ATN-Asian Radio
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ATN-Asian Radio is an XM Satellite Radio
channel featuring programming dedicated South Asian community in North America. This channel's content will be produced by Asian Television Network
. Content for the channel will include talk and phone-in shows, music and poetry, news and current affairs, and live cricket
commentary. The channel was in preview mode from 2007-09-24 until 2007-10-29 at 6 PM ET, when the channel made a formal launch.
The majority of the talk shows will be in English. Furthermore, substantial coverage will be given in Punjabi
, Hindi
, and other South Asian languages.
On 2008-04-18, ATN-Asian Radio started broadcasting live Indian Premier League
matches on the channel as a part of Asian Television Network International Limited broadcasting rights
This channel, The Verge
, Radio Parallèle, and/or Laugh Attack
will be preempted by XM Radio Canada
in order to air extra NHL play-by-play on channels 235-239.
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
channel featuring programming dedicated South Asian community in North America. This channel's content will be produced by Asian Television Network
Asian Television Network
Asian Television Network International Limited is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company, with 33 television channels in 9 languages, serving diverse South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in Canada and the United States...
. Content for the channel will include talk and phone-in shows, music and poetry, news and current affairs, and live cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
commentary. The channel was in preview mode from 2007-09-24 until 2007-10-29 at 6 PM ET, when the channel made a formal launch.
The majority of the talk shows will be in English. Furthermore, substantial coverage will be given in Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, and other South Asian languages.
On 2008-04-18, ATN-Asian Radio started broadcasting live Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
matches on the channel as a part of Asian Television Network International Limited broadcasting rights
This channel, The Verge
The Verge (XM)
The Verge is an XM Radio Canada channel featuring new and emerging rock bands from Canada. The channel is produced in Toronto, Ontario for the entire XM platform. The channel's former names included Unsigned, and Signed, which indicated that the channel played a combination of signed and unsigned...
, Radio Parallèle, and/or Laugh Attack
Laugh Attack
Laugh Attack is an XM Satellite Radio channel featuring uncensored comedy from Canada. It was born in November 2005 as part of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's regulations for Canadian content on the XM platform....
will be preempted by XM Radio Canada
XM Radio Canada
XM Radio Canada was the operating name of Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. , a Canadian communications and media company, which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast satellite radio in Canada...
in order to air extra NHL play-by-play on channels 235-239.