XM today announced that they've signed on the Grand Ole Opry. XM will feature the live Friday and Saturday night performances as well as the Tuesday Night Opry, all starting off with Opry's 82nd Birthday Bash on Saturday, October 20th.

The Grand Ole Opry features will be spread out across several channels. First, country hits channel Nashville (ch 11) will feature live Tuesday (8pm ET), Friday (9pm ET), and Saturday night (7:30pm and 10:30pm ET) performances.

Encore broadcasts of new Opry episodes will air on XM's classic country music channel America (ch 10) every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10am ET, along with archival Opry broadcasts.

Many individual performances recorded live on the Opry stage will also be featured on XM's other country music channels, including Willie's Place (ch 13), Bluegrass Junction (ch 14), Highway 16 (ch 16), and U.S. Country (ch 17).

XM will also add "The Eddie Stubbs Show" to their lineup. The popular WSM program is hosted by Eddie Stubbs, a regular announcer for the Grand Ole Opry, award-winning country music DJ, and respected country music historian. "The Eddie Stubbs Show" will premiere later this fall on America (ch 10).

The Grand Ole Opry debuted on the radio airwaves in 1925 on Nashville's 650 AM WSM and can still be heard on its flagship station. Sirius dropped WSM/Grand Ole Opry from its lineup just over a year ago.

XM is expanding their jazz music programming with two new shows, "Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" and "Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center," set to launch in October.

Both new jazz shows will feature live performances from notable jazz musicians recorded direct from the Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and XM's New York broadcast studios (see photos from the opening reception here).

"Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola" will broadcast concerts recorded live from the famed New York jazz club Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, located in Frederick P. Rose Hall. Artistic Manager Todd Barkan, will serve as host for this weekly series, airing a variety of musical performances from the club Tony Bennett called "the best jazz room in this city." Premiere episode will debut Friday, October 19th at 8pm ET on Real Jazz (ch 70), featuring a performance by jazz pianist Cedar Walton.

"Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center" is a weekly series that takes listeners into the "House of Swing" with Wynton Marsalis leading the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), now in its 21st concert season. Premiere episode will air Saturday, October 20th at 8pm ET on Real Jazz (ch 70), kicking off the "Benny Carter Centennial," on what would have been his 100th birthday, as the JLCO performs music and arrangements by the legendary trumpeter/saxophonist.

JALC Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis is kicking off a new season of his critically-acclaimed original XM series "In the Swing Seat with Wynton Marsalis" on September 28th. The hour-long, monthly series takes listeners on a journey through the world of jazz while exploring the genius of artists like John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk.

"In the Swing Seat with Wynton Marsalis" premieres Friday, September 28 at 2pm ET also on Real Jazz (ch 70). You'll be able to hear the premiere episode all day Friday on XMX (ch 2).

XM Satellite Radio has signed on country music legend Marty Stuart to host a new weekly show, “Marty Stuart’s American Odyssey,” starting on Friday, October 5th.

Each hour-long episode will focus on a different part of the country and bring the musical sounds and stories of that region to life through informal interviews with local musicians, stories, guests and a regular cast of studio and tour musicians. “Marty Stuart’s American Odyssey” will bring together a broad range of American music including traditional country, blues, rockabilly, bluegrass, gospel and rock songs.

Stuart began his career in the country spotlight as a musical prodigy at bright-young age of 13 when he started touring with Lester Flatt, and later joined Johnny Cash’s band before he turned 20. He's played with the likes of Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Randy Travis, and Roy Rogers.

Episodes of “Marty Stuart’s American Odyssey,” air Fridays at 8am ET on XM America (ch 10), and will also be available all day every Friday on XMX (ch 2).

XM Satellite Radio will be kicking off a tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month with a special celebration across XM's Latin channels from September 15th to October 15th.

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from 9/15 - 10/15 because Sept. 15th is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, plus Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16th and 18th.

XM will actually be kicking off the celebration a day early on September 14th with a live concert performance by rapper Pitbull at 8pm ET. Other exclusive performances by Gloria Estefan, Daddy Yankee and more will air throughout the Month on XM channels Fuego (ch 90), Viva (ch 91), Aguila (ch 92), and Caliente (ch 94).

Check out a partial broadcast schedule of XM's Hispanic Heritage programming after the jump...

The season premiere of XM's original music series "Artist Confidential" will debut tomorrow, September 13th, with a performance and interview with the Smashing Pumpkins.

"Artist Confidential: Smashing Pumpkins" will air at 10pm ET on XM's Ethel (ch 47) with encore broadcasts available all day every Monday on XMX (ch 2). Check out photos of the Smashing Pumpkins taping (as well as a short video).

Future episodes of "Artist Confidential" will include Gloria Estefan, Marty Stuart, Mandy Moore, Lyle Lovett, Daddy Yankee, Perry Farrell, Kool & The Gang, Korn, KT Tunstall, Megadeth, The Moody Blues and Blue Man Group, among others.

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XM Satellite Radio's award-winning show - Bob Dylan's "Theme Time Radio Hour" - will debut its new season on Wednesday, September 19th.

The new season will premiere with a show dedicated to the theme “Hello,” featuring songs revolving around the theme such as “Hello, Mello Baby” by The Mardi Gras Loungers, “Hello Trouble” by Buck Owens, “Hello in There” by John Prine, "Hello Walls" by Willie Nelson and of course the classic "Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles.

Future episodes this season include themes like “Young & Old,” “California,” “Dreams,” “Fruit,” “Something,” “Nothing,” “Streets,” “Parties,” and “Mail.”

From the “Young and Old” show Song List, you can expect to hear classics such as "Young Fashioned Ways" by Muddy Waters, "Old Man" by Neil Young With The Stray Gators, and "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by The Ramones. (I actually got a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a couple of the song lists for "Hello" and "Young and Old," and as expected, Dylan is masterful in his music selections.)

"Theme Time Radio Hour" regularly airs on Wednesdays at 10am ET on XM’s Deep Tracks (ch 40). But as a welcome addition, new episodes of the show will also be available all day every Wednesday on XMX (ch 2).

Rolling Stone calls the show “revelatory…Dylan’s song choices are impressively varied,” and the Boston Herald says of Dylan as DJ, “he’s informative, funny…his taste is impeccable.” As one of the many accomplishments of the show, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum added the “baseball” episode of “Theme Time Radio Hour” to its archives in June 2006.

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