- Fungus (XM)
Infobox Radio Station
name = Fungus 53
area =United States Canada
airdate =2004
frequency = XM 53
branding = xL Fungus
format =Punk rock /Hardcore/Ska
owner =XM Satellite Radio
class = Satellite Radio Station
website = [http://fungus.xmradio.com fungus.xmradio.com]Fungus, branded on air as Fungus 53, is a punk/hardcore/ska radio station on
XM Satellite Radio , launched in early 2004. The channel is one of nine on XM that is marked with an xL, indicating frequent explicit language. The channel is programmed byLou Brutus , who is also host of the nationally syndicated radio show, "Harddrive", and former program director ofSpecial X . Lou andRuss Brown are the two DJs on the channel. It's one of the few XM music channels not available onDirecTV .hows
*Rancid Radio - A weekly, hourly show hosted by the members of the group Rancid.
*Kingdom of Swine - Currently Fungus' longest show, Kingdom of Swine dedicates three whole hours toindustrial music .
*Oi!sters - Two hours a week dedicated toOi! .
*Complete Control Radio -Joe Sib hosts a weekly radio show, where he picks the tracks from his punk library at hisLos Angeles studio.
*Hee-Haw Hell - Airtime devoted torockabilly andcowpunk music, some of which is also heard on XM sister channelX Country .
*Duped - A show devoted to punk and ska covers.
*Slam-a-lot - Hardcore music for a whole hour.
*Skanorreha - An entire show ofska , which mixes in several older songs from the 1990s and 1980s that are not usually rotated into the channel's daytime playlist.
*Kowabunga Uber Alles - A weekly show devoted to surf music.In Popular Culture
The station was the subject of the first half of the Fungus/I'm a Really Huge Fan of
Bad Religion song from one ofNOFX 's7" of the month club program.Fat Mike expresses his thoughts on the station, mentioning that "I hate the radio but I like Fungus/The only punk rock station, it's humongous".AC/DC Radio
Between
2008-09-15 and2009-01-15 , the channel features the music of Australian bandAC/DC 24/7, temporarily preempting normal programming on the channel. [cite press release |title='AC/DC Radio' to Air on XM Radio |publisher=PR Newswire |accessdate=2008-09-15 |date=2008-09-09 |url=http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-09-2008/0004881780&EDATE=] This is first single artist mirco-channel that is preempting channels on both the XM and Sirius platform. Punk on the Sirius platform is being preempted as well.References
External links
* [http://fungus.xmradio.com Fungus 53 official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fungus53 53 Fungus' official MySpace]
* [http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/bringbackfungus53 Petition to save Fungus 53]
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