I flew home from Tucson today; unlike Monday, I didn’t have to go through secondary security screening. *whew*

The flight (on Horizon) was very nice — in other words, I had an empty seat next to me and no one in front of me reclining the seat. It was too early in the day to have a beer (Bert Grant’s Deep Powder Winter Ale, from the Yakima Brewing and Malting Company), but I did give it careful consideration, because it had been quite tasty on Monday afternoon.

Perhaps the best part of the flight, though, was the time. My meeting wrapped up last night, so I changed my reservations and took an 11:10am flight out of Tucson (we actually were “wheels up” at 11:07!) and was home well before 2pm. And so I’ll be having dinner at home with my family instead of at an airport — much nicer!

For each channel, I’ve included a link to its home page on XM’s site; I’ve also predicted the grade I’ll give to each channel; I updated each channel’s listing after I visited it with my actual grade and with a link to my discussion of the channel in my blog. I’ve also written a Bootcamp Retrospective, complete with awards.

Date	Channel	Channel Name and Home Page	Category	Expected Grade	Actual Grade and Blog Link
1/6/2004	4	The 40s	Decades	C	B
1/7/2004	5	The 50s	Decades	B-	C
1/8/2004	6	The 60s	Decades	B-	A
1/9/2004	151	Laugh USA	Comedy	B	B
1/10/2004	121	Fox News	News
1/12/2004	28	On Broadway	Hits	B-	B
1/13/2004	7	The 70s	Decades	B	C
1/14/2004	22	The Mix	Hits	D-	C
1/15/2004	9	The 90s	Decades	D-	F
1/16/2004	21	KISS XM	Hits	F	F
1/17/2004	122	CNN	News
1/18/2004		Aguila (90)/Vibra(92)/Tejano (93)**	Latin
1/19/2004	169	The Power	Talk & Variety	D	D
1/20/2004	74	Bluesville	Jazz & Blues	C	B+
1/21/2004	65	The Rhyme	Urban	F	F
1/22/2004	48	SquiZZ	Rock	C	C+
1/23/2004	10	America	Country	C	B+
1/24/2004	123	CNN Headline	News
1/25/2004	30**	Special X	Hits		B
1/26/2004	161	Discovery Radio	Talk & Variety	C	B
1/27/2004	70	Real Jazz	Jazz & Blues	B	A-
1/28/2004	40	Deep Tracks	Rock	A	A
1/29/2004	113	XM Pops	Classical	A	A
1/30/2004	115	Radio Disney	Kids	C	D
1/31/2004	124	ABC News & Talk	News
2/2/2004	16	Highway 16	Country	C	C
2/3/2004	25	The Blend	Hits	C	B-
2/4/2004	53	Fungus	Rock	C+	C
2/5/2004	54	Lucy	Rock	C+	B-
2/6/2004	101	The Joint	World	C	C+
2/7/2004	125	Weather Channel	News
2/9/2004	162	E!	Talk & Variety	D	F
2/10/2004	13	Hank’s Place	Country	C	B+
2/11/2004	73	Frank’s Place	Jazz & Blues	C+	B+
2/12/2004	91	Caricia	Latin	C	C
2/13/2004	23	The Heart	Hits	C	C
2/14/2004	127	CNBC	News
2/16/2004	52	Unsigned	Rock	C-	C+
2/17/2004	61	The Flow	Urban	D	C
2/18/2004	8	The 80s	Decades	C-	B+
2/19/2004	82	The System	Dance	D	B-
2/20/2004	20	Top 20 On 20	Hits	F	F
2/21/2004	129	Bloomberg News	News
2/23/2004	165	Ask!	Talk & Variety	D	F
2/24/2004	50	The Loft	Rock	B	B+
2/25/2004	31	The Torch	Christian	F	F
2/26/2004	60	Soul Street	Urban	C	B
2/27/2004	51	XM Music Lab	Rock	C	B-
2/28/2004	130	MSNBC	News
3/1/2004	166	Buzz XM	Talk & Variety	D	F
3/2/2004	14	Bluegrass Junction	Country	C	A-
3/3/2004	67	The City	Urban	D	D
3/4/2004	80	The Move	Dance	D	D+
3/5/2004	156	VH-1 Radio	Talk & Variety	D	C-
3/6/2004	131	BBC World Service	News
3/8/2004	163	Sonic Theater	Talk & Variety	C	I
3/9/2004	44	Fred	Rock	C	B-
3/10/2004	64	The Groove	Urban	D	C-
3/11/2004	12	X Country	Country	C	B-
3/12/2004	32	The Fish	Christian	F	F
3/13/2004	132	C-Span	News
3/15/2004	27	Cinemagic	Hits	B	B
3/16/2004	72	Beyond Jazz	Jazz & Blues	B	B-
3/17/2004	15	The Village	Country	A	A
3/18/2004	116	XM Kids	Kids	C	C+
3/19/2004	24	Sunny	Hits	C	D
3/20/2004	134	CNN en Espanol	News
3/22/2004	164	Radio Classics	Talk & Variety	C	I
3/23/2004	110	XM Classics	Classical	A	A
3/24/2004	49	Fine Tuning	Rock	A	A
3/25/2004	83	Chrome	Dance	D	C+
3/26/2004	45	XM Cafe	Rock	C+	B
3/27/2004	140	ESPN Radio	Sports
3/29/2004	152	Extreme XM	Talk & Variety	D	F
3/30/2004	47	Ethel	Rock	C	C-
3/31/2004	66	Raw	Urban	F	F
4/1/2004	150	XM Comedy	Comedy	C	D
4/2/2004	42	XM Liquid Metal	Rock	D	F
4/3/2004	141	ESPNews	Sports
4/5/2004	171	Open Road	Talk & Variety	D	D-
4/6/2004	41	Boneyard	Rock	C	C-
4/7/2004	71	Watercolors	Jazz & Blues	B	B
4/8/2004	94	Caliente	Latin	C	C+
4/9/2004	170	Family Talk	Talk & Variety	D	F
4/10/2004	142	Fox Sports	Sports
4/12/2004	33	Spirit	Urban	F	C-
4/13/2004	102	Ngoma	World	D	C
4/14/2004	76	On The Rocks	Jazz & Blues	C+	B+
4/15/2004	46	Top Tracks	Rock	B+	B+
4/16/2004	11	Nashville!	Country	C	C
4/17/2004	143	Sporting News	Sports
4/19/2004	103	Audio Visions	World	B	B-
4/20/2004	81	BPM	Dance	D	B-
4/21/2004	29	U-Pop	Hits	C	C-
4/22/2004	100	World Zone	World	C	A-
4/23/2004	112	Vox!	Classical	B-	C
4/24/2004	144	NASCAR	Sports
4/26/2004	155	MTV Radio	Talk & Variety	D	D
4/27/2004	62	Suite 62	Urban	D	B-
4/28/2004	75	Luna	Jazz & Blues	C	A
4/29/2004	43	XMU	Rock	C	B-
4/30/2004	26	XM Live	Hits	C+	B-

** Channels removed 1 February 2004