Ford to Offer Nationwide Introductory Trial of SIRIUS XM Certified Pre-owned Ford and Lincoln Vehicles

SIRIUS XM Radio Now Available on BlackBerry

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced the availability of a free application for BlackBerry smartphones, giving consumers access to over 120 channels of sports, talk, entertainment, news, comedy and commercial-free music on compatible models of the popular BlackBerry devices — the BlackBerry Storm, Bold, Tour and Curve.

The free SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry gives mobile consumers the freedom to listen to SIRIUS XM’s Premium Online content on the go on their BlackBerry smartphones over cellular and WiFi networks.

“SIRIUS XM makes it easy for BlackBerry users to discover entirely commercial-free music and enjoy audio entertainment they will not find anywhere else,” said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SIRIUS XM. “We are truly excited to launch the SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry, giving millions of discerning mobile consumers the ability to take our superior Premium Online programming with them on the go.”

SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry provides subscribers to SIRIUS or XM Premium Online who own compatible BlackBerry devices the ability to access exclusive sports talk and entertainment programming from SIRIUS XM’s satellite radio service. Exclusive programming includes MLB Home Plate, SIRIUS NFL Radio, NHL Home Ice, PGA TOUR, Mad Dog Radio with Chris Russo, CNN, Fox News Talk, NPR, The Foxxhole channel presented by Jamie Foxx, Blue Collar Comedy Radio, The Virus featuring Opie & Anthony, Playboy Radio, Rosie Radio, Oprah Radio, and Martha Stewart Living Radio.

SIRIUS and XM Premium Online subscribers can listen to commercial-free music featuring exclusive programming from SIRIUS XM’s satellite radio service, such as Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour and Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure. Premium Online subscribers can also hear a broad array of 24/7 artist-branded music channels such as The Grateful Dead Channel, Eminem’s Shade 45, Jimmy Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville, “Little Steven” Van Zandt’s Underground Garage and Outlaw Country channels, B.B. King’s Bluesville, Willie Nelson’s Willie’s Place, Elvis Radio, Siriusly Sinatra, and Metropolitan Opera Radio. In addition, Premium Online subscribers have access to more than 70 commercial-free music channels, such as, dance channel BPM, new country music channel The Highway, and indie rock channel SIRIUS XMU.

Also available to Premium Online subscribers are exclusive showcase channels that feature multiple plays of exclusive programming from SIRIUS XM’s satellite radio service, including such acclaimed shows as Rosie Radio, The Jamie Foxx Show, specials from Blue Collar Comedy and Raw Dog Comedy, selections from the Artist Confidential series, and selections from exclusive live SIRIUS XM music performances, including pop, rock, hip-hop, country, jazz, and more, available for the first time on compatible BlackBerry models.

Select programming, including MLB Play-by-Play, NFL Play-by-Play, SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, and Howard Stern, will not be available via the SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry. Listeners will continue to be able to access that programming through the SIRIUS XM platforms where they are currently offered.

SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry allows users to:

• Surf through over 120 channels of SIRIUS XM Premium Online programming on the go.
• Bookmark SIRIUS XM Internet channels for fast, easy access through a “Favorites” function.
• View the current channel plus what is playing on all other available channels via the “Lookaround” function.

SIRIUS XM App for BlackBerry is available as a free download by visiting www.siriusxm.com/blackberry on your computer or BlackBerry browser. After downloading the free App, users of compatible BlackBerry devices can register for a 7-day free trial to SIRIUS XM Premium Online on their smartphone.

At launch, the free App will be available on the following BlackBerry models:

• Storm 9530
• Storm2 9550
• Bold 9000
• Bold 9700
• Tour 9630
• Curve 8900
• Curve 8520
• Curve 8530

There is no additional charge for listening to SIRIUS XM’s Premium Online programming on a BlackBerry once a user becomes a SIRIUS XM Premium Online Internet subscriber or subscribes to the Company’s Premium Online service in conjunction with their satellite radio subscription.

SIRIUS XM Offers Variety of Exclusive Entertainment Live From Miami This Week

SIRIUS XM Radio announced that Jamie Foxx, Emeril Lagasse and Covino & Rich and Playboy Radio are bringing their exclusive satellite radio shows and channels to Miami to broadcast live from the hottest parties and big events leading up to this weekend’s big game.

