[Swprograms] OT - 70 XM Satellite Radio Channels Free to AOL Subscribers

via an Apr 11 clip in DCRTV.com

AOL & XM To Launch Web Radio Service - 4/11 - Dulles-based America Online and DC-based XM Satellite Radio will kick-off a co-branded radio service over the web. Starting this summer, the service, free to AOL subscribers and available to others for a fee, will provide access to 70 XM channels and more than 130 AOL and third-party radio streams. The formal annoucement is due Monday. More in the DC Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42681-2005Apr10.html

and from xmradio.com

http://www.xmradio.com/newsroom/screen/pr_2005_04_11.html

I have AOL but no satellie radio;...I don't use their Radio@AOL now (had too many ads last I listened)...but if they included some interesting channels!...including Bob Edwards might be worth a listen!

Another clip from Apr 10 DCRTV:

Are You An XM Man Or A Sirius Woman? - 4/10 - Did you realize that your choice of a satellite radio system - DC's XM or NYC's Sirius - depends on your personality? Details in the DC Post.....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39149-2005Apr9.html

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Finally extraneous to this post but relevant to my BBC podcast post a few days ago:

( http://www.hard-core-dx.com/archive/swprograms/msg02173.html )

Looking forward to Australia's Radio National podcasts too!)

2 US Public Radio Podcast pages

WNYC's Podcast Page

http://www.wnyc.org/about/podcasting.html

KCRW's Podcast Page

http://www.kcrw.com/podcast/