Music in Orbit

Brian Fauteux is Associate Professor of Popular Music and Media Studies at the University of Alberta and author of Music in Range: The Culture of Canadian Campus Radio.

• ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Songs Down to Earth: Music Radio and Outer Space 2. Targeting Subscribers in Satellite Radio’s Formative Years 3. Perceived Value and Satellite Streams in Music Programming 4. Disposable Music and Monopoly Power in Policymaking 5. The Stars Down to Earth: The Celebrity Radio Voice on Satellite Radio 6. The Transnational, Technological, and Programming Expansion of SiriusXM 7. Embedded Radio and the Limits of Expansion Notes Bibliography Index

“Music in Orbit provides essential insight into the serious challenges confronting working musicians, music consumers, and the broader music communities that are the lifeblood of popular culture.”