New Program Schedule

Now that Bluegrass Junction is heard on both the Sirius and XM platforms, we've revised the schedule for the feature programming you've been hearing on both services. The idea is to make sure the shows you're looking for air at user-friendly times. Here's the rundown:

The Studio Special series now airs at 8 AM ET on Fridays and Saturdays and 9 PM ET on Sundays and Mondays.

Track-By-Track, as I mentioned in my earlier post, now airs weekly at 11 AM ET on Wednesdays and Sundays and 9 PM ET on Tuesdays.

Grassroots, our classic bluegrass show, has been expanded from two to three hours and renamed Truegrass (the name under which it aired on Sirius Bluegrass). Hosed by award-winning broadcaster-artist Chris Jones, it airs from 3-6 PM ET Fridays and 6-9 PM ET Sundays.

Hand Picked with Del, a show hosted by Del McCoury on which he shares some of his favorite music every week, airs Saturdays and Mondays at 11 AM ET and Thursdays at 9 PM ET.

Finally, Gospel Grass is now called The Gospel Train and airs Sundays from 8-11 AM ET and Wednesdays from 9 PM-Midnight ET.

TBT Goes Weekly

One of your favorite "irregular" features on Bluegrass Junction--judging from your comments--is Track-By-Track, where we play all the songs on a current bluegrass album, in sequence, with the artist in the studio to add his or her comments.

Because of your interest in the show, Track-By-Track is becoming a weekly series as of tomorrow morning. And we kick off the weekly version of the show with a rebroadcast of the show we did with Dan Tyminski back in September built around his album, Wheels.

Every week, we'll debut a different show on Wednesday mornings at 11 AM ET. Rebroadcasts will follow on Sundays at 11 AM ET and Tuesdays at 9 PM ET.

Future shows on the schedule will feature the Cherryholmes (that show airs next week), Kristin Scott Benson, Michael Cleveland, and more!

Mornings at the Junction

Well, it's been an extremely busy few days behind the scenes for me, but I'm pleased to report that I'll be back on the air tomorrow morning.

That's right--I said morning. Every now and then, I think it's a good idea to freshen things up, so I'm moving my show from afternoons to mornings from 7-11 AM ET.

This will be a "returning" of sorts for me, because I used to be on in the mornings on Bluegrass Junction a couple of years ago. I'm looking forward to it.

By the way, there will be some other schedule changes starting tomorrow. More on that later.