XM Satellite Radio's African American talk channel, The Power (ch 169) will soon be airing "The Al Sharpton Show," along with "2 Live Stews" and "The Warren Ballentine Show" according to a report.

The shows will replace "We Ourselves" and "Make it Plain," on The Power which were removed from the lineup according to the Redding News Review.

The new lineup which includes Sharpton's show starts on Monday, August 13th. "The Al Sharpton Show" will air from 1pm - 4pm ET, followed by "The 2 Live Stews" from 4 - 7pm ET, and Warren Ballentine will air mornings from 10am - 1pm ET.

“This is a major boost and I am excited that people will be able to hear it everywhere,” said Reverend Sharpton.

The Power is programmed by Radio One, which specializes in African American and urban radio formats. Syndication One, which is a joint venture between Radio One and REACH Media, will be providing the programming to the XM channel.

[Press Release via Redding News Review] 

CNN and YouTube will host the first of two presidential debates on Monday, July 23rd. The Democratic contenders go head-to-head on Monday night, and the GOP hopefuls will spar on September 17th. All the questions are being submitted by regular folks (well, almost regular) in the form of YouTube videos.  No journalists. No panelists. No crap.

CNN's political team will pick the most creative and compelling videos to pose to the candidates. Peeps can submit a video through Sunday, July 22nd, at youtube.com/debates. You can then hear the debate live on CNN - on both XM (ch 122) and Sirius (ch 132) - on Monday at 7 pm ET.

After the debate airs on CNN, it will be rebroadcast for 24 hours on XM's POTUS '08 channel (ch 130).

The Opie and Anthony Traveling Virus Comedy Tour is opening its doors to the U.S. military in a special tribute to our troops. For all remaining tour dates, anyone with a valid military ID can get into the shows for free.

Tickets will be made available for pick-up prior to show day to anyone presenting a valid military ID in Detroit (August 4th), Bristow, VA (August 18), Holmdel, NJ (August 25) and Camden, NJ (September 15). The tickets will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last.

"We have so much respect for our troops both here and all over the world. We just want to do our little part to show those men and women we are completely behind them," said Gregg 'Opie' Hughes.

"These guys are going to be busting their asses all summer, and we just want them to take a little break and have a bunch of laughs and enjoy a great comedy show for one night," said Anthony 'Anthony' Cumia.

Jim Norton, who will be one of the many comics featured on the tour, encouraged anyone attending a Traveling Virus Comedy show to buy his new book "Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch" now available in stores.

More details are available on the Traveling Virus MySpace page.

Starting today, XM will begin airing encore broadcasts of all 23-episodes from Oprah Winfrey's "Soul Series," her weekly show on Oprah & Friends (ch 156).

Every Thursday throughout the summer, two back-to-back episodes will air featuring stories, theories and revelations by a variety of authors and guests delving into issues about living and loving "soulfully."

Included among Oprah's guests are:
Gary Zukav, author of Seat of the Soul and Soul Stories; Dr. Brian Weiss, author of Many Lives, Many Masters;  Dr. Tobin Hart, author of The Secret Spiritual World of Children;  Esther Hicks, co-author of The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham;  Michael Losier, author of Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't;  Susan Chernak McElroy, author of Why Buffalo Dance: Animal and Wilderness Meditations Through the Seasons;  Dr. David R. Hawkins, author of Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior;  Kathy Freston, author of The One: Discovering the Secrets of Soul Mate Love;  Laura Day, author of The Circle: How the Power of a Single Wish Can Change Your Life and Welcome to Your Crisis: How to Use the Power of Crisis to Create the Life You Want.

Tune in as Oprah and her special guests delve into everything from auras to soul-mates to the "secret behind The Secret".

Oprah's "Soul Series" will air two half-hour episodes back-to-back each week, with new encore episodes airing Thursdays at 4am, 10am, 4pm and 10pm ET. Additional encore broadcast will air throughout the week.