Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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November 12, 2004

enLIGHTen me

Thanks to Marlin Taylor who will be heading the new "enLIGHTen" SG channel on XM Radio along with Dan Dixon. He responded to my email in less than 12 hours. Here's what I learned . . .

Taylor's goal is to have the XM channel enLIGHTen launched no later than November 18. It will appear in the Christian music section of the "dial" on channel 34, right beside Spirit, the black gospel channel. Unfortunately, it will not be available over satelite initially. Taylor said XM's bandwith on music channels is currently at the maximum limit. To add enLIGHTen to the satelite feed would require bumping an existing channel, but it's always a possibility if the response to the online service is significant.

Taylor said, "Our commitment is to make it the best it can possibly be, and to create such a dynamic product that the listening public will demand it be added to the satellite service before much time passes."

Right now, they need record labels to send them music . . . not just current releases, but collections of older hits as well. If you're with a record label, write Martin Taylor at sogo@xmradio.com for more information.

Here's the "big deal" about enLIGHTen. Although it's just another online SG station for now, it's the only one with the potential to ever be on satelite. Labels would be wise to get behind this effort. If the programming quality is poor from the beginning, it will never fly . . . literally . . . but if the programming quality is top notch, there's the potential of having Southern Gospel music available via satelite across the USA.

On a final note, the SG USA Countdown show remains tied up in the legal department of XM. Taylor said the plan is to have it added to XM's "America" channel as well as enLIGHTen when it ever clears that hurdle. He did not speculate on how much longer that would take, and admitted he didn't know what legal issues were causing it to be delayed.
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 10:01:00 AM


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