A satellite radio receiver includes a display that displays information
regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to.
For a music channel, this information may include the name of the artist,
the song title, time left in the song, etc. For a news channel, this
information may include the news currently being discussed, the name of
the news program, the time remaining, etc. For a sports channel, this
information may include the name of the channel, a description of the
sporting event, the time remaining, etc. The preferred embodiments
include different ways to select which channels are "favorites" and
therefore displayed on the display. One way is to keep track of which
channels are most frequently listened to, and to display information
regarding those channels.