NEW YORK

Sirius Satellite Radio to add all-Dead, all-the-time station

NEW YORK — Get ready for Dead air.

A channel devoted to the Grateful Dead debuts Sept. 7 on Sirius Satellite Radio, beginning with the broadcast of a rare 1974 performance by the band at the Hollywood Bowl, the company announced Wednesday.

"This is gonna be one fun channel," Dead guitarist Bob Weir said in announcing the station. "We, the guys in the band, get to be involved as much as we can, and we'll make sure it's fun. We want the fans to be involved as well."

Weir will host a show after the concert broadcast; original programming featuring bandmates Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann is also planned. The station will also air rare archival interviews with the late Jerry Garcia.

Although the Grateful Dead as a musical entity ended after Garcia's August 1995 death, the band still has a large fan base that Sirius hopes to attract.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Bomdardier ordered to check jet wings for malfunctions

U.S. and Canadian aviation regulators have ordered Bombardier Inc. to address wing malfunctions on certain jets flown by regional carriers such as Air Wisconsin and SkyWest Inc.

Air Wisconsin operates flights for US Airways Group Inc., while SkyWest is a feeder airline for UAL Corp.'s United, Delta Air Lines Inc. and Midwest Air Group Inc's Midwest Airlines.

The Federal Aviation Administration's directive, which goes into effect Sept. 5, covers 684 airplanes in the U.S. fleet that were built by Montreal-based Bombardier.

The airplanes have experienced so-called flap failures over several years, according to Transport Canada, which issued a safety order on the jets last month.

An FAA spokeswoman Wednesday said that while the flap problems are potentially unsafe, there was no immediate danger.

FINLANd

Nokia reveals new services, phones that download music

HELSINKI—Nokia Corp. unveiled new services and cell phones Wednesday that customers can use to download music and play games, a bid by the world's largest mobile phone maker to challenge Apple Inc.'s higher-end iPhone, iTunes and the iPod.

The move by Nokia, whose basic handsets give it a strong position in emerging markets, is the latest recognition that high-end markets require handsets with photo, music and video capabilities and quick access to the Internet.

One of the new phones can hold up to 6,000 songs. Other gadgets include headphones, docking stations and speakers.

Nokia said it will focus its new Web services in a site known as "Ovi" — Finnish for "door" — that will include an online music store "with millions of tracks from major labels."