Sirius Xm News

LAMB OF GOD HAS A NEW PRODUCER - YOU!

So if you’re up to the challenge, Lamb of God wants to hear you mix
your very own version of one (or more) of the songs off their album
Sacrament!’ We’re giving you GarageBand
files for the song “Redneck” or you can use the producer files that
come with the Deluxe Producer Edition of ‘Sacrament’ (Available now) to
remix ANY song off ‘Sacrament.’

You can enter you track(s) into
one of 5 categories. You can enter in each category one time. The 5
categories are as follows:
1. Most Creative Remix
2. Best Replacement Track(s)
3. Best Additional Track(s)
4. Best Medley
5. Most Creative Loop

The winning tracks will be featured on the official Lamb Of God
website, 6 Finalists will win the New DVD (before it’s available for
purchase) and an Autographed Lamb Of God Photo and the Grand Prize
Winner plus a guest will win a Trip To NYC to attend the DVD Premiere
and meet the band!


Click the link below to find out how to enter and how to Submit:

http://www.lambofgod.tv/producer/

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This is becoming a weekly occurrence.

The latest complaint about the Sirius Xm Merger comes from a company called GEORGETOWN PARTNERS.
This is the company that wants 20% of the Satellite Radio infrastructure handed over to them.

In the PDF GEORGETOWN PARTNERS calls the Sirius XM ‘A La Carte’ option a “Fairytale”:

A review of thefiling exposes the Sirius-XM so-called “A La Carte” proposal to be nothing more than a“fairytale” with the potential to in fact have a disturbingly unhappy ending for the public.

They go on to say:

I. THE TYPE OF “A LA CARTE” PUT FORTH BY SIRIUS AND XM IS AFAIRYTALE WITH NO PUBLIC INTEREST BENEFITGeorgetown Partners LLC (“Georgetown”) recognizes and agrees that a la carteofferings benefit consumers in that consumers may select and purchase programming oftheir choice as opposed to being required to buy entire packages of programming thatmay include unwanted channels. The Sirius-XM January 22 FCC filing gives theimpression that they have an a la carte offering that will be available to owners of Siriusand XM receivers if the FCC approves its proposed merger. In an attempt to further“spin” this deception, Sirius-XM state that their alleged “A La Carte” offerings includetwo different choices in pricing, “A La Carte I” and “A La Carte II”, to create theimpression that the offerings are available now and that they will be rolled out in shortorder. Nothing could be further from the truth. Sirius-XM know full well that the “A LaCarte” offerings they describe will only be available on so-called “next generation”1satellite radios that do not exist and for which there are no production plans. The Sirius-XM “A La Carte” offerings are a “fairytale.” There are no public interest benefits in thenear or even in the intermediate future.Unfortunately, this “fairytale” does not have a happy ending. Even assuming thatsometime in the distant future these radios were actually to be produced and could bepurchased, the more than 30 million present owners of installed automobile satellite radioreceivers and the tens of million of future car owners of such radios would have to ripthese radios out of their dash boards, junk them, and pay whatever monopoly price thepost-merger company would charge for the “next generation” radios.Furthermore, Sirius-XM have made no guarantee that “A La Carte,” whenever it
might become available, will be a permanent option for consumers. Furthermore, even
though the companies have put proposed pricing structures in their earlier filings, they
offer no guarantees on pricing, on how long these packages will be available, or on what
content these packages will include. In fact, no guarantees of any kind are made. Perhaps
Sirius-XM feel they do not need to make guarantees because after the merger they
basically will be free from any ongoing regulatory oversight.
Rather than focusing on obvious attempts to put one over on the FCC and the
American consumer by “marketing” through its filing an illusory “A La Carte” offering,
Sirius-XM should withdraw this misleading and disingenuous January 22 filing and
submit a filing with a real a la carte offering that benefits the consumer.

I really don’t feel like quoting the rest of the Complaint so you can read it at the link below.

When are people going to just give up and let this merger happen? How long is the FCC going to let this drag on for?
Maybe we will see the merger by 2009…..but by then one of these companies will probably be Bankrupt.

More Merger news later.

Link to PDF:

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6519838087

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Does anyone listen to HD radio?

Seriously….is Satellite Radio really that much of a competition?

These guys need to grow up and quit complaining and whining.

The HD Digital Radio Alliance has filed a complaint with the FCC,
officially opposing the proposed satellite radio merger. The
organization reiterated its position that satellite radio receivers
should also be equipped with the ability to tune in HD Radio stations
as well.

