Laugh Attack
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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 (CRTC) regulations for Canadian content on the XM platform.
The channel features uncensored Canadian stand-up and sketch comedy and promises to keep America informed about Canadian culture, as they have been "for over a quarter of a decimetre
."
The Program Director for Laugh Attack is Joe Thistel. The on-air personalities are Ben Miner, Darren Frost
, Dave Martin, Kathleen McGee, John Melville, Nicole McCallum, Bryan Cox, The Prez, Dan Busheikin, Jordan Bortolotti,
Chris Rochon, Barry Taylor, Svetlana Pupkina and Sandra Zee.
This channel, The Verge
, Radio Parallèle, and/or ATN-Asian Radio
will be preempted by XM Radio Canada
in order to air extra NHL play-by-play on channels 235 - 239.
Laugh Attack was not added to Sirius
after the Sirius/XM merger on November 12, 2008
.
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 uncensored comedy from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It was born in November 2005 as part of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) regulations for Canadian content on the XM platform.
The channel features uncensored Canadian stand-up and sketch comedy and promises to keep America informed about Canadian culture, as they have been "for over a quarter of a decimetre
Decimetre
A decimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one tenth of a metre, the SI base unit of length. In simple words there are 10 cm in a decimetre....
."
The Program Director for Laugh Attack is Joe Thistel. The on-air personalities are Ben Miner, Darren Frost
Darren Frost
Darren Frost is a Canadian actor and stand-up comedian. He frequently performs at Yuk-Yuks comedy clubs, and he competed in the 2007 Seattle International Comedy Competition....
, Dave Martin, Kathleen McGee, John Melville, Nicole McCallum, Bryan Cox, The Prez, Dan Busheikin, Jordan Bortolotti,
Chris Rochon, Barry Taylor, Svetlana Pupkina and Sandra Zee.
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 ATN-Asian Radio
ATN-Asian Radio
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,...
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.
Laugh Attack was not added to Sirius
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
after the Sirius/XM merger on November 12, 2008
2008 in radio
Several events occurred in radio in 2008.- Events :* January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for Adult contemporary music branded as "Warm."...
.
Programming
- Comic Stripped w/ Ben Miner, featuring interviews with big name comedy stars
- The Canadian Cultural Deathless Ideals Comedy Hour With Your Non-Communist Host, Svetlana Pupkina.
- The Best of BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
comedy on Sundays at 9:30 a.m./p.m. ET and Wednesdays at 4:30 a.m/p.m. ET. - The Best of Just For Laughs on Sundays at 9:00 a.m./p.m. ET and Wednesdays at 4:00 a.m./p.m. ET.
- Anything Goes w/ Darren Dave and Kathleen
- andPop radio
- The Comedy Records Show
External links
- Laugh Attack
- http://www.myspace.com/laughattack153Laugh Attack on MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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