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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Led Zeppelin Front Man, Robert Plant, and Americana-Bluegrass Artist Alison Krauss Sit Down for an Intimate Interview With SIRIUS Satellite Radio

Led Zeppelin Front Man, Robert Plant, and Americana-Bluegrass Artist Alison Krauss Sit Down for an Intimate Interview With SIRIUS Satellite Radio

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Legendary Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant and Americana-Bluegrass great Alison Krauss sit down for an intimate interview with SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) host Meg Griffin. Raising Sand with Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will air on SIRIUS Disorder channel 70 on Saturday November 3rd at 4 pm ET with replays on November 4th at 6 pm ET, and Monday November 5th at 2 pm ET.

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During the hour long interview, the duo discuss their collaboration on their recently released CD (October 23rd), Raising Sand, and how a mutual love for "roots music" made their partnership seamless. The album, produced by T Bone Burnett, whose credits include the successful soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou, features covers of The Everly Brothers, Tom Waits and the late Townes Van Zandt.

SIRIUS Disorder is a music channel without rules, boundaries or limits to what is played and when it is played. The channel is a free-flow between rock, reggae, blues and folk. SIRIUS Disorder features shows hosted by radio and music greats including David Johansen from the New York Dolls, Larry Kirwan from Irish rock band Black 47, and radio hosts Meg Griffin and Vin Scelsa.

   To learn more SIRIUS Satellite Radio, please visit http://www.sirius.com/.    About SIRIUS  

SIRIUS, "The Best Radio on Radio," delivers more than 130 channels of the best programming in all of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100% commercial free music channels in satellite radio, offering 69 music channels. SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR and NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL and NBA, as well as live NASCAR races. All SIRIUS programming is available for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.

SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) is a CD-quality, Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIR delivers more than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports, and 100% commercial free music.

SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM) is the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring three channels of children's TV programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, for the subscription fee of $6.99 plus applicable audio subscription fee.

SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at http://shop.sirius.com/.

SIRIUS radios are offered in vehicles from Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep(R), Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercury, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Rolls Royce, Scion, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Hertz also offers SIRIUS in its rental cars at major locations around the country.

Click on http://www.sirius.com/ to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a SIRIUS radio and subscription.

Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the significant factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed are: our pending merger with XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. ("XM"), including related uncertainties and risks and the impact on our business if the merger is not completed; any events which affect the useful life of our satellites; our dependence upon third parties, including manufacturers of SIRIUS radios, retailers, automakers and programming providers; and our competitive position versus other audio entertainment providers.

   P-SIRI    MEDIA CONTACT:    Neel Khairzada   SIRIUS   212-584-5243   nkhairzada@siriusradio.com  

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: NKhairzada@siriusradio.com

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CONTACT: Neel Khairzada of SIRIUS, +1-212-584-5243,
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Web site: http://www.sirius.com/


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