Willie's Roadhouse (formerly Willie's Place) is a channel on the
Sirius XM Radio
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that specializes in playing traditional
country music
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, as well as some older country hit songs. It is available on channel 59 (previously 56) and
Dish Network
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6059 (previously 6056), until
The Highway
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Highway may also refer to:
Roads in England
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took Willie's Roadhouse's former spot.
Until July 10, 2006, this channel was called "Hank's Place", named for
Hank Williams
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. When this was announced, XM did not explain why the name was changed. Since then, however,
Willie Nelson's face has appeared in print
advertising
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for XM, meaning that he has signed an
endorsement deal, like those earlier signed by
Bob Dylan
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and
Snoop Dogg
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, as well as many other celebrity figures in all walks of life (e.g.
Oprah Winfrey
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and
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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).
It has since been announced that Nelson has taken over part ownership of the channel.
A program featuring
cowboy poetry
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Authorship
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airs on Sunday nights.
On May 4, 2011, the channel was merged with
The Roadhouse
''The Roadhouse'' was a Classic Country radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 62, XM Satellite Radio channel 10 and DISH Network channel 6062. As of February 9, 2010, Direct TV
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to make ''Willie's Roadhouse''. As part of the merger, and in conjunction with the end of the
Nashville!
Nashville! was a commercial radio channel on XM Satellite Radio. It was located on XM 57(previously 11) and plays a wide range of country music hits from the early 1990s through today. The channel was programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Advertisin ...
channel, the
Grand Ole Opry
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moved its broadcasts to Willie's Roadhouse.
In 2018, it was announced that country artist
Jeannie Seely
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would host a segment of the show on Sunday afternoons. "Iām so glad Jeannie Seely is on the Roadhouse. She is a good friend and will do a great job," commented Nelson.
See also
*
Willie's Place
Willie's Place was a truck stop and biodiesel processing plant located in Carl's Corner, Texas that was opened in 2005 and named after Willie Nelson. The facility was originally built circa 1980 by Carl Cornelius and named Carl's Corner. Willie ...
ā A former
truck stop
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named after Willie Nelson
References
External links
Willie's Roadhouse
{{SiriusXM Channels (music)
Willie Nelson
Sirius Satellite Radio channels
XM Satellite Radio channels
Sirius XM Radio channels
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2001