Is there a classical music option on Stingray?

There are five classical music channels on Stingray

They're not options in my listing guide (didn't see them scrolling or by using the Search function). I'm in the Chicago area and Stingray just went live. 

These classical channels are not an option on my system as well. As someone who listened to the Classical channels EVERY DAY, I'm very upset about this!!!

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@maggienoir wrote:

These classical channels are not an option on my system as well. As someone who listened to the Classical channels EVERY DAY, I'm very upset about this!!!

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They are all in the app on 1531, so you do have them, even if you don't have the channels. 😉

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Why wouldn't they add it as a channel option? Much easier to navigate that way!!

Thanks, Chris. As long as it works, I don't much care what I have to click to get it.

Agree completely with AndyFi. 

The channels I see include music of France, Italy, Poland, India, and in Farsi and Cantonese, among others.  If I want to select my type of music (happens to be classical), I have to go through the whole "App" procedure.  Why are 17 of the 75 music channels featuring music that aren't even from my continent?  The logical approach would be to include "major" categories, or at least a few, on the default channels, and make the more eclectic ones available through Apps.  As it is, there's FAR more versions of some music styles than are needed, while others are completely ignored.

Who came up with this absurd lineup?

Here's the problem:

while you may be albe to find a channel "only on Stingray", the problem is that it's so hard to find, and when you do, it's unnecessarily complex to get to it.  Try flipping between selections that aren't on the basic channels--I dare you.  I used to just use the "last" button to switch between my two favorites.

The impression given is that music from all over the world, in multiple languages, is of more importance to your customers than any music they may prefer.  It is not good business practice to bludgeon your customers, particularly in light of the number of alternatives available.  Not smart, ATT&T / Stingray.

Forget about using the channels and go straight to the Stingray App.

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@Wildcat54 wrote:

Here's the problem:

 

while you may be albe to find a channel "only on Stingray", the problem is that it's so hard to find, and when you do, it's unnecessarily complex to get to it.  Try flipping between selections that aren't on the basic channels--I dare you.  I used to just use the "last" button to switch between my two favorites.

 

The impression given is that music from all over the world, in multiple languages, is of more importance to your customers than any music they may prefer.  It is not good business practice to bludgeon your customers, particularly in light of the number of alternatives available.  Not smart, ATT&T / Stingray.

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I agree. Over the past few years, they've really pushed these apps out. It would be great if the music channels just started playing. I pity those who have boxes set up to their home stereo systems without a TV hooked up.

@Wildcat54:  I totally agree with you in regards to UX design.

the way I added it is I clicked up to highlight (in blue) the heading where there is the name of the channel (eg. Baroque in my case) where is a little drop down triangle to the right of it.   I clicked OK and a menu came down and selected "Add to My Channels"

while I agree the convenience of the direct channels is gone, I'm finding having access to a sub-genres of Classical music very nice and willing to dismiss UX issues for now.

I hope they create a way to assign an unused music channel # to a Stingray channel favorite and keep everyone happy!