Tommorrow on The Bob Edwards Show Bob’s guest will be Dick Smothers. For those who haven’t heard an interview with Dick Smothers before he is a scream. He has alot of good stories to tell. I always enjoy hearing about The Who explosion. If you’ve never heard an interview with Dick Smothers before definitely tune in to The Bob Edwards Show tommorrow.

Just a reminder about a few good shows coming on Tonight @ 9PM ET

Deep Tracks - XM 40 - Steve Miller Band on The King Biscuit Flower Hour recorded in DC 1973

Sonic Theater - XM 163 - Twilight Zone - Program #175 Time Enough At Last

I’m trying the Twilight Zone tonight and My XMing KBFH

Well as everyone has deduced by now the Monday rumor turned out to by yes a rumor. As Ryan from Orbitcast pointed out the new channels are in the latest XM Channel Guide

So you might be asking when will we see these channels appear. The answer at this point is ummmm sometime soon. I’ve heard from several of you that its happening tommorrow, but what can I say a rumor is a rumor is a rumor….its still darn exciting though

Looks like another great week on XM alot of Oscar related items and the World Baseball Classic goes Friday-Sunday on XM 176

Monday

Walk The Line Slip Stream Special | X Country - XM 12 | 11AM ET - Walk The Line has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Join the salute to the soundtrack with Shelby Lynne and Waylon Payne.

Monday With The Masters: Manhattan Transfer | Beyond Jazz - XM 72 | 12PM ET - A full hour of GRAMMY-winning music from one of the greatest vocal groups in jazz history, Manhattan Transfer. Learn the mojo behind the music from Janis Siegel, Cheryl Bentyne, Alan Paul and. Tim Hauser.

Artist Confidential: Al Jarreau | Watercolors - XM 71 | 6PM ET - Al Jarreau scats and sings through a charged hour of pure musical magic, working the crowd and talking about whatever’s on his mind in this engaging edition of XM’s Artist Confidential.

Tuesday

The King Biscuit Flower Hour with The Steve Miller Band | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 9PM ET - The Steve Miller Band captured in concert in Washington D.C. back in 1973.

Twilight Zone: Program #175 Time Enough At Last | Sonic Theater - XM 163 | 9PM ET - Starring Tim Kazurinski with Stacy Keach as narrator. A bookworm’s sole want in life is more free time to read. When a nuclear holocaust leaves him alone in a world, his wish may have been answered, or has it?

Wednesday

XM’s Complete Series: The Ricky Nelson Story Part 1 | The 50s - XM 5 | 4PM ET - The complete story of Ricky Nelson, with intimate details about his life, career and the controversy surrounding his death. Featuring interviews with his sons and tracks from the newly released CD, Ricky Nelson’s Greatest Hits.

Thursday

The BBC Archives: Pat Travers | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 10PM ET - Guitarist extra-ordinaire Pat Travers captured in concert at the Redding Rock Festival in England back in 1980.

Friday

The BBC Archives: Elton John | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 1PM ET - Elton John captured in concert back in the “formative” years of 1974 at the Hammersmith-Odeon in London, the year after he put out “Goodbye Yellowbrick Road” and the same year he released “Caribou.”

Phryday Phish Phry | XM Music Lab - XM 51 | 9PM ET - A Phish concert recorded from September 14, 2000 from the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, New York.

Sunday

The Doors: UnLocked | The 60s - XM 6 | 2PM ET - The year was 1967. “Light My Fire” was everywhere over the airwaves. The Doors were making a different kind of music. XM 60s on 6, along with Rhino Records, unlock The Doors in this audio anthology.

BBC Archives: Echoes - The History of Pink Floyd | Deep Tracks - XM 40 | 6PM ET - A six part series of this legendary and now elusive progressive rock band. The history as told by Floyd members and associates from before the beginning to after the end.

I’ve been doing a little research and I believe XM is adding new channels. Direct TV had a page up here that had new channel info on that page but the info has been removed. Here’s what I saw in there:

Big Tracks
Big Tracks picks up where Top Tracks leaves off … these are the biggest classic rock hits from the mid 70s, through the 80s and into the early 90s.

Fuego (Alegria re-named)
Fuego plays the hottest sounds in Latin music today — a hot mix of reggaeton, Latin hip hop and rap. Artists like Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Tego Calderon, Ivy Queen, Luny Tunes, Zion & Lennox and many more.

XM Chill
XM Chill takes you on a voyage into the Chill zone … a place that pulses with exotic and cerebral music known as smooth electronica. A European phenomenon that is finally emerging in North America, XM Chill is beyond a channel … it’s an experience in sound.

The Message (The Fish re-named?)
A bright mix of Christian pop hits from yesterday and today.
Artists — Mercy Me, Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, Natalie Grant, Jeremy Camp

XM: The Heat
The Heat is XM’s home for hip-hop, R&B and today’s hottest music. This is the music that’s selling all over America and burning up the charts.
Artists — Kanye West, Chris Brown, Ciara, Nelly, 50 Cent

XM: Viva
This is the channel where Latin pop lives. Viva explores the rhythmic, contemporary side of Latin pop with the biggest superstars of the format. Enjoy the sounds of Shakira, Juanes, Ricky Martin, Thalia, Paulina Rubio and more.

The info is still in Google’s cache though. The DirectTV stuff is there if you go to http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=xm+big+tracks&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

You can see the Big Tracks info I saw and if you do searches on the other channels you can see them as well.

Very cool stuff though. I’ll elaborate on this some more when they are official

Well as more rumors still circulate about some big announcement on Monday. I keep hearing the same thing I had heard about E-lo mentioning something about this on O & A . There was no pointer as to when this would occur, but I can’t imagine anything else that it could be. Ok so let’s say that is the case. That we are getting 8 new channels on Monday. What would you like those channels to be ?

I would love to see the following:

- Smoke Stack spin off into its own channel
- A real Chill channel opposed to what we get on Sunday afternoon
- Another classic rock station that would be a cross between Deep tracks & Top Tracks
- Bring back On The Rocks

Those top my list, what’s yours?

The Sam and Dave Anthology special was XM 6 this morning and this was an awesome show. I learned alot about Sam and Dave as well as what a powerhouse Stax records really was and what a big part Isaac Hayes and Dave Porter played in their career. This was very well done and if you didn’t catch it this morning there is only one replay of this special and that’s tonight @ 9 PM ET.

Definitely catch this one….its worth missing an hour of Smoke Stack this evening

I’ve gotten several communiques from various sources about XM having a big announcement on Monday. What the news is I’m certain of. I have a hunch, but I’m not sure. Could we be possibly seeing some new stations ? Its long overdue in my opinion, but this is merely rumor and I cant verify anything at the moment.

The only thing I do know is that there are alot of rumors flying around about a big announcement on Monday beyond that I know nothing, but it sure is fun to speculate

Everytime I listen to the Sweet 16 Music Machine with Terry “Motormouth” Young I just like it more and more. What is The Sweet 16 Music Machine ? Picture This…one week one year back in the 60’s. Monday- Friday 5 AM ET, 12:00 PM ET, and 8:00 PM ET the Motormouth takes us through the Top 16 songs of this day sometime between 60-69. He also throws in alot of interesting tidbits, like birthdays, artist facts, and news.

One of my favorite shows in the XM Nation by far…If you like a well done countdown show check it out.

Just another programming reminder. Tommorrow evening Deep Tracks XM 40 will be airing another concert in the BBC Archive series. U2 recorded live in 1983. It’s interesting listening to them then and now. They had alot more intensity back then and this very raw sound. I tend to like listening them better in their early days, but definitely worth a listen if you haven’t heard this concert before.