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{{Infobox Radio Station |
{{Infobox radio station
name = Escape|
| name = Escape
image = [[File:Escape logo.svg|200px]]|
| logo = Escape logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
area = [[United States]]<br>[[Canada]]|
| area = [[United States]]<br>[[Canada]]
branding = |
| branding =
slogan = ''An Escape Into Tranquility''|
airdate = April 17, 2006|
| airdate = August 26, 2002 (as SUNNY)
frequency = [[Sirius XM Radio]] 751|
| frequency = [[Sirius XM Radio]] 149<br>[[DISH Network]] 6069
format = [[Beautiful Music]]/[[Easy Listening]]|
| format = [[Beautiful Music]]/[[Easy Listening]]
owner = [[Sirius XM Radio]]|
| owner = [[Sirius XM Radio]]
class = Satellite Radio Station|
| class = Satellite Radio Station
website = [http://www.siriusxm.com/escape SiriusXM: Escape]|
| website = [http://www.siriusxm.com/escape SiriusXM: Escape]
}}
}}
'''Escape''' is a [[Sirius XM Satellite Radio]] music channel, formerly available on [[XM Satellite Radio|XM]] channel 69,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-1524_XM_WebLUs_5_4.pdf|title=XM Channel Lineup|date=2011-05-02|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]] channel 69<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-1524_SIR_WebLUs_5_4.pdf|title=Sirius Channel Lineup|date=2011-05-02|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> and [[DISH Network]] channel 6069,<ref>[http://www.dishnetwork.com/packages/detail.aspx?pack=AEP DISH Network channel list] Retrieved on 2008-11-14</ref> and now available online and through a [[mobile app]].<ref name=online/>
'''Escape''' is a [[Sirius XM Satellite Radio]] music channel, available on [[XM Satellite Radio|XM]] channel 149,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-1524_XM_WebLUs_5_4.pdf |title=XM Channel Lineup |date=2011-05-02 |access-date=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516010434/http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-1524_XM_WebLUs_5_4.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-16 }}</ref> [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]] channel 149<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-1524_SIR_WebLUs_5_4.pdf|title=Sirius Channel Lineup|date=2011-05-02|access-date=2011-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516004302/http://www.siriusxm.com/pdf/11-1524_SIR_WebLUs_5_4.pdf|archive-date=2011-05-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[DISH Network]] channel 6069,<ref>[http://www.dishnetwork.com/packages/detail.aspx?pack=AEP DISH Network channel list] Retrieved on 2008-11-14</ref> as well as online and via a [[mobile app]].<ref name=Online/>


The channel is described as "Easy, Instrumental and vocal favorites and the great popular melodies popular over the last sixty years", and plays a [[beautiful music]] format featuring music from such instrumental artists as [[Henry Mancini]], [[Chet Atkins]], [[Bert Kaempfert]], [[Richard Clayderman]], [[Ferrante & Teicher]], [[Geoff Love]], [[Jackie Gleason]], [[Andre Kostelanetz]], [[Paul Mauriat]], and [[Percy Faith]], as well as vocalists such as [[Andy Williams]], [[Anne Murray]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Perry Como]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[The Carpenters]]. The original program director for Escape was Marlin Taylor, a veteran beautiful music programmer for many stations and program syndicators such as Bonneville. Taylor retired in August 2015, following the channel's removal from the satellite lineup.
Escape features a [[beautiful music]] format, described as "Easy instrumental arrangements of the great melodies of the past 80 years with a touch of vocal", and plays a music from such instrumental artists as [[101 Strings]], [[Hollyridge Strings]], [[Henry Mancini]], [[Chet Atkins]], [[Bert Kaempfert]], [[Franck Pourcel]], [[Richard Clayderman]], [[Ferrante & Teicher]], [[Geoff Love]], [[Jackie Gleason]], [[Andre Kostelanetz]], [[Paul Mauriat]], and [[Percy Faith]], as well as vocalists such as [[Andy Williams]], [[Anne Murray]], [[Barry Manilow]], [[Perry Como]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[The Carpenters]].


XM had previously featured the beautiful music format on [[The Pink Channel|Sunny]], channel 24. In early 2006, the Sunny channel, which was owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], changed formats and started airing commercial interruptions as the result of an arbitration settlement with Clear Channel. Due to the format change of Sunny and the commercial interruptions, XM created the Escape channel (channel 78, prior to the Sirius-XM merger, and channel 28 after) as a commercial-free beautiful music channel. After the merger with Sirius in 2008, Escape started incorporating more vocal tracks into its playlist (to compensate for the loss of Sirius' more [[adult contemporary music#soft adult contemporary|soft-AC]] based [[Movin' Easy]] channel), but these were reduced after complaints.
XM had previously featured the beautiful music format on Sunny, channel 24. In early 2006, the Sunny channel, which was owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], changed formats and started airing commercial interruptions as the result of an arbitration settlement with Clear Channel. Due to the format change of Sunny and the commercial interruptions, XM created the Escape channel (channel 78, prior to the Sirius-XM merger, and channel 28 after) as a commercial-free beautiful music channel. After the merger with Sirius in 2008, Escape started incorporating more vocal tracks into its playlist (to compensate for the loss of Sirius' more [[adult contemporary music#Soft adult contemporary|soft-AC]] based [[Movin' Easy]] channel), but these were quickly reduced after complaints.


As of February 9, 2010, [[DirecTV]] dropped [[Sirius XM]] programming in favor of SonicTap.
As of February 9, 2010, [[DirecTV]] dropped [[Sirius XM]] programming in favor of SonicTap.


