Did they take Skanorrhea off the air?

So I know the channel Fungus on XM died a few years ago but apparently some of the weekly shows (like Skanorrhea) got reincarnated on Faction on Sirius/XM:

"Skanorreha! Thursdays 12 am ETWe serve ska in concentrated doses for Skanorreha! Along with groups like Streetlight Manifesto, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish and Big D & the Kids Table we throw in legends like The Specials, Selecter and The Skatalites. Perfect when you wanna skank with a skank." from Faction's Website

I've never had Sirius or XM until recently (I got a new car with a 6 month subscription) and was really excited that there was some form of weekly ska show on the radio. But when I listened in (Wednesday night 9pm PST) nothing that resembled ska was being played. What gives? Anyone know?

Tags: Faction, Fungus, Sirius, Skanorrhea, XM, radio

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Permalink Reply by Ska Bob on February 26, 2011 at 12:03am

I use to listen to it back around 2006 to about 2008 until the channel got dropped. I never heard of it coming back on the air, but I dont have XM anymore so maybe I missed it. Back in the day it was on at 9am and 5pm pacific time I think. The playlists were not very fresh and they only had about 20 ska cd's its seemed like, most of the songs were from mid 90's comp albums with maybe 1 new album added every few months.

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Permalink Reply by C-Note! on March 11, 2011 at 3:15am

Yeah, apparently the website was wrong and it airs Thursday at 9 to 9:30 (PST)

It's pretty short and there's not even a DJ introducing the songs (I always thought it would be cool if someone like Dicky Barrett hosted a show like this). It's about 8-10 songs split up by pre-recorded "you are listening to skanorrhea" type jingles and bits (that are probably used week after week). I don't really know what I was expecting, but it didn't live up to my expectations.