With the merger of many Sirius XM channels on November 12, 2008, there were some changes to 60s on 6. The channel's playlist, which had once exceeded 3,000 songs was sliced to emphasize Top 10 hits more, with most of the lower-charting tracks as well as many of the
crossover and
novelty hits of the era removed and abandoned from the rotation. Pat Clarke, who helmed the channel since the 2004 departure of Program Director and channel creator, Cleveland Wheeler, was dismissed along with another disk jockey, Marty "with the Party" Thompson. Phlash Phelps and Terry "Motormouth" Young were spared, and "Broadway" Bill Lee and Mike Kelly joined the airstaff. Lee eventually moved to the
'70s on 7 channel.
Cousin Brucie began a live Saturday all-request show. Wolfman Jack was moved into an early afternoon block, and was eventually eliminated altogether, along with other channel fixtures such as the Sonic Sound Salute, Sweet Sixteen Music Machine countdown, and
Chickenman. The classic PAMS jingles were edited to remove references to XM Radio, or jingles not referencing XM were used. In the summer of 2009, PAMS produced a new set of jingles based on its Series 31, "Music Explosion" for the channel. Prior to the merger, it was the only XM channel to not change its zero in the logo, since it has always been a
peace sign. All decades channels changed logos, whereas this channel, along with the
'40s on 4 and the
'70s on 7 are updated logos from their predecessors. The last logo for The '60s on 6 was the same, but "The" is phased out on the left, and adds the "on 6" info at the right. In October 2021, SiriusXM announced that the station would move to channel 73 on November 3, and its name would simultaneously change to '60s Gold. == Notable hosts ==