Escape has occasionally been pre-empted in favor of special programming, as for a seasonal "Radio [[Hanukkah]]" format in 2009 and 2010, and a "Live Rock [[Labor Day]] Weekend" format in 2010.
Escape has occasionally been pre-empted in favor of special programming, as for a seasonal "Radio [[Hanukkah]]" format in 2009 and 2010, and a "Live Rock [[Labor Day]] Weekend" format in 2010.


On August 13, 2015, despite much protest, Escape was dropped from radios and Dish Network and became available only on channel 751, accessible to online users, and to users of the SiriusXM mobile application through a special subscription.<ref name=online>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/escape|title=Sirius XM Escape Home Page|accessdate=2015-08-02}}</ref>
On August 13, 2015, Escape was dropped from radios and DISH Network and became available only on channel 751, accessible to online users, and to users of the SiriusXM mobile application through a special subscription.<ref name=Online>{{cite web|url=https://www.siriusxm.com/channelupdate/faqs|title=Channel Update FAQs|access-date=2015-09-11|archive-date=2015-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909060505/http://www.siriusxm.com/channelupdate/faqs|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Home>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/escape|title=Sirius XM Escape Home Page|access-date=2015-08-02}}</ref> The channel's creator, [[Marlin Taylor]], veteran radio programmer for many stations and program syndicators such as Bonneville and known as "the father of the beautiful music format," retired shortly afterward.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/SXMEscape/photos/a.1387272371548319.1073741828.1387215331554023/1624812744460946/?type=1&theater Sirius XM Escape Facebook post - August 28, 2015]</ref> Escape was restored to Channel 69 on the satellite lineup on September 15, 2015 (on XM-based radios) and October 7, 2015 (on Sirius-based radios). It returned to the DISH Network lineup on November 12, 2015.

As of Wednesday, June 7. 2023, Escape was moved to channel 149 on SiriusXM.

==Core artists==
*[[Frank Chacksfield]]
*[[101 Strings]]
*[[Ronnie Aldrich]]
*[[Percy Faith]]
*[[Tommy Garrett (musician)|Tommy Garrett]]
*[[Franck Pourcel]]
*[[Tony Mottola]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=28 XM Escape Website]
* [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=28 XM Escape Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217102945/http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=28 |date=2008-12-17 }}


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[[Category:Digital-only radio stations]]
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[[Category:XM Satellite Radio channels]]
[[Category:XM Satellite Radio channels]]
[[Category:Easy listening radio stations]]
[[Category:Easy listening radio stations]]

Latest revision as of 22:19, 6 September 2024

Escape
Broadcast areaUnited States
Canada
FrequencySirius XM Radio 149
DISH Network 6069
Programming
FormatBeautiful Music/Easy Listening
Ownership
OwnerSirius XM Radio
History
First air date
August 26, 2002 (as SUNNY)
Technical information
ClassSatellite Radio Station
Links
WebsiteSiriusXM: Escape

Escape is a Sirius XM Satellite Radio music channel, available on XM channel 149,[1] Sirius channel 149[2] and DISH Network channel 6069,[3] as well as online and via a mobile app.[4]

Escape features a beautiful music format, described as "Easy instrumental arrangements of the great melodies of the past 80 years with a touch of vocal", and plays a music from such instrumental artists as 101 Strings, Hollyridge Strings, Henry Mancini, Chet Atkins, Bert Kaempfert, Franck Pourcel, Richard Clayderman, Ferrante & Teicher, Geoff Love, Jackie Gleason, Andre Kostelanetz, Paul Mauriat, and Percy Faith, as well as vocalists such as Andy Williams, Anne Murray, Barry Manilow, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand and The Carpenters.

XM had previously featured the beautiful music format on Sunny, channel 24. In early 2006, the Sunny channel, which was owned by Clear Channel Communications, changed formats and started airing commercial interruptions as the result of an arbitration settlement with Clear Channel. Due to the format change of Sunny and the commercial interruptions, XM created the Escape channel (channel 78, prior to the Sirius-XM merger, and channel 28 after) as a commercial-free beautiful music channel. After the merger with Sirius in 2008, Escape started incorporating more vocal tracks into its playlist (to compensate for the loss of Sirius' more soft-AC based Movin' Easy channel), but these were quickly reduced after complaints.

As of February 9, 2010, DirecTV dropped Sirius XM programming in favor of SonicTap.

Escape has occasionally been pre-empted in favor of special programming, as for a seasonal "Radio Hanukkah" format in 2009 and 2010, and a "Live Rock Labor Day Weekend" format in 2010.

On August 13, 2015, Escape was dropped from radios and DISH Network and became available only on channel 751, accessible to online users, and to users of the SiriusXM mobile application through a special subscription.[4][5] The channel's creator, Marlin Taylor, veteran radio programmer for many stations and program syndicators such as Bonneville and known as "the father of the beautiful music format," retired shortly afterward.[6] Escape was restored to Channel 69 on the satellite lineup on September 15, 2015 (on XM-based radios) and October 7, 2015 (on Sirius-based radios). It returned to the DISH Network lineup on November 12, 2015.

As of Wednesday, June 7. 2023, Escape was moved to channel 149 on SiriusXM.

Core artists

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References

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  1. ^ "XM Channel Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  2. ^ "Sirius Channel Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  3. ^ DISH Network channel list Retrieved on 2008-11-14
  4. ^ a b "Channel Update FAQs". Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  5. ^ "Sirius XM Escape Home Page". Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  6. ^ Sirius XM Escape Facebook post - August 28, 2015
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