NEW YORK, May 30, 2007 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio today announced that Mel Karmazin, its Chief Executive Officer, is expected to participate in a keynote discussion at the Lehman Brothers Worldwide Wireless Conference in New York, NY on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at approximately 4:30 pm ET.

A live audio webcast of the keynote discussion will be available via the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website, www.sirius.com on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at approximately 4:30 pm ET.

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 and please remember that all SIRIUS programming is subject to change.

GUEST INTERVIEWS / PERFORMANCES:

TAMILEE WEBB, Buns of Steel star will inspire listeners to get in shape for summer on Morning Living (Martha Stewart Living Radio, channel 112, June 4 @ 7 am ET)

DR. MARIE SAVARD, women’s health expert and author of The Body Shape Solution to Weight Loss and Wellness visits Morning Living (Martha Stewart Living Radio, channel 112, June 4 @ 9 am ET)

ANDREW BIRD, World Café performance and interview. WC Next: Devon Sproule. (SIRIUS Disorder, channel 32, June 4 @ 6 pm ET)

MARILYN MANSON, interview (BBC Radio 1, channel 11, June 5 @ Midnight ET)

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A few more tidbits for the curious minded:

In the not too distant past, SIRIUS was known as Satellite CD Radio Inc.. They changed their name to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. some time after paying $83 mil in an auction for the broadcast orbital frequency bands from the FCC in 1997.

They came up with the name from the star SIRIUS, sometimes referred to as the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night-time sky.

It’s been noted on various websites that the dog in their logo is unofficially named “Mongo”.

On February 19, 2007, SIRIUS announced a merger deal with XM Satellite Radio. Upon government approval, the merger would combine the two radio services and create a single Satellite Radio network in the United States.

A major focus for SIRIUS has been to execute exclusive deals with (more…)

HOWARD STERN TO AIR INTERVIEWS WITH PAUL MCCARTNEY, RINGO STARR AND OTHERS THIS MEMORIAL DAY EXCLUSIVELY ON SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO

A day long special will focus on Rock and Roll’s most famous foursome and feature some of the most memorable interviews, cover songs and bits from the past 25 years of “The Howard Stern Show”.

NEW YORK – May 25, 2007 – This Memorial Day, SIRIUS Satellite Radio will present an exclusive day-long Howard Stern special featuring the most memorable Beatles-related interviews, cover songs and bits from the past 25 years of The Howard Stern Show.

The special will air Monday, May 28^th, starting at 6:00 am ET on Howard 100 and at 6:00 am PT on Howard 101 and will be rebroadcast throughout the day on both channels.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070523/tc_nm/xm_sirius_dc_1;_ylt=Aj8X9txfNwyP9cWt.FqeSBkE1vAI

Reuters is reporting that Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) has come out on record as opposing the XM-Sirius merger.  As we’ve said before, Congress does NOT have a direct role to play in the merger decision, but that regulators who do have a role will take the input from those who control their funding very seriously.  Senator Kohl is the chairman of the Senate’s anti-trust subcommittee, and works closely with the DoJ anti-trust division.

For Mel and the merger team, this is clearly bad news.  On the good news front the marketing department ought to take some of Sen. Kohl’s words for their advertising.  Terrestrial radio is too limited to compete with satellite radio, while personal audio players can not match the programming of satellite service, he wrote.

“No other technology available today is a substitute for the satellite radio,” Kohl wrote.

Heck, we’ve been saying that for years!!  As much we all of us here would tend to agree with the Senator on these points, we also need to recognize that millions of consumers disagree and find their terrestrial radio stations and personal music players not only competitive, but superior.

NEW YORK, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will be the exclusive national radio partner of the first annual True Colors Tour, an historic nationwide concert tour conceived and organized by Cyndi Lauper in support of The Human Rights Campaign to raise public awareness about the issues facing the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. The tour launches June 8th.

Link Here: www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,109282.shtml

www.truecolorstour.com/main.html

The following noted events are taking place on Sirius Satellite Radio between May 21 to 27. Make sure you look over the list of exciting events carefully so you don’t miss when artists like Kelly Clarkson, Sting, LL Cool J, Eve, Priscilla Presley, Joan Jett, Charlie Daniels and many more are showing up!!

