SIRIUS Satellite Radio Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day With Exclusive 'Radio Mom' Channel
SIRIUS Satellite Radio Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Mother's Day With Exclusive 'Radio Mom' Channel
SIRIUS' celebrity hosts and listeners join together to create the world's largest audio greeting card for Mom
NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) today announced that it has created a new channel in honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, "Radio Mom." The exclusive channel will broadcast for one week beginning May 3rd and will run through Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11th. SIRIUS' Radio Mom channel 119 will bring together SIRIUS listeners, hosts and other celebrities to create the largest audio greeting card celebrating Mom.
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The greetings will include individual reflections, stories and memories about their mothers and mother figures from SIRIUS hosts including Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, Deepak Chopra, Richard Simmons, Jane Pratt, Jim Breuer, and Mary O. Several doctors from NYU Langone Medical Center who will host shows on SIRIUS' forthcoming Doctor Radio channel will contribute as well.
In addition, the many sons, daughters and husbands among the millions of SIRIUS listeners will share personal messages about their mothers. These messages are being collected now through a special "Radio Mom" call-in number (877-33-SIRIUS).
Radio Mom will also broadcast a variety of specialty shows dedicated to Mother's Day including "New Mother's Club," a one-hour show devoted to new moms and mothers-to-be; "Momma's Comedy Club," a one-hour show hosted by stand up comedian moms; and "Mom's Little Angels," a one-hour show hosted by elementary school students celebrating their mothers.
For complete programming details about SIRIUS' Radio Mom lineup, please visit www.sirius.com/mothersday
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.
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