The SIRIUS XM talk and entertainment lineup from South Florida this week:

JAMIE FOXX PRESENTS THE FOXXHOLE

Foxx Rocks the Bowl

Jamie Foxx is taking The Foxxhole, his exclusive 24/7 comedy and entertainment channel, down to South Beach to broadcast live from the hot spots, interviewing celebrities and athletes and the biggest names in town, bringing listeners up close and personal coverage of the sporting world’s biggest party. Jamie kicks off the festivities February 5 at 12:00 pm ET with a special live show from radio row at the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center, followed by a live poolside remote of The Jamie Foxx Show from the Bud Light Hotel that afternoon (1:00 – 4:00 pm ET). The fun continues Saturday night when Jamie flips on the mic at his private party at the Bud Light Hotel and invites everyone to join the pre-game night celebration (February 6 starting at 9:00 pm ET).

The Foxxhole/SIRIUS channel 106 and XM channel 149

EMERIL LAGASSE’S TAILGATE PARTY LIVE FROM HIS MIAMI RESTAURANT ON MARTHA STEWART LIVING RADIO

World-renowned New Orleans chef Emeril Lagasse is hosting the ultimate tailgate party from his “Emeril’s Miami Beach” restaurant live February 5 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET on Cooking with Emeril, his new SIRIUS XM show. Emeril and an all-star lineup of guests including acclaimed chef/restaurateur Mario Batali, Chef Greg Hardesty of Indianapolis’ Recess and Chef Allison Vines-Rushing of New Orleans’ MiLA will share their favorite game day entertaining tips and tailgating recipes, and take calls from listeners nationwide. Other special guests include gospel music stars Bebe and CeCe Wynans, headliners of the weekend’s official gospel celebration, and Chef Douglas Rodriguez, known as the creator of the Nuevo Latino Movement, who will discuss Miami’s dynamic food scene and modern Cuban cuisine.

Cooking with Emeril/Martha Stewart Living Radio/ SIRIUS channel 112 and XM channel 157 as part of “The Best of SIRIUS” package

PLAYBOY RADIO

Playboy Radio will bring listeners front and center for all of Playboy’s big events, including Playboy’s legendary annual Super Saturday Night party. This year’s exclusive party–being held at South Beach’s Sagamore Hotel–is the official after party for the Grammy-nominated Black Eyed Peas following their concert performance at the American Airlines Arena that evening. Beginning February 6 at 9:00 pm ET, Playboy Radio will broadcast live from the red carpet and inside the event as celebrities, athletes and VIP guests mingle with a bevy of Playboy Playmates and Playboy Club Bunnies and mark the beginning of a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Playboy Club. In addition, Playboy Radio will broadcast from other special events being held in South Florida this week, including the first-ever Playboy Golf Super Scramble and Playboy Golf VIP Players party.

Playboy Radio/SIRIUS channel 99 and XM channel 99 as part of “The Best of SIRIUS” package

COVINO & RICH

Covino & Rich Blitz South Florida

Whether they’re hanging poolside every day at the Bud Light Hotel with the hottest girls or gracing the most exclusive parties with their presence at night, SIRIUS XM’s resident “guy’s guys” Covino & Rich are covering this week in style–as only they can. As SIRIUS XM’s “Social Correspondents,” the guys will hit the parties, the beach scene and fun events all around town and bring all the highlights back to listeners. On their daily show, Covino & Rich take a light-hearted approach to the word around them, delivering a daily dose of celebrity guests, girls, music, relationship talk, headlines and gossip from their adventures on the red carpet and at the coolest events around town. Covino & Rich airs Monday – Friday from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET on SIRIUS XM Stars Too, with replays nightly from 6:00 – 9:00 pm ET.

Covino & Rich/SIRIUS XM Stars Too/SIRIUS channel 108 and XM channel 139

The Who Channel to Launch on SIRIUS XM Radio (Limited Run)

SIRIUS XM Radio announced today that it will launch The Who Channel, a five-day long, commercial-free music channel featuring music, performances and interviews celebrating the career of one of the most iconic rock bands of all time, The Who.

