Oprah & Friends

Infobox Radio Station
name = Oprah & Friends


area = United States, Canada
branding = Oprah & Friends
slogan =
airdate = September 25, 2006
frequency = XM156
SR195
format = Talk radio
class = Satellite Radio Station
owner = Harpo Radio, Inc.
(Oprah & Friends, Inc.)
website = [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=156 Oprah & Friends]
callsign_meaning =

Oprah and Friends is a talk radio channel programmed by Harpo Productions' newly formed radio division, and is signed exclusively for XM Satellite Radio. Oprah & Friends will include regular programming on topics such as current events, self improvement, health, nutrition, fitness and home. Friends and contributors include: Gayle King, Dr. Robin Smith, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Marianne Williamson, Bob Greene, and Nate Berkus. On July 17, 2006, a preview loop of the channel began to air.

It was announced in June 2006 that former Clear Channel Communications regional VP John Gehron will act as general manager for Harpo Radio, Inc. On July 20th, Laurie Cantillo was appointed program director of Harpo Radio. Cantillo had program director experience at stations including KFYI, KTAR, and KGME. A week later, more staff was hired for the channel, including Corny Koehl (director of development), John St. Augustine, Katherine Kelly and Rita Coburn Whack (producers).

In September 2007, Oprah and Friends was added to the DirecTV lineup on channel 807. Following the Sirius / XM merger, Oprah & Friends was added to Sirius on 2008-09-30 as part of it's "Best of XM" package and broadcasts on channel 195.

External links

* [http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=156 XM Oprah & Friends]
* [http://www.sirius.com/oprahandfriends Sirius Oprah & Friends]
* [http://www2.oprah.com/xm/xm_landing.jhtml Oprah & Friends on Oprah.com]
* [http://www2.oprah.com/xm/droplets/xm_schedule.jhtml Oprah & Friends Programming Schedule]