Satellite radio poses a more complicated problem for the CRTC.

Freeform radio is particularly popular as a college radio format ; offshoots include the recent ( and somewhat controversial, due to its lack of on-air personalities ) eclectic-pop format known as variety hits, which plays a wide assortment of mostly top-40 music from a span of several decades ; and podcast radio, a mostly talk format pioneered by Infinity Broadcasting's KYOU station in California and Adam Curry's Podcast show on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Satellite radio usually uses DJs, but their programming blocks are longer and not distinguished much by the time of day.

In early May 2007, bassist Peter Hook was interviewed by British radio station XFM – originally to talk about his contribution to the debut album of former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell's new band Satellite Party saying that "[...] me and Bernard aren't working together.

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Satellite radio receivers started selling at a much higher rate, which allowed listeners to pay a subscription fee for thousands of ad-free stations.

Two satellite types are used for North American television and radio: Direct broadcast satellite ( DBS ), and Fixed Service Satellite ( FSS )

Initially available for broadcast to stationary TV receivers, by 2004 popular mobile direct broadcast applications made their appearance with the arrival of two satellite radio systems in the United States: Sirius and XM Satellite Radio Holdings.

Satellite radio offers audio services in some countries, notably the United States.

Satellite radio offers a meaningful alternative to ground-based radio services in some countries, notably the United States.

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In the United States, contemporary radio drama can be found on ACB radio, produced by the American Council of the Blind ; on the Sirius XM Book Radio channel from Sirius XM Satellite Radio ( previously Sonic Theater on XM ); and occasionally in syndication, as with Jim French's production Imagination Theater.

Not From Space ( 2003 ) on XM Satellite Radio was the first national radio play recorded exclusively through the Internet in which the voice actors were all in separate locations.

The CBC owns 20. 2 % of satellite radio broadcaster Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings, operator of Sirius Canada and XM Radio Canada, which airs additional CBC services including CBC Radio 3 and Bande à part.

In November 2004, the CBC, in partnership with Standard Broadcasting and Sirius Satellite Radio, applied to the CRTC for a license to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.

Satellite radio is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations.

Satellite image of circular crop fields in late June 2001.

Satellite view of McChord Air Force Base 2 June 2002

Satellite image of circular crop fields in Haskell County, Kansas in late June 2001.

On June 19, 2008, Simon and her son Ben performed " You're So Vain " together on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite radio.

Satellite image of circular crop fields characteristic of center pivot irrigation in Kansas ( June 2001 ).

On June 18, 2008 Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst announced plans for the RHN Satellite software to be open-sourced following the Fedora / RHEL model.

During its first year, Headline News had a competitor in the form of Group W's Satellite News Channel, which lasted from June 21, 1982, until October 27, 1983.

In June 1961, Satellite signed a local instrumental band known as The Royal Spades.

In June 2007, Chan, along with Liu Changle ( 劉長樂 ), chairman of Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited, established a company that later bought most of ATV's shares.

* Satellite photo from June, 2001

During the mission, the crew deployed satellites for Canada ( ANIK C-2 ) and Indonesia ( PALAPA B-1 ); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System ( RMS ) to perform the first deployment and retrieval exercise with the Shuttle Pallet Satellite ( SPAS-01 ); conducted the first formation flying of the Orbiter with a free-flying satellite ( SPAS-01 ); carried and operated the first U. S ./ German cooperative materials science payload ( OSTA-2 ): and operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System ( CFES ) and the Monodisperse Latex Reactor ( MLR ) experiments, in addition to activating seven Getaway Specials, Mission duration was 147 hours before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on June 24, 1983.

In June 2013, the Breetai commands a joint-mission which proves successful in capturing the last remaining Zentraedi Satellite factory.

Satellite radio was approved in Canada by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) on June 18, 2005.

On June 19, 2008, Howard Stern claimed Simon privately revealed whom the song was written about to him after her interview on his popular radio show heard on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Two LPRP missions, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ( LRO ) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite ( LCROSS ), were launched in June 2009.

In June 2013, Max and Miriya take part in an important mission into deep space to capture the last remaining Zentraedi Factory Satellite.

