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d an entire day just writing down names of women who have plenty of songs you already play on other stations.</p><p id="9634">If you ONLY played the catalogs of just a handful of them—let’s say: Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Barbara Streisand, Rihanna, Whitney Houston and Beyoncé—you could legitimately have a solid week’s worth of playlists. And plenty of hits in the mix.</p><p id="4e4e"><a href="https://www.billboard.com/women-in-music">Just ask Billboard</a>: Here, a couple lists: (<a href="https://www.billboard.com/women-in-music">billboard.com/women-in-music</a>)</p><div id="c7b5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-songs-by-women"> <div> <div> <h2>Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs by Women </h2> <div><h3>The Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Songs by Women & Billboard 200 Albums by Women, as well as their respective Artists…</h3></div> <div><p>www.billboard.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*HbghzMQvnSqxJORz.)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="0c6f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-hot-100-women-artists"> <div> <div> <h2>Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Women Artists </h2> <div><h3>The Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 Songs by Women & Billboard 200 Albums by Women, as well as their respective Artists…</h3></div> <div><p>www.billboard.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*MVX0noudAM9y3PtZ.)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="c83d">I am not even saying you have to only play music sung by women. (Btw, there’s plenty! Did you see those lists at <a href="https://www.billboard.com/women-in-music">billboard.com/women-in-music</a>?) I’d be okay if you added music <b><i>by</i></b> female songwriters if you felt the need to inject some testosterone into every channel. I don’t know your business model.</p><p id="495b">If for no other reason, I implore you to make a channel for me (and I’m certain a few others may listen in) so I don’t have to FIND a female vocalist for my daughter while I’m driving. She may only be four years old, but she could one day be your boss. Let’s make her happy now.</p><figure id="32ee"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*GUkb-LGhUZ-e5Hc6oeePIQ.png"><figcaption>actual <a href="https://medium.com/pull-quotes-of-a-4-year-old/">quote from my daughter</a>, li

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Hey Sirius XM, Can I Get Just ONE Music Channel About Women?

I love music. My wife and daughter as well. I never dreamed I’d pay for radio, but…

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As a paying subscriber of Sirius XM for almost two years now, I don’t imagine “going back.” I love the wonderful (basically ad-free) satellite stream that fills our car rides every day. It’s a luxury, but one that is worth it for the sheer variety of music alone — and that’s not even including the comedy, talk, news and other audio content I have readily available at my fingertips.

Last summer you ran a special “Limited Edition” channel for “Yacht Rock” — which was amazing! Who doesn’t love rolling down the windows and blasting “Yah Mo B There” or anything with Loggins? (No, Siriusly who? I don’t want to know them). Anyway, I realized with the exception of maybe Tennille of “Captain &…” fame, it may have just as well been called The S.S. Sausagefest. It was song after song of JUST dudes.

It made me think, in the time I have been a subscriber, I only recalled one female singer (Barbara Streisand) ever being the focus of one of those special “Limited” runs. I’m not even saying a full 24/7 channel dedicated to one artist.

Those, by the way, are STRICTLY for dudes it appears: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, The Grateful Dead and Garth Brooks. Add Neil Diamond and Tom Petty if you include the additional channels available on streaming devices. (I’ll exclude your stations that are named for other music men: Jimmy Buffett, Steven Van Zandt, Ozzy Osbourne, Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Eminem, Kirk Franklin, B.B. King and Frank Sinatra.)

Then it hit me, you have a station named “Venus!” A word which, in every other facet of popular culture (the goddess, the book Men are from Mars…, the clothing line, the ancient Greek statue, the tennis star, even the shaving product) evokes one meaning: Woman. But no, not even Venus is about women.

Because the 17 other “Pop” channels you cannot “move to?”

I’m not understanding this. It’s certainly not for lack of options.

Do you need a list of female recording artists?

I don’t have the resources you guys do, but I could probably spend an entire day just writing down names of women who have plenty of songs you already play on other stations.

If you ONLY played the catalogs of just a handful of them—let’s say: Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Barbara Streisand, Rihanna, Whitney Houston and Beyoncé—you could legitimately have a solid week’s worth of playlists. And plenty of hits in the mix.

Just ask Billboard: Here, a couple lists: (billboard.com/women-in-music)

I am not even saying you have to only play music sung by women. (Btw, there’s plenty! Did you see those lists at billboard.com/women-in-music?) I’d be okay if you added music by female songwriters if you felt the need to inject some testosterone into every channel. I don’t know your business model.

If for no other reason, I implore you to make a channel for me (and I’m certain a few others may listen in) so I don’t have to FIND a female vocalist for my daughter while I’m driving. She may only be four years old, but she could one day be your boss. Let’s make her happy now.

actual quote from my daughter, like almost daily now

Thanks,

Ernio Hernandez Father. Husband. Son. Brother. Uncle. Cousin. Godfather. Friend. Neighbor. To, yes, WOMEN. (They’ve kinda been around.)

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