XM Radio announces plans to broadcast live from the Grand Ole Opry, and will air selected performances and archival broadcasts on several channels.

I guess we've come a long way from listening to Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff on a fuzzy AM pocket radio.

I'm a relative newcomer to the Knoxviews community and to East Tennessee. Well, I'm not even a Tennessee resident yet, but I will be this June. Anyway, I've been listening to WDVX over the web and I can honestly say that it is the best radio station I've ever heard. Period. Does this station come in all over the Knoxville area? In Maryville? Do any of you all go to the Blue Plate Specials? What's the inside scoop on this station? How do they stay afloat?

I'll be on Hallerin Hill's show about 7:40 this morning, talking about my plan for a non-binding referendum, aka plebiscite. I believe the mayor or a mayor's representative will be talking about the plan presented by the mayor yesterday. All the best, Mark Harmon