The limited-run channel will launch on Thursday, February 4 at 3:00 pm ET and will run until Monday, February 8 at 11:59 pm ET on SIRIUS channel 16 and XM channel 40.

The Who Channel will feature a live broadcast of the band’s on-field halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIV and play music spanning The Who’s entire five-decade-long career, from their debut in 1965 through the band’s latest releases: The Who Greatest Hits, the career-spanning compilation, and The Who Greatest Hits Live, a collection of previously unreleased and newly mixed concert recordings from throughout the band’s entire career. Listeners will also hear exclusive interviews with the band members and broadcasts of live concert performances from the band’s massive archive.

On Friday, February 5 at 2:00 pm ET, listeners will also hear an exclusive, in-depth interview between SIRIUS XM host and noted music journalist Dave Marsh, and The Who’s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.

The Who Channel is an example of SIRIUS XM’s exclusive, limited-run, artist-branded channels dedicated to iconic musicians. In addition to the current broadcast of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Radio, SIRIUS XM has previously offered limited-run channels such as Mandatory Metallica, Paul McCartney’s Fireman Radio, Rolling Stones Radio, AC/DC Radio, Led Zeppelin Radio, Miles Davis Radio, The Spectrum of John Mellencamp, Radio R.E.M., Coldplay Nation, ABBA Radio, Neil Diamond Radio, Jay-Z Nation, Garth Brooks Radio and Duran Duran’s Red Carpet Radio, among many others.

SIRIUS XM Radio Announces Comprehensive Broadcast Coverage for Super Bowl XLIV

SIRIUS XM Radio, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, announced today that it will broadcast Super Bowl XLIV in 10 languages, offering listeners 14 different live broadcasts plus live talk programming from South Florida throughout Super Bowl Week.

On Super Bowl Sunday, February 7 (6:00 pm ET), SIRIUS XM will air an expanded lineup of live play-by-play broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIV from Sun Life Stadium in South Florida. The 14 different game calls will be available to SIRIUS subscribers and XM subscribers with the “Best of SIRIUS” programming package.

• Indianapolis Colts broadcast – SIRIUS 123 / XM 102
• New Orleans Saints broadcast – SIRIUS 125 / XM 103
• National Radio broadcast – SIRIUS 124 / XM 124
• BBC Radio broadcast – SIRIUS 130 / XM 104
• Spanish language broadcast – SIRIUS 91 / XM 105
• Spanish broadcast (Canal + Spain) – SIRIUS 155 / XM 106
• Russian broadcast (NTV Plus) – SIRIUS 154 / XM 107
• French broadcast (W9) – SIRIUS 157 / XM 108
• Japanese broadcast (NHK Japan) – SIRIUS 158 / XM 109
• German broadcast (ARD) – SIRIUS 127 / XM 110
• Italian broadcast (RAI) – SIRIUS 122 / XM 111
• Hungarian broadcast (Sport1) – SIRIUS 90 / XM 112
• Dutch broadcast (Prime Sport) – SIRIUS 152 / XM 113
• Danish broadcast (Viasat) – SIRIUS 126 / XM 114

“The Super Bowl showcases the breadth and depth of SIRIUS XM’s programming; we will offer listeners more comprehensive and far-reaching content during Super Bowl Week than can be found anywhere else,” said Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS XM Radio’s President and Chief Content Officer. “Fans nationwide will have access to the game in 10 different languages, and with our SIRIUS NFL Radio talent, Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo, plus a variety of other SIRIUS XM personalities broadcasting live from South Florida, we will offer listeners unparalleled access to one of the biggest events of the year.”

Starting Monday, February 1, SIRIUS NFL Radio will broadcast live every day from Radio Row at the Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center offering listeners all the latest news and analysis leading up to the biggest game of the year, plus dozens of interviews with players, coaches, league executives and celebrities. Available to listeners nationwide on SIRIUS channel 124 and XM channel 124 with the “Best of SIRIUS” programming package, SIRIUS NFL Radio features a lineup of expert hosts that includes Gil Brandt, Derrick Brooks, Randy Cross, Rich Gannon, Pat Kirwan, Jim Miller, Bob Papa, Tim Ryan, Ross Tucker, Solomon Wilcots, Peter King and Adam Schein.