In June 2013, Max and Miriya take part in an important mission under Breetai into deep space to capture the last remaining Zentraedi Factory Satellite.

In June 2008 rumors began to surface that Silveria had joined a newly formed band called Satellite Syndrome, but it was eventually confirmed that the rumors were false and Silveria was not involved with the band.

From October 2009 until June 30, 2012, KTXT's programming was all via satellite, consisting of PRI's " The TakeAway " during weekday morning drivetime, BBC World Service programming during the mid-day and afternoon, and music from the Jazz Satellite Network during overnights.

Satellite photo of King Khalid Military City, taken June 30th, 2002

Dana plays an important role in episode 30, Viva Miriya, when Max and Miriya are asked by Admiral Gloval to bring Dana along on a mission into deep space to capture the last remaining Zentraedi Satellite factory in June 2013.

Satellite photo of the Strait of Messina, taken June 2002.

In June 2013, Lisa, newly promoted to the rank of captain, along with Rick, Max, Miriya and Claudia participate in an operation under Breetai to capture the last remaining Zentraedi Satellite Factory in deep space.

* Satellite photo of the Alps, taken on 31 August 2005 by MODIS aboard Terra

He contributed back-up vocals on TV on the Radio's song " Province " for their album Return to Cookie Mountain, made a commercial with Snoop Dogg for XM Satellite Radio, and joined with Lou Reed on Danish alt-rockers Kashmir's 2005 album No Balance Palace.

It was built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd ( SSTL ), and successfully launched on 28 December 2005 by the European Space Agency and the Galileo Joint.

Satellite image of phytoplankton swirling around the Sweden | Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, in 2005

Discovery was previously on XM Satellite Radio but was dropped in early September 2005.

* 2005 – Golden Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical – The Merchant of Venice

File: MODIS Map. jpg | Satellite image based largely on observations from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( MODIS ) on July 11, 2005 of Earth's cloud cover.

In 2005, AirTran Airways began putting XM Satellite Radio on their aircraft, while in January 2006, JetBlue Airways added XM Radio to their aircraft.

Etna in 2005 seen from the SPOT 5 Satellite.

On 28 July 2005, the European Space Agency announced it had signed a contract with an operating company, European Satellite Services Provider, to run EGNOS.

From 2003 to 2005, XM Satellite Radio aired a weekly " Best of Dr. Demento " show ( featuring a mixture of old and new material ) initially on the Special X channel and then on the 60s on 6, Deep Tracks, and Laugh USA channels.

*" Satellite ", on Anna Nalick's 2005 album Wreck of the Day

On February 5, 2005, Maxim Radio, featuring male-oriented talk programming, debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio.

* On December 19, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission “ announced that it filed and settled insider trading charges both against an accountant and a former executive of Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. who illegally profited from advance knowledge of radio personality Howard Stern ’ s $ 500 million contract with Sirius .”

In 2005 Oldham was recruited by Steven Van Zandt to host a radio show on Van Zandt's Underground Garage radio channel heard in North America on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Shenzhou 6 ( Shénzhōu lìuhào ) was the second human spaceflight of the People's Republic of China, launched on October 12, 2005 on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

In 2005, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced a partnership with XM Satellite Radio which gave XM studio space at Frederick P. Rose Hall to broadcast both daily jazz programming and special events such as an Artist Confidential show featuring Carlos Santana.

They included five live songs as a bonus disc on Satellite Rides, and released a live double CD set recorded at historic Gruene Hall in 2005, Alive & Wired.

* 2005 Golden Satellite Award-Best Youth DVD

* Alhurra, the Free One: Assessing U. S. Satellite Television in the Middle East, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School, November 2005

Fox was nominated for a Golden Globe, won the 2005 Satellite Award, and shared the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, for his role in Lost.

Image: Shabeelle NASA. jpg | Satellite pictures showing the Shebelle valley in southern Somalia and Ethiopia before and during floods in 2005.

* Above the World: Stunning Satellite Images From Above Earth ( 2005 ), Cassell Illustrated, a division of the Octopus Publishing Group, ISBN 978-1-84403-181-8 ( foreword by Ranulph Fiennes )