SiriusXM’s Artist Channel Programming Is an Exercise in Male Privilege

variety.com:

Lily Moayeri On Jan. 27, in the thick of the Joe Rogan-Spotify rumble — which precipitated Neil Young’s exit from the streaming service — SiriusXM gleefully announced that its dedicated Young channel was returning.

The PR stunt seemed to accomplish what it had intended: to show that the 14-year-old broadcaster, with some 425 channels to its name, would stand behind the music and musicians upon which it built its platform.

But it also served as a stark reminder that so-called “artist channels” have given little real estate to female performers.Let’s have a look at the current lineup of SiriusXM stations.

From the top (channel 1), you have Pitbull’s “Globalization” channel at No. 13, the Beatles at 18, Bob Marley at 19, E Street Radio at 20, followed by Pearl Jam Radio (22), the Grateful Dead channel (23), Jimmy Buffet’s Radio Margaritaville (24), Phish (29), Dave Matthews Band (30), Tom Petty (31), U2 (32), Ozzy Osbourne (38), LL Cool J’s Rock the Bells (43), Eminem’s Shade 45 (45), Diplo’s Revolution (52), Garth Brooks’ (55) and Willie Nelson’s (59) channels, Siriusly Sinatra (70) and Elvis Radio (75).