SIRIUS NFL Radio will also broadcast live from Sun Life Stadium on Media Day, Tuesday, February 2 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm ET), offering one-on-one interviews with players and coaches from the Colts and Saints. On Saturday, February 6 (4:00 pm ET), SIRIUS NFL Radio will provide live coverage as the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010 is announced. Listeners will hear the live announcement as well as one-on-one interviews with the newly elected Hall of Famers.

Renowned sports talk host Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo will also be in South Florida all week to host his daily show, Mad Dog Unleashed, live from Radio Row (2:00-7:00 pm ET). The show is the anchor program for SIRIUS XM’s all-sports talk channel, Mad Dog Radio (SIRIUS channel 123, XM channel 144). On Saturday, February 6, Russo will host a special Saturday edition of Mad Dog Unleashed live from Radio Row.

On Sunday, January 31 (7:30 pm ET) SIRIUS NFL Radio will carry the live broadcast of the Pro Bowl from Sun Life Stadium. The annual all-star matchup of the AFC’s best and NFC’s best is returning to the U.S. mainland after being played in Hawaii since 1980.

Visit www.sirius.com/superbowl or www.xmradio.com/superbowl for complete information about Super Bowl coverage.

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Hope for Haiti: Live Benefit tonight on Sirius XM Radio

Hear the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief telethon live on The Pulse (SIRIUS Ch. 12 and XM Ch. 26) at 8 pm ET, Friday, January 22. The two-hour special to raise funds for Haitian victims will be hosted by George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York City, and Anderson Cooper in Haiti.

Scheduled musical performances include Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Sting, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna.

Tune in before the live broadcast for an exclusive 30-minute pre-show special featuring SIRIUS XM on-air hosts and special guests.

All proceeds will be split evenly among the relief organizations currently operating in Haiti:

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
UN World Food Program
Oxfam America
Partners in Health
Red Cross
Yele Haiti
<!– Doctors Without Borders –> UNICEF

“Doctor Radio Reports: Is Your Kid High?” To Air On SIRIUS XM Radio

SIRIUS XM Radio announced that it will broadcast Doctor Radio Reports:Is Your Kid High?, a live one-hour special hosted by journalist Perri Peltz and a panel of top experts including a DEA Special Agent, a renowned substance abuse treatment expert, and a leading psychiatrist–delve into a topic that has parents everywhere worried: kids and drugs.

Doctor Radio Reports: Is Your Kid High? will air live January 22 at10:00 am ET on Doctor Radio, SIRIUS channel 114 and XM channel 119. The phone lines will be open for the entire show for listeners around the country to call in with their questions. It will replay January 23 at 3:00 pm ET and January 24 at 4:00 pm ET.

Doctor Radio Reports: Is Your Kid High? will feature a panel of experts including leading NYU Langone Medical Center psychiatrist Dolores Malaspina MD, MPH, the Anita and Joseph Steckler Professor of Psychiatry, former chairman of the NYU Bellevue Department of Psychiatry and the co-host of Doctor Radio’s weekly psychiatry show. She now directs InSPIRES, an institute for Social and Psychiatric Initiatives at the NYU Langone Medical Center focused on preventing and curing severe mental disorders. The other featured guests are Deni Carise, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Phoenix House, an internationally recognized leader in substance abuse treatment and research; and John Gilbride, Special Agent in Charge of New York Field Division of the DEA.

What drugs are kids using today? Where are they getting them? Is your medicine closet their supplier? What are the warning signs to look for, and what should you do when you think you know? How should parents talk to their kids about this sensitive subject? Teens can be moody – how can you tell if your kids are acting normal for their age or if their behavior is symptomatic of something more malignant?

Peltz and her guests will help parents navigate this important and complex topic, and arm them with three important lists they can take away:

Other questions and topics they will explore include: what are drug traffickers and dealers doing to lure kids? What if your kid asks you if you ever got high? Do you tell your kid if you want to try marijuana that they should try it at home? What are the trends and popular drugs these days? What is the DEA concerned about? What is a “pharm party?” How are kids getting drugs over the internet?

SIRIUS XM Adds 257,000 Net Subscribers in the Fourth Quarter

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that it ended the year with 18,772,758 subscribers, adding 257,028 net subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009.

