With peculiar timing (surely not to
tie in with the forthcoming David Gilmour concerts in the US and
Canada?!) US satellite radio station XM has got a feast of Floyd coming
up.
Their specialist rock station
"Deep Tracks" (channel 40) is focusing on the band over the next few
months, airing a 1970 BBC-recorded concert, and a six part documentary
("Echoes - The History Of Pink Floyd") about the band's history.
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The
documentary is not a new one, having previously aired as part of the
Westwood One series - but still a great listen, and not to be missed if
you've not heard it before.
Here's the lowdown on what's airing and when:
- Saturday Jan 28 – 9.00pm ET – Pink Floyd ‘70 BBC concert
- Sunday Mar 5 – 6.00pm ET – Echoes Part 1
- Sunday Mar 12 – 6.00pm ET – Echoes Part 2
- Sunday Mar 19 – 6.00pm ET – Echoes Part 3
- Sunday Mar 26 – 6.00pm ET – Echoes Part 4
- Sunday Apr 2 – 6.00pm ET – Echoes Part 5
- Sunday Apr 9 – 6.00pm ET – Echoes Part 6
If you are not in the US, or not a subscriber to XM Radio, fear not - you can still listen in! Go to XMRadio.com
where you can sign up for a free, three-day trial to listen via their
website. Not enough to hear all six parts, unfortunately - you'd have
to take out a full sub for that.
XM satellite radio programming
can also be heard by subscribers to DirecTV. The Deep Tracks channel is
heard on DirecTV Channel 829. Finally, the newest version of WinAmp
comes with AOL Radio with XM. Once Winamp 5.1 is installed, open up the
Media Library, and start listening to XM. For your free player, go to Winamp.com.
Our thanks to Graham Moore, Adam Ooten and Jeff Hecox for his help with this story.
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