September 29, 2022

Song for Guy!

Sir Elton John is one of the most recognized and best-selling musical artists of all time! Yet, you may wonder, why is…

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August 25, 2022

There’s no Escape-ing … 20 years!

This Easy Listening/Beautiful Music genre’s channel was birthed on XM Satellite Radio 20 years ago this week, in the last week of…

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July 28, 2022

Missing… But Not Forgotten!

A sub-title of this Musings could be, “Tunes you no longer hear on SiriusXM’s Escape channel.” Why? While these melodies have long…

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October 21, 2021

Easy Listening is not dead!

Back in 2019, I wrote about a true radio broadcasting entrepreneur named Norm Alpert. We lost Norm in December of 2018, not…

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August 26, 2021

Marlin’s Good-Time Picture Show – Part Five

As noted before, prior to leaving Maryland in the early part of this year, I sorted and sifted through many mounds of…

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August 27, 2020

A Beautiful Music Radio Birthday!

On August 26, 2002, XM Satellite Radio management responded to subscriber demand by launching several new music channels … including The Village,…

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June 18, 2020

Dolly Parton, a Book, and a Train!

Originally published May 3, 2018 When I read that Dollywood re-opened this week ––after being delayed by many weeks due to the…

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January 2, 2020

Reflections: Christmas Music on Radio!

Just when you thought Christmas was behind us and all of the all-Christmas-music stations had returned to regular programming, here comes Marlin…

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December 19, 2019

Tell me, is there a Santa Claus?

Following up on my last Musings, presenting the collection of my favorite Christmas season songs, we turn to this historic holiday season…

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August 22, 2019

My Satellite Radio Days – Part Two

August 26, 2019 … the 17th anniversary of Escape, SiriusXM’s Beautiful Music/Easy Listening channel! Yes, the launch came on August 26th, 2002…

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