Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and Grand Ole Opry host Little Jimmy Dickens will guest DJ on SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s The Roadhouse music channel. Jimmy will spend an hour playing his favorite songs and sharing funny stories behind his own music including his sixty years performing at the Grand Ole Opry. Little Jimmy Dickens Guest DJs In The Roadhouse airs Friday, February 8 at 3 pm ET with encores on Saturday February 9 at 12 pm ET and February 10 at 5 pm ET, on The Roadhouse SIRIUS channel 62.

The Roadhouse is the place to hear where it all started. From the Grand Ole Opry to the Country Music Hall of fame, listeners will hear nothing but the classics from country legends including Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, Patsy Cline and many more.

SIRIUS Patriot’s Andrew Wilkow broadcasts live from the University of Florida on January 28, 29, and 30th. Wilkow will connect with students and Young Republicans on campus and follow the campaign trail throughout the state. Raised during Reagan, suffered through Clinton: Andrew Wilkow is the next generation of conservative talk and undisputed leader of the “new school.

The Wilkow Majority airs weekdays from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET on SIRIUS Patriot channel 144.

On Sunday, January 27th, SIRIUS’ Lighten Up with Richard Simmons will be dedicated to diabetes awareness. Simmons, one of America’s most loved fitness experts, will discuss the importance of diabetes awareness as well as its related health issues. Richard will be joined by experts from The American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, and a friend and resident doctor of Richard Simmons, Dr. Frederic Jackson. All will be available to answer questions and concerns regarding diabetes.

American Idol judge Randy Jackson, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001, will be a special guest on Lighten Up with Richard Simmons on Sunday, January 27th. According to a recent article in The Washington Post, Jackson joined with the American Heart Association and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America in a program called The Heart of Diabetes. The program is “designed to encourage people to pay attention to possible diabetes symptoms so that if they do have the disease, they can begin treating and managing it early, significantly reducing their risk for cardiovascular disease.”

According to American Medical News, diabetes affects 7% of the United States population. The American Medical News reports that more than 14 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes, and another 6 million are undiagnosed, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Every Sunday on his SIRIUS show, Richard reads faxes, letters and emails from people who need a little lift or a little push, and calls them directly to give advice, provide a proverbial shoulder to cry on or just make them laugh.

Lighten Up With Richard Simmons—weekly health, fitness and diet show—airs Sunday 3 pm - 6 pm ET on SIRIUS Stars Ch. 102.

SIRIUS to broadcast LIVE from “Liverpool 8” record release party featuring a performance from the music icon.

Legendary rocker Ringo Starr sits down for an intimate interview with SIRIUS Satellite Radio host Meg Griffin to discuss the making of his latest album Liverpool 8. During the interview, Starr also discusses his early musical influences and favorite drummers.

Immediately following the interview, SIRIUS will broadcast live from the Liverpool 8 album release party at LA’s House of Blues. The event will included a performance by Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart, the albums co-producer and half of the British music duo, Eurythmics.

Listen on SIRIUS Disorder channel 70 and The Spectrum channel 18 on Friday, January 25.

Interview – 3:15 pm ET

Album release party and performance – 4 pm ET

Multi-platinum and Grammy® winning artist Sheryl Crow will take over SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s The Spectrum channel. The exclusive five-day special will feature Sheryl playing her favorite music including a track-by-track preview and in-depth discussion of her new album Detours (A&M/Interscope) in stores February 5th.

Among the many tracks on the album, Sheryl discusses how “Lullaby for Wyatt,” a song about her son, “…really informed this album. There’s an urgent feeling about what’s going on in the world. This song is really about, as a parent, you just want to protect your children from the pain that they’re going to ultimately experience in their lives.

During the take-over Sheryl also performs songs from Detours and some of her classic hits at SIRIUS’ studios. Sheryl Crow’s Spectrum will kick-off on February 4th at 7 am ET and run through February 8th on The Spectrum channel 18.

Sheryl Crow catapulted onto the global stage in 1993 with her debut solo album Tuesday Night Music Club. The album sold over six million copies and won Sheryl three Grammy awards including “Best New Artist.” Since then Sheryl Crow has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, received nine Grammy awards and collaborated with renowned artists including Kid Rock, The Rolling Stones and Willie Nelson. Detours is Sheryl Crow’s sixth studio album and was recorded on her farm in Nashville.

The greatest punk bands of all time play the greatest punk songs of all time on SIRIUS channel 29.

The world’s greatest punk bands of all time: The Sex Pistols, The Misfits, The Dead Kennedys, The Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, Henry Rollins, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys and more.

The who’s who of punk royalty will play their hand-selected favorite punk anthems exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s Punk channel for five straight days. The Punk All-Stars will share personal stories and experiences from behind-the-scenes of one of rock’s most celebrated genres.

Monday, January 28, 2008 beginning at 7 am ET through Friday, February 1, 2008.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s unique commercial-free music and action sports lifestyle channel, Faction, will provide comprehensive behind-the-scenes coverage of the 12th Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

Faction’s coverage will be hosted by former Olympic skier Carrie Sheinberg and Faction staples Bryan Cullen and Michael Tully, with commentary from eight time winter X Game medalist, extreme skier, Jon Olsson. Fans will hear the latest results, breaking news and exclusive interviews with winter sports superstars. The wall-to-wall coverage can be heard January 24 through January 28 on Faction, SIRIUS channel 28.

Here it is:

Patriots team broadcast - channel 126
Giants team broadcast - channel 123
Westwood One Radio broadcast - channel 124
BBC Radio broadcast - channel 125
Westwood One Spanish broadcast (Spanish-Latin America) - channel 181
CANAL+ Spain broadcast (Spanish-Spain) - channel 110
France 2 broadcast (French) - channel 143
NHK Japan broadcast (Japanese) - channel 140
ARD broadcast (German) - channel 130
Telenet broadcast (Flemish) - channel 119
NTV Plus broadcast (Russian) - channel 122
SMG broadcast (Mandarin Chinese) - channel 121

Enjoy the game!!

In what some are seeing as a surprise move, the US Copyright Royalties Board actually ruled against SoundExchange, and in favor of Sirius and XM in deciding not to re-open a hearing on the royalties that the satcasters pay for the playing of music.  As you may remember, the CRB had previously ruled that Sirius and XM should pay 6-8% of ”gross revenues” (narrowly defined) to SoundExchange.  This latest ruling is in response to SoundExchange wanting the CRB to broaden the definition of gross revenues to include some items that the judges felt were unsupported by any evidence.

Ruling is here.

Coverage from BetaNews is here.

Folks in the Harrisburg area should know that there are reports of subscribers getting partial refunds of their subscription fees, due to the shutdown of the local repeater.  As you may recall, Sirius had to shutdown about 15 terrestrial repeaters for technical violations of their authority to operate them within certain parameters.  Well according to this report, customer service is telling people in that area that they may be eligible for “compensation”

People affected by the Harrisburg outage, as well as the other locations affected by the shutdown, let us know how Sirius is taking care of you!