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SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast Special on Fifth Anniversary of SIRIUS OutQ

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast Special on Fifth Anniversary of SIRIUS OutQ

'SIRIUS OutQ News: Five Years in Review' chronicles biggest stories and events in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community

SIRIUS.com launches online OutQ newscasts - updated hourly

NEW YORK, April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced today that SIRIUS OutQ, America's first 24/7 radio channel for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, will broadcast a two-hour retrospective as part of SIRIUS OutQ's fifth anniversary on the air. SIRIUS OutQ News: Five Years in Review will premiere on Monday, April 14 at 5:00 pm ET exclusively on OutQ channel 109.

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SIRIUS OutQ News: Five Years in Review, anchored by News Director and anchor Tim Curran, will include discussions with figures at the forefront of breaking news and critical stories, such as Paul Smith, lead attorney for Lambda Legal's case Lawrence v Texas; Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish, the first gay couple to be married in Massachusetts; Rep. Tammy Baldwin, one of the two openly gay members of Congress; James Esseks, attorney for the ACLU's LGBT project; Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Kevin Robert Frost, CEO of the American Foundation for AIDS Research; and Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense.

SIRIUS OutQ News: Five Years in Review will highlight exclusive reporting on topics including HIV/AIDS, gay marriage, elections, groundbreaking court cases, culture, religion, and gay rights in schools. SIRIUS OutQ News has previously produced annual "LGBT Year in Review" programming and the acclaimed special on the crystal meth epidemic called Seduction: Crystal Meth and the Gay Community.

Launched on April 14, 2003, SIRIUS OutQ's exclusive programming includes talk, entertainment, news, politics and more -- all tailored specifically for a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender audience. In its first five years, SIRIUS OutQ's news team has provided unique and insightful coverage of the dramatic advances and setbacks for the LGBT community with more than 11,000 newscasts, covering 44,000 stories. SIRIUS OutQ News delivers hourly news updates.

SIRIUS OutQ recently expanded its news resources and launched OutQ News online at www.sirius.com/outq. Updated hourly, this online stream features the latest headlines straight from the OutQ News desk, delivering a unique and exclusive service from a large dedicated team of journalists covering the gay community.

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, NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, 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 an 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 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 at shop.sirius.com and in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and RadioShack.

As of December 31, 2007, SIRIUS radios were available as a factory and dealer-installed option in 116 vehicle models and as a dealer only-installed option in 37 vehicle models.

SIRIUS has agreements with Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Lincoln, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, MINI, Mitsubishi, Rolls-Royce, Volvo, and Volkswagen to offer SIRIUS radios as factory or dealer-installed equipment in their vehicles. SIRIUS has relationships with Toyota and Scion to offer SIRIUS radios as dealer-installed equipment, and a relationship with Subaru to offer SIRIUS radios as factory or dealer-installed equipment. SIRIUS radios are also offered to renters of Hertz vehicles at airport locations nationwide.

Click on 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, 2007 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:    Hillary Schupf   SIRIUS   212-901-6739   hschupf@siriusradio.com  

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

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Source: SIRIUS Satellite Radio

CONTACT: Hillary Schupf of SIRIUS, +1-212-901-6739,
hschupf@siriusradio.com

Web site: http://www.sirius.com/
http://www.sirius.com/outq


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