Radio Classics

Infobox Radio Station
name = Radio Classics


area = United States
Canada
slogan =
airdate = 2002
frequency = XM 164
SR 118
format = Old-time radio
owner = RSPT LLC
class = Satellite Radio Station
website = [http://radioclassics.xmradio.com radioclassics.xmradio.com]
[http://www.sirius.com/radioclassics www.sirius.com/radioclassics]

Radio Classics is a US old time radio network owned by RSPT LLC. It provides the radio show content for both XM Satellite Radio's and Sirius Satellite Radio's separate, 24-hour old-time radio stations. Each satellite channel programs the shows carried on their respective services. Radio Classics also syndicates the Radio Spirits-branded "When Radio Was" radio show to over 200 terrestrial radio stations. In addition, Radio Classics has a monthly online subscription service, providing subscribers with unlimited streaming and twenty hours per month of downloads of old time radio shows that have appeared on past "When Radio Was", "Radio Super Heroes", "Radio Movie Classics", or "Radio Hall of Fame" (special edition of "When Radio Was" that focuses on Radio Hall of Fame inductees) installments. [cite web |url=http://www.radioclassics.com/sub/faqvisitorg.asp |title=Radio Classics FAQ |accessdate=2007-02-07 |work=Radio Classics Subscription Center ]

Shows broadcast by Radio Classics include "The Jack Benny Program", "Abbott & Costello", "The Mysterious Traveler", and "The Shadow".

XM

XM Channel 164 is hosted by Greg Bell, who had previous radio experience as a program director, news director, sports director, anchor, and reporter. [cite web |url=http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelbio.xmc?ch=164 |title=Meet the Hosts of Radio Classics |accessdate=2007-02-07 |work=XM Radio Classics Channel 164 Page ] Shows are played in two-hour blocks of programming which are rotated in different time slots during the week. This allows the audience in various time zones to be able to hear a show at convenient times. Commercials and XM promos are played before, after and during the old radio shows, though the amount of advertising time does not exceed eight minutes per hour. Occasionally, the original vintage commercials are broadcast, though the majority of the spots are modern commercials provided by XM and/or their sponsors.

irius

Sirius plays old time radio content on channel 118 RadioClassics. When not pre-empted by sporting events, the programs run in the same time-slot each day, often featuring the original advertising spots broadcast when the respective show first aired. Sirius also includes some modern advertising, and often fills out each hour, or half-hour, with old-time music from the era. Sirius channel 118 has no hosts.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.radioclassics.com Radio Classics]
* [http://www.dogstarradio.com/channel_schedule.php?channel=118 Weekly Schedule for Sirius's RadioClassics channel]
* [http://radioclassics.xmradio.com Weekly Schedule for XM's Radio Classics channel]