E Street Radio

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E Street Radio
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Broadcast area United States
Canada
Frequency Sirius XM Radio 20
Dish 6020
Programming
Format Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Ownership
Owner Sirius XM Radio
History
First air date
2005-11-01
Technical information
Class Satellite Radio Station
Links
Website SiriusXM: E Street Radio

E Street Radio is a Sirius XM Radio channel, broadcasting on Sirius 20, as well as on Dish Network channel 6020. Its format concentrates on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, including interviews, guest disc jockey sessions, studio outtakes, concert recordings, rarities and more.

This was originally a Sirius-only channel, starting on November 1, 2005, to coincide with the release of Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition . That run finished three months later on January 31, 2006.

Sirius restarted E Street Radio on Channel 10 on September 27, 2007, in anticipation of his album Magic and the Magic Tour. [1] Programmed by Thomas Wilkinson

Celebrities that are Springsteen fans often appear on the channel. Brian Williams, Tom Morello, Pete Yorn, Dr. Oz, and even E Street Band member Max Weinberg's son Jay Weinberg have appeared on the channel.

E Street Radio celebrated ten years of satellite radio on March 9, 2012 with an exclusive live performance at the Apollo Theatre from Springsteen and the E Street Band to kick off the Wrecking Ball Tour.

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References

  1. "'E Street Radio' Channel, dedicated to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, returns exclusively to SIRIUS Satellite Radio". Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2008.