Elvis Radio, SIRIUS’ channel dedicated to the music and legacy of Elvis Presley, will celebrate the 73rd anniversary of Elvis’ birthday with exclusive live broadcasts from SIRIUS’ studios located at Graceland. The channel will feature live coverage from the steps of Graceland for the traditional birthday ceremony. This year’s celebration will include Priscilla Presley sharing her personal thoughts and memories of Graceland and Elvis.

Elvis Radio will also have special programming leading up to Elvis’ birthday celebration with special guest hosts, interviews, and exclusive live coverage from various events throughout Memphis honoring Elvis Presley.

For a complete schedule, please visit www.sirius.com/elvisradio

Listen from January 5 through January 8.

….And to New Hampshire on Primary Day.

Audio highlights from inside actual Iowa Caucuses give listeners across America rare exposure to grassroots politics

SIRIUS Left host Alex Bennett talks to everyday voters at legendary Red Arrow Diner in New Hampshire

NEW YORK – December 26, 2007 – SIRIUS Satellite Radio today announced that SIRIUS Left host Alex Bennett will broadcast from the 2008 Iowa Caucuses and the 2008 New Hampshire primary, delivering breaking election news, voter reaction, and analysis straight from the center of two of the nation’s biggest political events.

The Alex Bennett Program, which airs Monday – Friday from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET exclusively on SIRIUS Left channel 146, will be at the heart of the Iowa and New Hampshire political action.

In Iowa, Bennett will take listeners across America “inside” two actual Iowa Caucuses, bringing a firsthand account of the debate, discussion, and procedure by which America’s first political choices are made for the 2008 presidential campaign. Bennett will share Caucus results and all the late breaking news from politically influential Iowa on January 3rd and January 4th.

In New Hampshire on primary day, January 8th, and the morning after, January 9th, Bennett will broadcast his show live from the iconic Red Arrow Diner in Manchester. The Red Arrow Diner has become a focal point for many presidential candidates to visit during their campaign stops. Inside the diner Bennett will talk with “everyday Americans” and gauge their interest, passion, and opinions on the ever-important New Hampshire Presidential primary.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio will celebrate the life and music of James Brown as the first anniversary of his passing approaches. SIRIUS’ Soul Town channel will feature James Brown songs and interview clips hourly throughout the day on December 22 beginning at 1 pm ET on channel 53. On December 23, beginning at 12 pm ET, the channel will also play listener comments on the legacy of late Godfather of Soul.

Soul Town is SIRIUS’ channel dedicated to the great soul hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Listeners will hear the legends of classic soul including Marvin Gaye, Barry White and Gladys Knight.

by Bruce Simmons

In case you didn’t know, SIRIUS Satellite is broadcasting from the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Champions Week from New York City.

Matt Yocum, the co-host of “Tony Stewart Live” will be broadcasting from the 20 car as the top 10 drivers in the Nextel Cup points standings drive their cars through Manhattan.

The Morning Drive will be broadcasting from the Hard Rock Café in Times Square from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday. (Marty Snider and David Poole have all the fun!)

On Thursday, “Sirius Speedway” will broadcast from the Aflac Fan Fest at the Hard Rock Café from 3 to 6 p.m.

Following “Sirius Speedway”, Tony Stewart and Matt Yocum will unveil their “Stewie Awards” during a special broadcast of “Tony Stewart Live”.

Friday will see a special live broadcast with NEXTEL Cup rookie of the year Juan Pablo Montoya and Chip Ganassi. That’s 11 a.m. est.

Then, Sirius will carry MRN’s coverage of the Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m. from the Waldorf-Astoria.

See these and many more details over at SIRIUS.com.

I don’t often blog about programming events, and even less rarely on Hip-Hop topics…but I got to let you all know about this one!

Shade45 is rumored to be celebrating its 3rd anniversary with replay of it’s inaugural program on Friday, Nov. 9th at 6PM EST.  I seem to remeber that lots of members here praised the program when it first aired (but I can’t find the thread.)

EDIT:  Nevermind, as this took place a week before I posted it!  D’oh!! :homer:

Matchbox 20 will be performing live on SIRIUS Satellite Radio in celebration of the release of their new album, Exile On Mainstream. The album is the band’s fourth and features their greatest hits with six additional new tracks.

Tune in to hear the band perform songs from the new album and chat with SIRIUS host Kim Ashley on The Pulse on Channel 9 at 9 am on October 24th.

The show will replay October 24th at 8pm, October 25th at 3am and 12pm & October 26th at 11 am.

ALL TIMES are Eastern.

Matchbox 20 ascended to rock stardom with their debut album Yourself or Someone Like You. Released in 1996, the album went 12x platinum in the US and sold 20 million copies worldwide. Since then, the band has released three albums together and various members have also working on successful solo projects; notably, Rob Thomas’ Grammy® winning collaboration with Carlos Santana.

