Internet streaming began in 1999 on pioneer webcasters NetRadio and WiredPlanet as well as public radio station sites, and evolved in 2001 into a full blown subscription service offering on-demand access to the entire Archive, now over 900 programs created since 1983. The program was also heard nationally seven times a week on XM Satellite Radio's "Audiovisions" channel and SiriusXM's "Spa" Channel from 2001 to 2010. Hearts of Space is a United States weekly syndicated public radio show featuring music of a contemplative nature drawn largely from the. radio markets and a majority of the top fifty. Now in its 34th year of national syndication, a one hour program airs weekly on over 200 NPR affiliate stations, including three of the top five U.S. Slow-paced, space-creating music from many cultures ancient bell meditations, classical adagios, creative space jazz, and the latest electronic and acoustic ambient music are woven into a seamless sequence unified by sound, emotion, and spatial imagery. Hosted by Hill and original co-producer Anna Turner, within three years the program signed its 200th station and became the most successful new music program in public radio history, as well as the most widely syndicated program of 'spacemusic' - a tastemaker for the genre. Light Fantastic Steve Roach 3,013 listeners Image for Doorway to a Dream. In January 1983, after 10 years evolution as a local program, Hearts of Space began national syndication to 35 non-commercial public radio stations via the NPR satellite system. Over the intervening quarter century, Hearts of Space evolved into a multifaceted music and broadcast producer encompassing radio syndication, a record company, and an Internet music service. What began purely as a labor of love eventually became the most popular contemporary music program on public radio. Well into its second decade, the program continues to chronicle the best of the contemplative sound experience, with spacemusic from near and far out. Beginning in 1973, Hill hosted a weekly late-night radio program on KPFA-FM in the San Francisco Bay area. Hearts of Space grew out of former architect Stephen Hill's fascination with space-creating, ambient and contemplative music.
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