Chrysler has announced that Sirius Backseat TV will be available on model year 2008 Dodge Caravans and Chrysler Town & Countrys. There will be three channels of live tv: Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network.

After the Town & Country/Caravan debut, it will also be available in the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger/Magnum, and the Jeep Commander/Grand Cherokee. The option MSRP will be $470, available with the Rear Seat Entertainment Group, and include a year of service free with it. The Backseat TV price will be $7/month, essentially the price of a second subscription to Sirius.

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For the week of April 2 – April 8.

Don’t miss the following scheduled guests * on SIRIUS Satellite Radio! All interviews, performances and special programs (listed chronologically by date and time, below) are exclusive to SIRIUS. For more details, go to www.sirius.com. All times Eastern.
GUEST INTERVIEWS / PERFORMANCES:

MARTINA MCBRIDE, interview and a new song from Martina McBride’s new CD Wake Up Laughing will play every hour (New Country, channel 60, Apr. 2 @ 6 am ET)

BECK, World Café performance and interview (SIRIUS Disorder, channel 32, Apr. 2 @ 6 pm ET)

SONNY ROLLINS, interview (Pure Jazz, channel 72, Apr. 2 @ 9 am ET and rebroadcast Apr. 3 @ 1 pm ET; Apr. 4 @ 6 pm ET)

HILARY DUFF, interview on The Morning Mash Up! (Sirius Hits 1, channel 1, Apr 3 @ 7 am ET and rebroadcast Apr. 3 @ 8 am, 9 am & 10 am ET)

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Right on the heels of MINI announcing that they have optional SIRIUS with a lifetime subscription in all hardtop models starting this June, Land Rover/Range Rover is announcing that they will have Sirius standard in both the Range Rover and the Range Rover Sport. Sirius is available in Land Rover LR2 and LR3 as a factory option as well.

Over 30,000 Range Rovers and Range Rover Sports were sold in 2006.

MINI USA and SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced on March 27th, that SIRIUS will be available as a factory installed option with a lifetime subscription on the all-new 2007 MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S hardtops produced, beginning this June. The lifetime subscription is transferable with the car from one owner to the next.

NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya has signed on with Sirius Satellite Radio to promote Sirius’ lineup of NASCAR programming and live race coverage.

Montoya, who can be heard weekly on Sirius NASCAR Radio, will be featured in Sirius’ advertising and marketing efforts, including an extensive promotional campaign at retail locations around the country. The advertising will promote Sirius’ live coverage of every NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race as well as Sirius exclusive 24/7 NASCAR Radio talk channel, with up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis and exclusive interviews with NASCAR insiders, on channel 128.

In addition to his role as a Sirius spokesman, you can hear Montoya every Monday at 5 pm ET on The Juan Pablo Montoya Report on Sirius NASCAR Radio, where he provides listeners with exclusive updates on the No. 42 team and his experiences in NASCAR.

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The Grammy® award winning singer to wake up North America as a special guest on ‘The Morning Mash Up’.

Grammy® award winning singer Christina Aguilera will visit The Morning Mash Up on SIRIUS Hits 1 to discuss “naked Sundays” and fellow celebrities like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, as well as revealing what married life is like for her. The guest spot will be broadcast March 26 at 7 am, 8 am, 9 am, & 10 am and rebroadcast April 5 at 7 am, 8 am, 9 am & 10 am (all times Eastern).

This will be exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, SIRIUS Hit 1, channel 1.

See www.sirius.com for more information.

Priscilla Presley will guest host Elvis Radio live from Graceland commemorating the 50th anniversary purchase of Elvis’ home TODAY, Friday, March 23, at 3 pm ET. The special, live broadcast will air exclusively on SIRIUS Elvis Radio, channel 13.

Elvis purchased Graceland for his home in March 1957 and Priscilla Presley will visit Elvis Radio as a special guest host to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic event. As part of the celebration, Priscilla will also welcome internationally renowned artist, Thomas Kinkade to Graceland for the unveiling of his latest masterpiece portrait, “Graceland, 50th Anniversary.” Thomas Kinkade will also be a guest host on Elvis Radio.

For more information, visit www.sirius.com.

Grammy® award winning singer/songwriter, Pink will be hosting the SIRIUS Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, playing the biggest hit songs in North America along with updates on the week’s pop culture craziness.

You can catch Pink Exclusively on SIRIUS Hit 1, Channel 1,
Saturday, March 24 @ 3 am, 7 am, 11 am, 3 pm & 9 pm
and will be rebroadcast
Sunday, March 25 @ 12 am, 6 am, 12 pm & 4 pm
and
Monday, March 26 @ 12 am & 3 am (all times Eastern).

SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO’S ROAD DOG TRUCKING CHANNEL GOES WALL-TO-WALL AT THE MID-AMERICA TRUCKING SHOW WITH EXCLUSIVE LIVE BROADCASTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS

America’s premiere radio station for professional truck drivers is broadcasting live from the Mid-America Trucking Show March 22-24

SIRIUS Satellite Radio is bringing to you Road Dog Trucking Radio, America’s premiere audio entertainment destination dedicated to the professional truck driver, is broadcasting live from the 2007 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY on March 22-24. The Road Dog crew will broadcast from the Freightliner booth 3210 in the South Wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center and be joined by special guests such as Charlie Daniels and Tony Stewart.

The entire on-air team of Road Dog Trucking Radio, SIRIUS channel 147, including Charlie Daniels, “King of the Road Dogs,”,Carl P. Mayfield & The P-Team, Freewheelin’ with Meredith Ochs and Chris T., HammerDown Radio with DJ RigRocker, Open Road Café with Mark Willis and Elizabeth Walsh, and Midnight Trucking with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara will bring listeners three days of the best trucking radio on radio.

Highlights of the SIRIUS broadcast include the following special guest appearances:

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Mel Karmazin, CEO of SIRIUS Satellite Radio, announced today that parents who are offended by programming such as Howard Stern will recieve a decrease in programming costs after the XM-SIRIUS merger.

“There would be a cost reduction to their bill in a more a la carte way,” said Karmazin. “If somebody doesn’t want it, not only are they not getting it, but they’re not subsidizing it either.”

This announcement comes after FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has publicly expressed interest in having of an a la carte programming system. Previously, Karmazin has said that Satellite technology will not allow for such programming choices but it seems that instead of customers paying more for the Howard Stern service(a la carte style), customers will have the choice to remove Stern from their radios and recieve a price cut in the monthly price of the service. Karmazin also noted that these details were included with the FCC merger notice filed on Tuesday.

This decision by the merger corporations could not only influence the FCC to approve the merger, but could influence other services such as cable television to do the same type of program discounting.

Dan Isett, a spokesperson for the Parents Television Council, who also supports such a la carte programming said, “This is good news, but we want to see the details. The problem they face is why should consumers be forced to subsidize Howard Stern if they want Major League Baseball?”

How do you think this will affect the FCC decision to approve or dissaprove the XM-SIRIUS merger?

Source: Dow Jones Newswire