Is the Sirius Satellite Radio music station playlist available online anywhere?

November 6, 2006 2:19 PM

Are the playlists for Sirius Radio music channels available online anywhere?
posted by felix to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

I know how you could acquire it, but not how you would find it right now. If you have any programming capabilities, you could use the same stream that the Yahoo Widget that listens to Sirius Radio online. Just document each song as it's played.

Barring having to do that, I eagerly await someone to actually answer the question as well.
posted by thanotopsis at 2:54 PM on November 6, 2006

First Wave's Playlist:

1. Morrissey
2. Depeche Mode
3. The Smiths
4. Repeat 1, 2 or 3.
posted by Lucinda at 5:25 PM on November 6, 2006

Best answer: Dogstar Radio has Now Playing, Most Played, and Playlist Search features that might produce the information you're looking for.
posted by xiojason at 6:26 PM on November 6, 2006

Best answer: They also have an RSS feed for Now Playing data and a bunch of other interesting data for tracking what's played on Sirius.

The Most Played data is probably what you're wanting, although you could scrape the Now Playing page or use the RSS feed and track it yourself. Or if you're trying to track down a song played at a particular time on a particular channel, the Playlist Search is your best bet.

Whoever runs that site borders on the obsessive.
posted by xiojason at 6:31 PM on November 6, 2006

In order for broadcasters to get the statutory royalty rates, they must not pre-announce the songs that will be playing. The music industry got this put into law because they believed that home listeners would tape songs off the radio if they knew what was coming up.

So, don't blame Sirius for not publishing their playlist - blame the RIAA and Congress.
posted by jellicle at 8:49 PM on November 6, 2006

SiriusBackstage is another site with Now Playing and Song Search features.
posted by loc-dogg at 11:37 AM on November 7, 2006