ATN-Asian Radio is an
SiriusXM Satellite Radio channel featuring programming dedicated
South Asian community in North America. This channel's content is produced by
Asian Television Network. The channel features: talk and phone-in shows, music and poetry, news and current affairs, and live
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
commentary.
The channel was in preview mode from 2007-09-24 until 2007-10-29 at 6 PM
ET, at which point it was formally launched. The majority of the talk shows are in English with substantial coverage in
Punjabi,
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
, and other South Asian
languages.
On April 18, 2008, ATN-Asian Radio started broadcasting live
Indian Premier League matches on the channel as a part of
Asian Television Network International Limited broadcasting rights It was initially available on XM Satellite Radio, but then just Sirius as part of Multicultural Radio.
ATN Asian Radio airs every evening from 6 PM Eastern - 3 AM Eastern, and the remainder of the airtime is dedicated to Aboriginal Canadian programming from Voices Radio.
References
External links
Official ATN-Asian Radio websiteATN-Asian Radio page on Sirius XM
XM Satellite Radio channels
Sirius XM Radio channels
Satellite radio stations in Canada
South Asian radio in Canada
Radio stations established in 2007
Indo-Canadian culture
Indian diaspora mass media
{{Canada-radio-station-stub