey League talk and play by play. Features hockey talk and programming in the daytime hours and games in the nighttime hours. XM Radio is the exclusive broadcaster of the NHL. Broadcast in (English).
• NHL Play-by-Play (XM205-209) - National Hockey League play by play. These channels are programmed and scheduled by XM Radio Canada. XM Radio Canada also produces special content for the channels during their downtime, as well as sports updates, known as NHL Home Ice Info. All broadcast in (English).