Today, Bootcamp visited The Torch, which is the first channel in XM’s Christian neighborhood.

I had considered skipping these channels, since I’m Jewish and have no interest in the message that these channels are preaching, but I decided to tune in anyway and hear what the music sounded like as music, independent of the content.

So, with that disclaimer, let me say that listening to The Torch reminded me a lot of my visits to KISS-XM and Top 20 on 20. I’m giving it the same rating I gave those channels, too. And, like those channels, I won’t be back.

The Loft is yet another channel which attracted me to XM, and yet another channel I hadn’t gotten around to spending any time with before Bootcamp.

I have mixed feelings about this channel — I enjoyed the music and the comments from the knowledgeable and personable DJs, but I would have enjoyed them even more if I’d been able to focus on the radio instead of work; as it was, the channel was somewhat distracting.

So I’ll be back, but probably at a time when I can pay attention to the music instead of other things.