'60s Gold, formerly known as The '60s on 6 or The '60s, is a commercial-free,

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station on the

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platform. It plays music from the

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. Airing on XM since 2001, the channel became available to

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subscribers replacing '60s Vibrations on November 12, 2008, following the merger of the two companies. The station currently broadcasts on channel 73 of both services, as well as on

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channel 6073. Like the other decades channels, '60s Gold works to recreate the feel of 1960s radio. They use similar DJs, classic

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jingles, period slang, and news updates. The channel was also used for XM's annual rock and roll hits music chronology, '' IT''. The logo features a

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for the zero in its logo. As of 2008, The '60s on 6 was the fifth most listened to station on the XM service, with a cume of 581,300 listeners per week, according to

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analysis.

Post Sirius XM merger

With the merger of many Sirius XM channels on November 12, 2008, there were some changes to 60s on 6. The channel's playlist, which had once exceeded 3,000 songs was sliced to emphasize Top 10 hits more, with most of the lower-charting tracks as well as many of the

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and

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hits of the era removed and abandoned from the rotation. Pat Clarke, who helmed the channel since the 2004 departure of Program Director and channel creator, Cleveland Wheeler, was dismissed along with another disk jockey, Marty "with the Party" Thompson. Phlash Phelps and Terry "Motormouth" Young were spared, and "Broadway" Bill Lee and Mike Kelly joined the airstaff. Lee eventually moved to the

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channel.

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began a live Saturday all-request show. Wolfman Jack was moved into an early afternoon block, and was eventually eliminated altogether, along with other channel fixtures such as the Sonic Sound Salute, Sweet Sixteen Music Machine countdown, and '' Chickenman''. The classic PAMS jingles were edited to remove references to XM Radio, or jingles not referencing XM were used. In the summer of 2009, PAMS produced a new set of jingles based on its Series 31, "Music Explosion" for the channel. Prior to the merger, it was the only XM channel to not change its zero in the logo, since it has always been a

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. All decades channels changed logos, whereas this channel, along with the

'40s on 4 40s Junction'' is a commercial-free music channel on the Sirius XM Radio platform, broadcasting on channel 73; as well as '' Dish Network'' channel 6073. The channel mainly airs big band, swing, and hit parade music from 1936 to 1949, with ...

and the

are updated logos from their predecessors. The last logo for The '60s on 6 was the same, but "The" is phased out on the left, and adds the "on 6" info at the right. In October 2021, SiriusXM announced that the station would move to channel 73 on the SiriusXM service on November 3, and that the station's name would simultaneously change to '60s Gold.

Notable hosts

Phlash Phelps Gordon "Phlash" Phelps (born April 11, 1966) is a radio personality and disc jockey on Sirius-XM Radio, broadcasting from Washington, D.C. He hosts the weekday morning drive time ''Phlash Phelps Phunny Pharm'' on the '60s Gold, channel 73, w ...

Pat St. John Pat St. John (born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. He began his radio career on Windsor, Ontario's CKLW (800 AM) in 1969 and 1970, followed by WKNR (1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed by WRIF FM ...

"Shotgun Tom" Kelly Thomas Joseph Irwin (born August 8, 1949), known professionally as "Shotgun Tom" Kelly, is an American radio and television personality, two-time Emmy award winner, '' Billboard'' Air Personality of the Year winner and recipient of a star on th ...

Core artists

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* The Four Seasons *

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The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful ...

Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits—including the electric remix of " ...

* Hermans Hermits *

Four Tops The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit who helped to define the city's Motown sound of the 1960s. The group's repertoire has included soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes. Founded as the ...

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References

External links

SiriusXM: '60s Gold
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