Kids Place Live

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Kids Place Live
Sirius XM Radio Kids Place Live Logo.png
Broadcast area United States
Canada
Frequency Sirius XM 134
BrandingKids Place Live
Programming
Format Children's radio
Ownership
Owner Sirius XM Radio
History
First air date
2001-09-25
Former frequencies
Sirius XM 78
Technical information
Class Satellite Radio Station
Links
Website Official website
Former XM Logo as XM Kids XM Kids.JPG
Former XM Logo as XM Kids

Kids Place Live is a Sirius XM Radio station on channel 134, [1] that is the result of a merger between XM Kids and Kids Stuff. This was a result of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approving the acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holding, Inc. by Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. on July 29, 2008, 17 months after the companies first proposed the merger. Until February 9, 2010, DirecTV carried this on channel 868, but dropped Sirius XM programming in favor of going to MusicTap. The channel name was changed on 2008-11-12. [2]

Contents

Artists that are on the playlist include Andrew & Polly, The Brak Show, Tom Chapin, Parry Gripp, The Okee Dokee Brothers, Danny Weinkauf, Randy Kaplan, They Might Be Giants, The Pop Ups, Frances England, Recess Monkey, Emma Roberts, Justin Roberts, Rocknoceros, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, SpongeBob SquarePants, SteveSongs, The Story Pirates, Trout Fishing in America, The Wiggles and "Weird Al" Yankovic. [3]

layoffs

The channel's staff was reduced throughout 2023 and 2024 and now consists of mostly[ vague ] automated music.

Characters

There are several animal characters that previously appeared during "The Animal Farm with Kenny Curtis" that interacted with callers on the show and Kenny Curtis. The featured animals included: Dirk, the fourth and forgotten Chipmunk; Forrest Skunk, a kid version of Forrest Gump; Greg the tree sloth; Lufa the Porcupine; Bear E. White, a polar bear; and Lorenzo Llama, who has a strong fear of being touched. These characters were abruptly removed from programming along with Kenny Curtis' show in February, 2024.

Programming

Current Programming [4]

Former Programming

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References

  1. "Kids Place Live". SiriusXM. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  2. "SIRIUS XM Radio Announces New Channel Lineups". Press Release. Sirius XM Radio. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
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  4. "Kids Place Live on SiriusXM".
  5. "How Mindy Thomas Became Your Kids' Favorite Podcast Star". The Washingtonian.
  6. "Weird But True! Hits the Airwaves". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019.
  7. "Interview with Jack Forman, the leader of the band 'Recess Monkey'".