For First Time Ever, a Radio Station Goes 24/7 on Presidential Race

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With the upcoming presidential race gaining momentum quicker than ever before, it's no surprise that the campaign is garnering a lot of news coverage. Now, for the first time, there is a national radio station devoted to the race 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The new station is called "POTUS" (pronounced "POH-tus"), a term used by White House staff for "President of the United States." It is a commercial-free station that airs nationwide on XM satellite radio. Listeners across the country can hear news and commentary about the campaign around the clock.

The station is being broadcast for free to all XM radios on channel 130. Those who don't have an XM radio can go online and listen for free for two weeks by going to xmradio.com/potus.

The "POTUS" station airs radio shows produced by XM and a variety of partners, ranging from the Washington Post and C-SPAN to non-traditional media such as bloggers and podcasters. Also heard on "POTUS" are liberal voices from the political blog DailyKos, conservative voices from the Heritage Foundation, and the renowned polling group Zogby International. POTUS will stop broadcasting in January 2009 when the new president takes office. By that time, the station estimates it will have aired more than 11,000 (eleven thousand) hours of programming about the race.

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Presidential Election Channel 'POTUS '08' on XM Radio to Broadcast Nationwide from Iowa and New Hampshire
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=266589

[gateley]

1. Wow. That's potentially really cool. If their mix of progressive and conservative

offerings is fair, we the people could really benefit.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. (Insert the Sign of the Cross here)

From ghosties, ghoulies and little wee beasties
And things that go bump in the night;
Good Lord, deliver us.

[Mike03]

3. XM fan here. You are right.

It's been on the air for five months or so, and it is a fantastic idea.

XM also has a station just for doctors and that station (157) is hosting a series that focuses exclusively on the candidates' health care programs.

Glad to meet some others who are XM fans!