SIRIUS Backstage

“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll!”

Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Nina Blackwood, along with Martha Quinn and the late J.J. Jackson, were the five original faces and voices of MTV when it debuted on August 1, 1981. 25 years later, Goodman, Hunter, Blackwood and Quinn are together again spinning their favorite decades hits and sharing pop culture history on SIRIUS.

The Big 80s crew will recall how MTV made the VJ and the music video into a pop culture phenomenon, in a two hour special will air Tuesday August 1st at 10am ET on the Big 80s.

The four will share their memories of MTV’s launch and play songs from the videos the then-new cable channel aired during its first few hours of existence. Said Mark Goodman, “We all knew we were part of something really cool, really fun. I never imagined that we were part of something that would change pop culture forever.”

The new SIRIUS Satellite Radio program Branson Coast to Coast, launching on Sunday, July 2, will bring all the excitement of the “Live Music Show Capital of the World” to listeners nationwide.Bob Mitchell, host of Branson Coast to Coast, will welcome special guests each week, including such major country music artists as Pam Tillis, Ronnie Milsap, Oak Ridge Boys and many more who perform in Branson, Missouri regularly.

The live music mecca of Branson hosts up to 65,000 visitors per day and boasts 45 theatres. A successful Midwestern family vacation destination for many years, the music industry’s rapid expansion in the past decade has launched the Branson community into world-class tourism.

Mitchell is a popular Branson-area radio DJ, having worked on KHOZ-FM from 1993 to 2005, and prior to that was with KCKC/San Bernardino, CA for 25 years. He was named to the Country Radio Broadcasters’ Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

Mitchell will host the program from Branson every Sunday on the commercial-free SIRIUS country hits channel 61 Prime Country from 12 pm to 3 pm ET, with repeat broadcasts airing Sundays from 9 pm to 12 midnight ET, and Tuesdays from 12 to 3 am ET. “This show is going to give people who have never been to Branson a chance to hear what all the talk is about, and if you are a Branson visitor, you’ll get to take it home with you,” said Mitchell.

I thought this Press Release was about Don Imus when I first looked at it. Fred Imus, brother of Don Imus, has been given a 4 hour show Saturday mornings on Outlaw Country // 63. Fred’s Trailer Park Bash begins May 6 at 6am ET. He will broadcast his show from his trailer in Tucson, Arizona.

Outlaw Country creator “Little Steven” Van Zandt seems excited to have Imus as part of the talent on the channel. “Most sports fans know Fred Imus for his good looks, but for us he’s a triple threat,” said Van Zandt. “First, trailer park fans across the country finally have a representative they can be proud of here on SIRIUS; second, his presence will raise the average IQ of our jocks 25 points; and third, I expect our female listenership to go up by 50% within weeks.”

See next post for the press release.