XM Live

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XM Live

Broadcast area	United States
First air date	September 2001
Frequency	XM200
Format	Multipurpose, Special Events
Class	Satellite Radio Station
Owner	XM Satellite Radio
Website	XM Live

XM Live is a part-time satellite radio channel which plays select special events and shows for XM Satellite Radio. Some special events are broadcast in XM HD Surround, which is a 5.1 surround sound audio/CD quality stereo feed. XM Live broadcasts musical events, concerts, sporting events, and weekly talk shows. The channel is available to XM Satellite Radio customers on Channel 200, but only in the United States.

When XM Live first began on XM, it was part of the hits section on XM26 (Flight 26 now sits there). Its original purpose was to play live musical events (live as in on-stage, since most were recorded). Special events at the time were a part of Special X. On September 14, 2002, XM Live was moved to channel 168, where its format stayed the same for a couple more years. In 2004, the channel was moved to 200, and the live performances format was dropped so that XM Live could be a multi-purpose special events channel. The channel would play select sporting events, concerts, and some of XM's exclusive series such as Artist Confidential and Then...Again...Live!. In 2005, XM Live was doubled into 2 channels (the other on XM201) for the Live 8 multi-cast on XM. Since early 2006, XM Live has not played the Artist Confidential or Then...Again...Live! series', instead leaving those for the music channels in which they simulcast on. XM Live has also opened itself up to exclusive talk show programming, starting with 60/20 Sports with James Carville and Luke Russert. In July 2006, XM Live began airing The Agenda with Joe Solmonese.

[edit] List of events XM Live has broadcast

• 2004 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony with Bob Edwards
• Vote For Change Concert
• Indianapolis 500
• An Evening of Restoration: Music City Comes Together for Tsunami Relief
• FIFA® World Cup Germany 2006 Soccer team draw
• Coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the naming of Pope Benedict XVI
• Live 8
• From Be Bop To Hip Hop
• US Open
• XM Nation: Operation Helping Hand Live Broadcast
• 20th Anniversary Farm Aid Concert
• Mozart 250th Commemoration Concert in Salzburg
• 2006 Grammy Awards
• Rock in Rio
• 60/20 Sports
• Artist Confidential Series
• Then...Again...Live! Series
• Before the Music Dies documentary

[edit] List of ongoing series XM Live has broadcast

• The Agenda
• Big East conference games

[edit] External links

• XM Live
• The Agenda website
• 60/20 Sports website