While we're all sitting on the edges of our collective seats waiting for merger news, Sirius announced that The Catholic Channel (ch 159) will be celebrating a full year on the air and will kickoff of some special Advent programming.
The channel will also be doing its first-ever trip to lovely Rome to broadcast from the Vatican during the first week of Advent. The weeklong special starts today at 4pm.
The Catholic Guy, the daily radio show hosted by Lino Rulli, begins the week long Advent and Anniversary special from Vatican Radio with broadcasts every weekday from 4pm - 7pm ET (his regular broadcast times). The 36-year-old Rulli will take his listeners to St. Peter's Basilica, the Colosseum, and other sites for an insightful look at the Eternal City that only the Catholic Guy can provide.
It continues all week in Rome with tours of some of the world's most famous Catholic sites, including the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museum, and the prison of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Rulli will talk with Monsignor Roger Roensch, Director of the Bishops' Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican, about the importance of Catholics visiting the Holy See not as tourists, but as pilgrims. Later in the week, Rulli will speak with newly appointed Cardinal John P. Foley in the Vatican Radio studios about the significance of being a Prince of the Church.
Good stuff. Now get back to biting those fingernails as we await the DOJ's decision.
Damn, now that is some break-through programing by Sirius. Now I can't wait for the merger to happen.
CONTENT IS KING! CONTENT IS KING! CONTENT IS KING! CONTENT IS KING!
....just not on sirius
You just don't understand, content DIVERSITY is king. Even after all the duplicity is removed, XM and Sirius together will still have more of it than any other single source.
something tells me that a play-by-play account of a tour of the Sistine Chapel might lose just a little something-something in translation...
i can see it now (lol): "and while our heads are pointed straight up in teh air, we turn to the left and...oh wow...simply stunning. its such a priviledge to be here sharing such wonderment and beauty with you, our listening audience..."
i thought that Siri already had the FIS to compete with XM's PGA channel?
more cowbell?
The Catholic Channel is unique and entertaining. Listen to Lino's show before commenting. It's not for everybody but this is the point of Sirius and XM. As a dual subscriber I enjoy the great programs I can't get anywhere else.
The Catholic Channel has a great line-up check it out and check out Lino's show.
jeff's right - content diversity is king. believe it or not, some people do follow this. i wonder what it would have been like if the new pope's "inauguration" was on sat radio..... "and we are seeing some activity.... yes... this just in, holy smokes! the white smoke has risen - we have a new pope". seriously though, i am happy i got sirius radio... makes my 35-min drive to work more interesting.
Jesus is Lord. Mel Karmazian is the antichrist. Let's see those DOJ douchebags now.
love thj
Tonight, on the Catholic channel. At 8 o'clock, we'll give your Alter Boy son tips on how to ward off the advances of a priest.
And before you go postal people, I grew up warding off the advances of pedophile priests, so keep the righteous indignation to a minimum....
Tonight, on the Catholic channel. At 8 o'clock, we'll give your Alter Boy son tips on how to ward off the advances of a priest.
And before you go postal people, I grew up warding off the advances of pedophile priests, so keep the righteous indignation to a minimum....
Why did Forum Goon need to bring the sexy to this post?
... and it took 8 posts to get to the predictable child abuse joke. Ah yes, Catholic bashing, the only acceptable predjudice left. I'm offended because its a stupid stereotype (and I'm RC), but I'm more offended because its just a hack joke at this point.
don't want to be bashed? don't harbor and shelter from the law individuals who, in a position of great trust, commit henious crimes against innocent children.
you're right, though...the jokes aren't funny. just ask the victims.
Forum Goon, I don't even know you, But you are so full of crap:
Tonight, on the Catholic channel. At 8 o'clock, we'll give your Alter Boy son tips on how to ward off the advances of a priest.
And before you go postal people, I grew up warding off the advances of pedophile priests, so keep the righteous indignation to a minimum....
Posted by: Forum Goon | December 4, 2007 8:25