Production detailsĮpisodes, or 'transmissions,' are thematic, commencing with a voice-over introduction by Hill, followed by almost an hour of uninterrupted segue-mixed music. On November 12, 2021, it reached its latest milestone, 1,300 installments of the show have been produced. On January 4, 2013, the show celebrated a milestone broadcasting its 1000th program on the 40th anniversary of its KPFA debut and 30th anniversary month/year of its national syndication on NPR. After the merger, Sirius XM Satellite Radio moved the program to its Spa channel until discontinuing it. The current week's show was broadcast on Saturdays at 9 AM ET, then repeated on Sundays at 9 PM ET. Beginning on its Audio Visions channel in 2001, older shows aired weeknights at 11 PM ET. Until April 1, 2010, the show was also broadcast nightly by XM Satellite Radio. In December 2009, it was still broadcast by over 200 public radio stations weekly. Shortened to a one-hour version, it entered syndication on public radio on January 1, 1983, and quickly grew in popularity, signing its 200th station within three years. It was hosted by Hill under the on-air pseudonym 'Timotheo', with Turner becoming co-host from 1974 to 1986 as 'Annamystic'.

It was first broadcast as Music from the Hearts of Space, a three-hour-long late-night show on KPFA in Berkeley, California. Hearts of Space was created in 1973 by Stephen Hill, and co-produced by Hill and Anna Turner. Each episode ends with Hill gently saying, 'Safe journeys, space fans. It is the longest-running radio program of its type in the world. For many years, the show's producer and presenter, Stephen Hill, has applied the term ' space music' to the music broadcast on the show, irrespective of genre. Hearts of Space is an American weekly syndicated public radio show featuring music of a contemplative nature drawn largely from the ambient, new-age and electronic genres, while also including classical, world, Celtic, experimental, and other music selections. Self-distributed to 100+ public radio stations (2009), PRXġ973–1974 Stephen Hill 1974–1986 Stephen Hill, Anna Turner 1987–present Stephen Hill

( November 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īmbient, new-age, electronic, space, and related contemplative music Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately. This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources.

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