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ROCKCRIT FRICKE BECOMES SIRIUS DJ

Veteran rock critic David Fricke, who was reduced from fulltime Rolling Stone staffer to contributor three months ago, will host a new weekly music show on SiriusXM’s The Spectrum. Cleverly dubbed The Writer’s Block, the series premieres tonight at 8pm ET on via satellite on channel 28 and through the SiriusXM app on mobile devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com. It’ll replay Saturday at 4pm ET.

In The Writer’s Block, Fricke will hand-select an hour of music and share stories from his four decades of experience. He’ll blend tracks from classic artists with music from current acts like The Arcs and The Dead Weather, it says here.

“With The Writer’s Block, my life in music and journalism has come full circle on SiriusXM,” said Fricke in the announcement. “I got my start in radio, and it is an amazing honor and opportunity to bring my passions for great music and telling stories to the medium where I began.”

“David Fricke has chronicled the history and world of rock and roll at the highest levels, but now he gets a journalist’s dream assignment: picking and playing music from the stars he’s interviewed,” SiriusXM President and Chief Content Officer Scott Greenstein intoned. “In an age of playlists that are automated, the picks from David will be debated and scrutinized, and we think thoroughly enjoyed by our listeners nationwide. The combination of great songs and David’s stories to go with them can be found nowhere else but SiriusXM.”

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