If you’ve been following Drive A Faster Car on Twitter, you know I’ve been in NYC for the past week and a half romping about. Today I stopped by Sirius/XM Studios with my good friend, Associate Format Manager/On-Air, Julia Cunningham, for a tour of the studios and to see how they make the magic happen. You can tune in to hear Julia on XM U Fridays from 2-6PM.

As soon as you walk onto their floor, you’re surrounded by walls of plastic boards autographed by every artist you could imagine — from Paul McCartney to Mastodon to Vampire Weekend.

While taking a tour of each of the studios, soundbooths, and so forth, I spotted a few Atlanta artists on the myriad of autograph boards around each corner…

Gringo Star:

Sister Hazel:

Julia gave me a peak as to how each of the channels scheduled their programming, including their Blog Radio show which features the likes of DaFC acquaintance, Aquarium Drunkard, Hipster Runoff, Gorilla Vs Bear, etc. I was a tiny bit envious!

I eventually pulled up to a free desk, flipped on XM U so I could rock out the Download 15 including current obsession, Dinosaur Jr’s “See You,” and now blogging for you to have a little peak into the world that is Sirius/XM while Julia gets some work done.

The infamous Howard Stern’s studio:

Martha Stewart’s studio:

The Opie & Anthony Show:

Some of the Sirius/XM Studios’ offices:

This room was huge and apparently freezing if I was to actually walk in it…

Sirius/XM — Feel free to give Drive A Faster Car a call when you’re ready to expand that Blog Radio show and need some Southern presence!