Sirius XM Scares Up Some Halloween Programming

Exhuming Welles' 'War Of The Worlds'

SIRIUS XM Radio will air a haunted house full of spooky, creative and classic HALLOWEEN programming. Two entire channels, SIRIUS Scream 113 and XM Gore 134, will be devoted to broadcasting spooky HALLOWEEN sound effects, as well as the ALFRED HITCHCOCK RADIO channel devoted to suspenseful radio dramas, including three directed by the HOLLYWOOD master himself.

Special HALLOWEEN programming will also be heard on a variety of channels, including MARTHA STEWART Living Radio, Doctor Radio, Hair Nation, Cosmo Radio, and SIRIUS' RadioClassics, will broadcast the original "War of the Worlds" during its original 1938 date and time slot, as well as other classic radio dramas starring such HOLLYWOOD horror legends as BORIS KARLOFF and PETER LORRE.

On the XM side, XM Kids' Pumpkin Jam will offer an all-day Halloween special; Cinemagic will air classic horror film clips and interviews galore on the Halloween Horror Festival; and XM Radio Classics will present XM listeners with a week of Halloween classics, spanning from fearfully funny to panic-inducing broadcasts.

Samples of the HALLOWEEN programming, which airs OCTOBER 26th-31st, can be heard at http://www.sirius.com/halloween and http://www.xmradio.com/halloween.

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