Audio Visions was a commercial-free

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channel on

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. It was available in both the

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and

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. It was also heard on

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channel 856 until November 12,

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. Programs on Audio Visions included, ''Night Vision'', ''Audiovisions'', ''Good Acousitcs'', and

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's program, ''

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''. In November 2008, Audio Visions was replaced with

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on XM channel 72 as part of a merged channel line-up.

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