SIRIUS XM to Broadcast Every Game of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship

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Published: March 11, 2010Posted in: Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM NewsTags: , ,
SIRIUS XM to Broadcast Every Game of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship

SIRIUS XM Radio announced that every game of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will air nationwide on both SIRIUS and XM, offering listeners uninterrupted access to play-by-play of every match-up from the opening round game on March 16 through the Final Four and National Championship game in Indianapolis on April 3-5.

For the first time, tournament games will be available to both SIRIUS and XM listeners. Every game will air in its entirety, with no blackouts, on SIRIUS channels 122, 125, 126, 90 and 91 and XM channels 143, 241, 242, 243 and 244. Second round games on March 20 and 21 will also air on Mad Dog Radio, SIRIUS channel 123 and XM channel 144. SIRIUS XM’s Steve Torre will anchor the coverage on these channels, providing up-to-the-minute scores and highlights during game breaks and directing listeners to other games around the dial.

Tournament match-ups and SIRIUS and XM channel assignments will be available at www.sirius.com/collegesports and www.xmradio.com/collegesports starting Monday, March 15.

On Selection Sunday, March 14, Mad Dog Radio will air a special Mad Dog Radio Tournament Selection Show live from 6:00 to 9:00 pm ET. Host Gary Williams will provide listeners with live updates as tournament teams and match-ups are announced, and will interview special guests, including team coaches and selection committee chairman Dan Guerrero. College basketball fans around the country can call in to the show to talk live with Williams and share their reactions and opinions as the field of 65 is revealed.

Throughout the tournament, SIRIUS and XM listeners can tune in to several exclusive sports talk shows that will offer comprehensive tournament coverage.

Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski will continue to host his weekly talk show, Basketball and Beyond with Coach K, throughout the tournament. Listeners can hear the show Wednesday evenings (8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT) on Mad Dog Radio. Additionally, Coach K will join Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo on Russo’s show, Mad Dog Unleashed (airing weekdays, 2:00-7:00 pm ET), at various times during the tournament for updates.

Rivals Radio, the college sports talk show hosted by Bill King and Chris Childers, airs every weekday morning (7:00-11:00 am ET) on SIRIUS XM Sports Nation, SIRIUS channel 122 and XM channel 143.

Listeners can also tune in for live sports talk all day every day on Mad Dog Radio (SIRIUS channel 123 and XM channel 144), where hosts will discuss all the latest news from the tournament with college hoops fans across the country. On Friday, April 2 (6:00-10:00 am ET) and Saturday, April 3 (10:00 am – noon ET), Gary Williams will host special editions of The First Word live from Indianapolis.

SIRIUS XM will also broadcast games from the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, providing listeners from coast to coast with full coverage of every regional final, the Final Four and the Women’s championship game.

Visit www.sirius.com/collegesports or www.xmradio.com/collegesports for game times and channels.

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SIRIUS XM Radio Launches 2010 MLB Spring Training Tour March 5

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Published: March 4, 2010Posted in: Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM NewsTags: , ,
SIRIUS XM Radio Launches 2010 MLB Spring Training Tour March 5

SIRIUS XM Radio will embark on its 2010 Spring Training Tour on Friday, March 5, taking listeners to 30 Major League Baseball Spring Training sites in three weeks. MLB Home Plate, SIRIUS XM’s 24-hour baseball talk channel, and Mad Dog Radio, SIRIUS XM’s all-sports talk channel, will broadcast live from ballparks in Arizona and Florida, offering baseball fans an in-depth look at every Major League club and one-on-one interviews with managers, players and team executives.

On MLB Home Plate (XM channel 175, SIRIUS channel 210 with the “Best of XM”), Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., former Reds and Nationals general manager Jim Bowden, former Rangers and Red Sox manager Kevin Kennedy, and host Casey Stern will cover Arizona’s Cactus League, hosting Inside Pitch (1:00-4:00 pm ET/10:00am-1:00pm PT) from 10 ballparks in and around the Phoenix area from March 5-14. In Florida to cover the Grapefruit League, from March 15-24, will be MLB Home Plate hosts Jim Duquette, the former GM of the Orioles and Mets, former All-Star pitcher Rob Dibble, and host Jody McDonald, who will host Power Alley (10:00am-1:00pm ET/7:00-10:00am PT) from 10 Spring Training sites.

On Mad Dog Radio (SIRIUS channel 123, XM channel 144), Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo will host his daily all-sports talk show, Mad Dog Unleashed, from five Florida Spring Training locations from March 8-12. From March 22-26, Russo will host the show from five different Arizona sites. Mad Dog Unleashed airs every weekday (2:00-7:00 pm ET).

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SIRIUS XM to Broadcast ‘Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents’

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Published: March 1, 2010Posted in: Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM NewsTags: ,
SIRIUS XM to Broadcast ‘Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents’

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that it will broadcast Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents, a live one-hour call-in special on which a panel of experts will arm millions of people in this country with the latest information, advice and expert guidance on the issues surrounding the care of aging relatives and loved ones.

Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents, hosted by Perri Peltz, will air live March 5 at 10:00 am ET on Doctor Radio, SIRIUS channel 114 and XM channel 119. It will replay March 5 at 3:00 pm, March 6 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm ET and March 7 at 7:00 am, 12:00 pm and 9:00 pm ET.

Peltz’s special guests on this show are: Michael H. Perskin, MD, Director of the Faculty Group Practice for the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, host of Doctor Radio’s weekly Healthy Aging show and a specialist in geriatric care management; renowned psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer; and Daniel Reingold, President and CEO of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, a leading geriatric care center in New York.

On Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents the panel will take calls, offer listeners world-class advice and breakdown the latest research on a variety of topics including:

  • How to balance the demands of aging parents with the needs of your family
  • How to manage doctors visits and medication for aging parents and relatives
  • How to navigate today’s complex health care system and get the coverage your family needs
  • How to arrange for home care
  • Ensuring nutritional needs
  • When it’s time to take away the car keys
  • How and when to discuss estate planning and living wills
  • How to broach the subject of assisted living facilities, and how to handle the transition to one
  • Sex, companionship, affection, and romance later in life

Michael H. Perskin, MD is the Director of the Faculty Group Practice for the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. On his weekly Doctor Radio show Healthy Aging he takes calls from listeners around the country and offers advice on how to deal with a multitude of aging issues affecting individuals and families. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a world-renowned psychosexual therapist, Adjunct Professor at N.Y.U. and the author of over thirty books including Dr. Ruth’s Sex After 50: Revving up the Romance, Passion & Excitement! (The Best Half of Life). The Hebrew Home at Riverdale is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit geriatric care center providing a continuum of care to more than 3,000 older people in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester County. Perri Peltz is a television news journalist and public health advocate.

Doctor Radio features live, call-in shows hosted by leading NYU Langone Medical Center doctors from a vast array of fields including: child psychology; sexual health; plastic surgery; emergency room medicine; cancer; heart health; women’s health; dermatology; pediatrics; men’s health; diet and nutrition; sports medicine; psychiatry; and more. For sample audio clips and a complete programming lineup visit www.sirius.com/doctorradio.

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SIRIUS XM Radio Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2009 Results

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Published: February 25, 2010Posted in: Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM NewsTags: , ,
SIRIUS XM Radio Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2009 Results

- 2009 Pro Forma Revenue of $2.53 Billion, Up 4% Over 2008 – Free Cash Flow of Over $185 Million, First Full Year of Positive Free Cash Flow – Pro Forma Adj. Income From Operations of $463 Million, a $599 Million Improvement Over 2008 – 2010 Guidance Updated

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced full year 2009 results, including pro forma 2009 revenue of $2.53 billion, up 4% over 2008 pro forma revenue of $2.44 billion, and pro forma adjusted income from operations of $463 million, versus ($136) million in 2008.

“2009 was a notable year of firsts for SIRIUS XM: The first full year of positive pro forma adjusted income from operations and the first full year of positive free cash flow in the company’s history,” said Mel Karmazin, the Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS XM. “We demonstrated considerable operating momentum in the fourth quarter – the addition of over 250,000 subscribers, ARPU growth, revenue growth, improved SAC, and continued operating cost reductions. These gains position us to deliver on our 2010 guidance.”

In the fourth quarter 2009, the Company’s pro forma average revenue per subscriber (ARPU) grew to $10.92 from $10.65 in the fourth quarter of 2008. The average self-pay monthly customer churn rate was 2.0% in the fourth quarter of 2009, as compared with 1.8% in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Fourth quarter of 2009 pro forma revenue was $684 million, up 6% from fourth quarter 2008 pro forma revenue of $644 million. Subscriber acquisition costs (SAC) per gross subscriber addition was $64 in the fourth quarter of 2009, an improvement of 9% over the $70 in SAC per gross subscriber addition in the fourth quarter of 2008.

In the fourth quarter of 2009, SIRIUS XM achieved pro forma adjusted income from operations of $115 million as compared with $32 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. Free cash flow in the quarter of 2009 was $150 million compared to $26 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. The pro forma fourth quarter 2009 net loss was ($25) million as compared with ($248) million in the fourth quarter of 2008. On a GAAP basis, the fourth quarter 2009 net income was $14 million compared to a loss of ($246) million in the 2008 quarter.

“The $599 million improvement in full-year pro forma adjusted income from operations illustrates the strength of our business model and also demonstrates the economic benefit generated by the SIRIUS-XM merger in July 2008,” said David Frear, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “With over $380 million in cash, positive free cash flow and continued growth in adjusted income from operations, our financial condition has never been stronger,” Frear added.

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SIRIUS XM Radio to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results

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Published: February 18, 2010Posted in: Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM NewsTags:
SIRIUS XM Radio to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that it plans to release fourth quarter and full year 2009 financial and operating results on Thursday, February 25, 2010.

SIRIUS XM will hold a conference call at 8:00 am ET on Thursday, February 25, 2010 to discuss these results. Investors and the press can listen to the conference call via the company’s website, www.sirius.com, and on its satellite radio service by tuning to SIRIUS channel 126 or XM channel 90.

A replay of the call will be available on www.sirius.com.

SIRIUS XM also announced that it and its two subsidiaries intend to file their Annual Reports on Form 10-K following the conference call.

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Sirius XM breaks $1.00 per share

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Published: February 17, 2010Posted in: Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, Stocks, XM NewsTags: ,
Sirius XM breaks $1.00 per share

Great news today for any Sirius XM investor, Sirius XM’s stock has finally managed to break the elusive $1.00 price point we have been waiting years to see. The last time the stock traded above $1.00 was all the way back in September 2008.

The $1.00 price is great news for any investor for a few reasons. The dreaded reverse split is most likely out of the question and the chance of being delisted from NASDAQ is also within reach since the stock has until March 15th to stay above $1.00 per share. (You need to be above $1.00 for 10 Trading Days)

Finally Sirius XM will no longer be considered a “Penny” stock. It was always frustrating having that label when you know that the stock, company and product are better than that.

Also for the first time ever Sirius XM has been listed as a top gainer on Google Finance. They are also a top gainer on Nasdaq for the day.

It’s also a relief to see Jim Cramer eat crow, today announcing that Sirius XM’s “balance sheet is improving“.

Today is a great day for investors and for this Company. With a strong earnings call in the future we may get to see this stock explode.

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