Thursday, October 26, 2006
"Talk To Me With Oprah" Launches On XM Today
October 26, 2006
'Talk to Me with Oprah Winfrey' Debuts Today on XM's 'Oprah & Friends' ChannelCHICAGO and WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
"Talk to Me withOprah Winfrey," a new weekly call-in show hosted by Oprah, debuts today onXM's "Oprah & Friends" channel (XM 156), it was announced today by HarpoRadio, Inc. and XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than seven million subscribers.
The new show airs Thursdays at 10 a.m. ET. "Talk to Me with Oprah Winfrey" provides listeners and fans with a direct way to share their thoughts with Oprah as she takes calls from listeners each week during the half-hour program. Using the toll-free number (866-OPRAH-XM) fans across the country can call Oprah to discuss, ask questions and share stories.
Oprah will open each show with a brief monologue that will serve as the underlying theme, starting with this week's theme "Life Lessons." The "Oprah & Friends" channel today also launched "Oprah WeeklyHighlights," a half-hour program featuring the most memorable interviews and compelling moments of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" from the previous week.
"Talk to Me with Oprah Winfrey" will air Thursdays at 10 a.m. ET and"Oprah Weekly Highlights" will air Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET, both with additional encores airing throughout the week. The new programming replacesthe weekly "Oprah and Gayle Show." "One of the great things about the programming on 'Oprah & Friends' is that the caller-driven formats provide listeners with direct access to their favorite 'Oprah' personalities.
The addition of 'Talk to Me with OprahWinfrey' now expands that access to include Oprah herself," said John Gehron,general manager, Harpo Radio. In September 2006, the "Oprah & Friends" channel debuted on the XM lineup. With a wide variety of daily and weekly shows hosted by popular personalitiesfrom "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and O, The Oprah Magazine, "Oprah & Friends"features around-the-clock programming on topics ranging from nutrition, fitness and health to self improvement, home decor and current events.
In addition to Oprah, show hosts include legendary poet and bestselling authorDr. Maya Angelou; style expert Nate Berkus; financial coach and money expert Jean Chatzky; renowned exercise physiologist and fitness expert Bob Greene; O,The Oprah Magazine Editor-At-Large Gayle King; noted cardiologist and award-winning author Dr. Mehmet Oz; distinguished psychologist and best-sellingauthor Dr. Robin Smith; and spiritual teacher and internationally acclaimed author and lecturer Marianne Williamson.
Complete programming information for "Oprah & Friends," including showdescriptions, air dates and times, is available online at
http://www.xmradio.com/oprah and
http://www.oprah.com/xm.
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