Have a great week!

GUEST INTERVIEWS / PERFORMANCES:

KELLY CLARKSON, interview (The Pulse, channel 9, May 21 @ 10 am ET and rebroadcast on May 21 @ 5 pm ET; May 22 @ 12 pm & 10 pm ET; May 23 @ 8 am ET)

KEVIN CRONIN, from REO Speedwagon hosts Random Access (Big‘80s, channel 8, May 21 through May 25 @ 12 noon ET)

BRETT DENNEN, performance and interview (The Spectrum, channel 18, May 21 @ 6 pm ET and rebroadcast on May 23 @ 12 noon ET & May 26 @ 4 pm ET)

JONATHAN BROOKE, World Café performance and interview, WC Next Brazzaville (SIRIUS Disorder, channel 32, May 21 @ 6 pm ET)

ADAM LEVINE AND JAMES VALENTINE, from Maroon 5, interview (Sirius Hits 1, channel 1, May 22 @ 7 am ET and rebroadcast on May 22 @ 8 am, 9 am & 10 am ET)

VUSI MAHLAELA, World Café performance and interview (SIRIUS Disorder, channel 32, May 22 @ 6 pm ET)

EVE, hosts Street Certified (Hip-Hop Nation, channel 40, May 22 @ 6 pm ET)

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Orbitcast is reporting that XM “shock jocks” Opie and Anthony will immediately start serving a 30-day suspension. Apparently there were comments made on yesterday’s program that indicated to XM management that their earlier apology was insincere (as many commenters here pointed out at the time).

The XM statement is here

More details as they become available…

Update 3:50pm ET: Orbitcast has a second post that includes the offending audio.

Update 5/16: Although I first found this report at Orbitcast, I have to give credit where it it is due, and recognize Ryan at XMFan for being first to break this story early yesterday morning.

The other day I was enjoying listening to my Sirius Satellite Radio, and specifically, I was listening to NASCAR channel 128, The Morning Drive, with Marty Snider and David Poole. I enjoy their banter, their opinions, and their expertise. I particularly enjoy David Poole’s perspective on all things NASCAR. I wondered who he is and what he’s about. After a few emails and a couple of phone calls, he graciously granted my request to spend a little time with me and I had a candid conversation with Mr. David Poole.

David Poole is one of the most widely-read and well-respected journalists in the sport of NASCAR. He has covered NASCAR for The Charlotte (NC) Observer for 10 seasons. He’s a regular contributor to ThatsRacin.com. He co-hosts Sirius Satellite’s “The Morning Drive” on Sirius NASCAR channel 128. We hear him every day interacting with his co-host, (Marty Snider), the show’s listener’s and dispensing opinions, wisdom & postulates in regards to the latest news and events that occur in and around NASCAR.

David got the bug to go into reporting when he was 12 when he had attended a basketball game. The next day when he saw the write up in the newspaper about the game, he thought he could do a better job. Before long, Poole was doing high school reports for that paper. He worked a news internship there while in college at North Carolina and, after a brief stop in Norfolk, Va., after graduating he returned to Gastonia and eventually became the paper’s sports editor, covering everything from junior high girls’ basketball to ACC basketball. (The paper referred to is the Gaston Gazette, which back when David Poole worked there, was called the Gastonia Gazette.)

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SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO TO BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH KELLY CLARKSON

WHO: Grammy® winning singer Kelly Clarkson.

WHAT: Kelly Clarkson will guest on The SIRIUS Hits 1 Morning Mash Up and open up about her pick for this year’s American Idol and her relationship with the show. She also addresses rumors about her third album, My December slated to be released July 24, 2007, as well as talking about her worst blind date ever, and much more.

WHERE: SIRIUS Hits 1, channel 1.

WHEN: May 18 @ 7 am, 8 am, 9 am, and 10 am (All times Eastern).

MORE: Kelly Clarkson’s third album My December is slated to be released by RCA later this summer.

SIRIUS Hits 1 broadcasts the best new music first and all the hits you know and love from Daughtry, Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani, Fallout Boy, and more.