“Based on preliminary financial data, we expect to report over $100 million of free cash flow for 2009, an extraordinary improvement over the pro forma negative free cash flow of $552 million that the company experienced in 2008,” noted Mel Karmazin, Chief Executive Officer, SIRIUS XM. “This is the first year in our history that we have generated positive free cash flow for the entire year. Our fourth quarter subscriber results mark two consecutive quarters of net subscriber additions for SIRIUS XM and are the highest since the third quarter of 2008. Improvements in automotive sales, conversion rates and better than anticipated self-pay churn suggest that the outlook for the auto sector and the effects of the economy on our business are beginning to improve,” Mr. Karmazin added.

The company also announced that the conversion rate to a self-pay subscription from a trial included in the sale of a vehicle for the fourth quarter of 2009 was 46.4%, up from 44.2% in the fourth quarter of 2008, and that self-pay churn was 1.97% for the fourth quarter of 2009. “We expect to meet our guidance and report over $400 million in pro forma adjusted operating income, an improvement of over $500 million from the pro forma adjusted operating income for 2008, and an improvement of nearly $1 billion from the pro forma adjusted operating income for 2007, the last full year prior to the merger of SIRIUS and XM,” said David Frear, Chief Financial Officer, SIRIUS XM.

The company’s self-pay subscriber base increased by 247,182 in the fourth quarter to 15,703,932 subscribers, while total paid and unpaid trials included in the sale of a vehicle remained level with the prior quarter and the prior year at approximately 3.6 million.

SIRIUS XM plans to release full-year 2009 financial results in February 2010.

Arbitron Study of Satellite Radio Shows More Than 35 Million ‘Premium’ Listeners

SIRIUS XM Radio announced the results of an Arbitron study of satellite radio subscribers conducted in October and November 2009 that found listenership is larger than previously estimated and scores much higher on key demographic criteria compared to the general population and AM/FM radio listeners.

Arbitron’s study showed that more than 35 million total adult listeners tune in to SIRIUS XM, 32 million of which are weekly listeners.

The study found SIRIUS XM listeners prefer satellite radio over other audio options available to them. Respondents indicated that the percent of total time spent listening to audio in general is 62% to SIRIUS XM, 16% to AM/FM, 4% to streaming internet, and 10% of the time using mobile devices.

Arbitron found that in a typical day, SIRIUS XM listeners spend 2 hours and 45 minutes in their vehicle, which is significant, given that while they are in their cars, they spend 71% of their time listening to SIRIUS XM compared with 17% of their time listening to AM/FM radio, and 5% of the time using mobile devices.

Significantly, the Arbitron study revealed that past week SIRIUS XM listeners indexed higher on key audience attributes – education, income, and receptiveness:

• Highly-educated audience. 56% of SIRIUS XM listeners graduated from college or have advanced degrees compared with 24% of AM/FM radio listeners and 25% of the general population(1).
• Affluent listener base. 24% of SIRIUS XM listeners have household incomes of $150,000 or more compared with 9% of AM/FM radio listeners and 9% of the general population(2).
• Highly receptive to commercials. Of those who indicated they were more likely to change the channel when a commercial came on, in comparing SIRIUS XM and AM/FM radio, SIRIUS XM listeners are 61% more likely to stay with a commercial on satellite radio than with those that air on AM/FM radio stations.

“This study proves what we at SIRIUS XM have known for years – not only do we have the best programming in radio, but we have some of the most valuable listeners in all of media,” said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SIRIUS XM. “Our combination of unparalleled audio content and unrivaled in-car delivery continues to attract a discerning cross-section of Americans.”

“In a time of divergent media and ever greater competition for consumers’ attention, this Arbitron study leads national advertisers to a highly-prized premium consumer audience.” said Kathleen Mahoney, Vice President, Market Research, SIRIUS XM. “We are proud to have this engaged and influential audience of more than 35 million people who passionately listen to SIRIUS XM more than four times longer than they do to AM/FM radio.”

The Arbitron study excluded SIRIUS XM’s music channels since they are commercial free. The study focused solely on SIRIUS XM’s news, talk, entertainment, sports, and other commercial programming channels. Arbitron found that listeners spent more than seven hours a week listening to these commercial channels on SIRIUS XM.

(1) Scarborough USA Plus, Release 1, 2009.

(2) Scarborough USA Plus, Release 1, 2009.