Grammy® winner to host 4 part special series “Songbird On The Air” in Outlaw Country channel 63 and Guest DJ in The Roadhouse channel 62

Grammy winning country legend Emmylou Harris will host a series on SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s Outlaw Country in celebration of the release of her five disc box set Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems. In the 4 part series, aptly named Songbird On The Air, Emmylou will play tracks from the box set along with other hand-picked songs from her musical friends and role models. Each show will feature a special theme “Singing with Ladies,” “Singing with the Boys,” “Songwriting” and “Spirituals”.
In addition to the Songbird On The Air series, Emmylou Harris will also guest DJ a special hour on SIRIUS’ classic country channel, The Roadhouse, where she will play songs from the channel’s library and tell stories about her life on the road.

Songbird On The Air
Part 1: October 6th at 9 pm ET (Replays: October 7th at 8 am ET & October 7th at midnight ET)
Part 2: October 13th at 9 pm ET (Replays: October 14th at 8 am ET & October 15th at midnight ET)
Part 3: October 20th at 9 pm ET (Replays: October 21st at 8 am ET & October 22nd at midnight ET)
Part 4: October 27th at 9 pm ET (Replays: October 28th at 8 am ET & October 29th at midnight ET)

Guest DJ: Emmylou Harris
September 21st at 2 pm ET
Replays: September 22nd at 12 pm ET and September 23rd at 5 pm ET

Emmylou Harris is one of the most admired and influential women in contemporary country music, though her reach extend much further into folk and alternative rock. She has recorded with such diverse artist including Ryan Adams, Beck, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Lucinda Williams. Over her 30 year career Emmylou Harris has release 23 solo albums and has been the recipient of 12 Grammy awards. Emmylou is also a long time social activist, lending her voice to many causes including cultural preservation issues with the Country Music Foundation and the Grand Ole Opry.

Don’t miss the following scheduled guests * on SIRIUS Satellite Radio! All interviews, performances and special programs (listed chronologically by date and time, below) are exclusive to SIRIUS. For more details, go to www.sirius.com. All times Eastern.

GUEST INTERVIEWS / PERFORMANCES:

MIKE V, reports from the Van’s Warped Tour on Warped Daily with Mike V (Faction channel 28, through August 25 throughout the day)

MIKE V, hosts Warped Weekly with Mike V, a weekly program featuring the best from The Vans Warped Tour (Faction channel 28, through August 26 7pm ET)

EMMA FEGENBAUM, assistant food editor of Every Food will be making bread shortening on Morning Living (Martha Stewart Living Radio Channel 112, July 30 @ 7 am ET)

COMMON, hosts Street Certified (Hip Hop Nation channel 40, Rebroadcast: July 30 @ 6 pm ET; July 31 @ 6 pm ET)

MICHAEL CRESSOTTI, chef de cuisine of Sushi Samba will make seviche on Morning Living (Martha Stewart Living Radio Channel 112, July 31 @ 7 am ET)

MARILYN MANSON, interview on Elements (Octane channel 20, July 31 @ 6 pm ET; Rebroadcast: August 4 @ 12 pm ET and August 5 @ 5 pm ET)

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Hard Attack, SIRIUS channel 27, SIRIUS’ home for commercial-free heavy metal music, kicks-off Ozzfest with live behind-the-scenes coverage including band interviews and a sit down with the tours co-founder Ozzy Osbourne.  Hard Attack will also broadcast eight Ozzfest specials guest hosted by Lamb Of God, Static-X, Hatebreed, Ankla and In This Moment. 

Upcoming Dates:

8/06     St. Louis, MO                          12 pm to 10 pm ET

8/16     Holmdel, NJ                             11 am to 9 pm ET

8/22     Philadelphia, PA                      11 am to 9 pm ET

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne launched Ozzfest in 1996 when Ozzy was denied inclusion in the Lollapalooza festival.  Since then, Ozzfeset has become one of the staples in the summer festival touring season, this year making history by announcing that admission to all dates would be free.  Ozzfest 2007 will feature Ozzy Osbourne, Lamb Of God, Lordi and Static-X headlining on the main stage and Hatebreed, Behemoth and Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator headlining the second stage.

The following are the Don’t miss events for the upcoming week on SIRIUS Satellite Radio! All interviews, performances and special programs (listed chronologically by date and time, below) are exclusive to SIRIUS. ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN

GUEST INTERVIEWS / PERFORMANCES:

MIKE V, hosts Warped Weekly a weekly wrap up show from the Vans Warped Tour (Faction channel 28, July 8 – August 26 Sundays @ 7pm ET) also listen for daily updates from Mike V on Warped Daily (July 8 – August 26 throughout the day)

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, a week of programming dedicated to The Chemical Brothers on Chemical Radio (BoomBox channel 34, July 9 – 15 ALL DAY) During the week they will stop by The Liquid Todd Show for a chat and guest DJ set (Friday July 13 @ 9 pm ET)

EMERSON HART, interview and performance (The Pulse channel 9, July 10 @ 5 pm ET; Rebroadcast: July 18 @ 10 pm ET, July 19 @ 8 am ET and 12 pm ET)

OZZFEST, exclusive broadcasts from Ozzfest 2007 (Hard Attack channel 27; July 10 – Sept 1; first broadcast July 10 @ 5 pm ET, rebroadcast: July 10 @ 10 pm ET and July 11 @ 12 pm ET)

JAY-Z, host Street Certified: The Official Hip Hop Takeover Series (Hip-Hop Nation channel 40, rebroadcast: July 10 @ 6 pm ET)

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