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Representatives and Supporters for Clinton, Obama, Edwards Campaigns Vie for the Gay Community’s Vote on SIRIUS OutQ

SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today it will hold its
first ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender presidential caucus
on January 31, 2008 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm ET on The Michelangelo
Signorile Show on SIRIUS OutQ, the nation’s only 24/7 LGBT radio
channel. Representatives and supporters for Hillary Clinton, Barack
Obama and John Edwards will share their candidates’ platforms and
views, take questions from callers, and engage in an open dialogue with
SIRIUS’ national audience.

Signorile’s show — spanning politics, media, and popular culture
and how it affects the LGBT community — is further representation of
SIRIUS’ broad, diversified commitment to covering the 2008 presidential
campaign. The Michelangelo Signorile Show airs Monday - Friday from
2:00 - 6:00 pm ET on SIRIUS OutQ channel 109. The show features
newsmakers, community leaders, and highlights the many voices of the
LGBT community. In addition to The Michelangelo Signorile Show, SIRIUS
offers multiple dedicated political talk and news channels.

For
the LGBT Caucus, Hilary Rosen will support Senator Clinton. She is the
President of OurChart.com, an active public speaker, and a regular
on-air political and business commentator on national television. She
is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of the Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA). Stampp Corbin will represent
Senator Obama. Corbin is the National LGBT Liaison for the Obama
campaign, and Co-Chair of the National LGBT Leadership Team, Obama for
America ‘08. He served on The Board of Directors of the Human Rights
Campaign from 1996-2003, and served as HRC Finance Committee Co-Chair
from 1998 to 2003. He is also a successful high-tech entrepreneur. Eric
Stern will represent Senator Edwards. He is a Political Advisor to the
John Edwards for President Campaign. Stern is an attorney, educator,
and social activist who worked for more than a decade on numerous
Democratic campaigns and in the movement for social justice and
equality. In the 2004 election cycle, Stern served as the Director of
LGBT Outreach at the Democratic National Committee where he developed a
voter mobilization plan that helped to turnout more than 3.5 million
LGBT votes for Democratic candidates nationally.

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XM Celebrates the GRAMMYs’ 50th Anniversary with Comprehensive
Broadcast Coverage, Including Access to Exclusive GRAMMY Week events
and Original Music Specials

“GRAMMY® Radio” will return to XM on February 8, providing millions of
music fans unmatched coverage of GRAMMY Week events, as well as
highlights from the past 50 years of the GRAMMYs. GRAMMY Radio will air
on XM’s exclusive programming channel, XMX (XM 2) through February 10,
the evening of the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards. This dedicated content is
part of XM’s multi-year programming and marketing partnership with The
Recording Academy®.

To kick off GRAMMY Radio, XM will broadcast “Fifty Years of The
GRAMMYs,” an exclusive 50-hour retrospective highlighting past winners
since 1958 in a range of categories in all genres of music, including
“Record Of The Year,” “Song Of The Year” and dozens more.

In addition, GRAMMY Radio will once again offer the only live
broadcast of this year’s pre-telecast GRAMMY Awards, as well as
red-carpet interviews from the GRAMMY Awards and broadcasts of
unforgettable performances by a “who’s who” of superstar artists at the
most exclusive events during GRAMMY Week. These include: MusiCares®
Person of the Year tribute honoring music icon Aretha Franklin; GRAMMY
Salute To Jazz® honoring Sonny Rollins and McCoy Tyner; and GRAMMY
Salute To Classical Music® honoring Lang Lang and Earl Wild, among many
other GRAMMY Week events.

“GRAMMY Radio will once again provide millions of XM subscribers the
closest thing to red-carpet access and front-row seats at the music
industry’s most exclusive events, traditionally reserved only for music
industry V.I.P.s,” said Eric Logan, executive vice president of
programming for XM. “XM is the ideal platform to bring comprehensive
coverage of GRAMMY Week events to the millions of music fans who
subscribe to our service.”

More information on XM’s GRAMMY Radio is online at http://www.xmradio.com/grammys. GRAMMY Radio will also be streaming through XM Radio Online at http://xmro.xmradio.com/.

In addition to GRAMMY Radio and related GRAMMY specialty
programming, XM recently launched “XM Radio Mobile GRAMMY Sweepstakes”
in conjunction with mobile partner AT&T Wireless. Through January
31, AT&T Wireless customers can automatically enter to win a trip
for two to the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including airfare, hotel and
$500 cash by downloading the XM Radio Mobile application to their
phone. With XM Radio Mobile, AT&T Wireless customers can also use
their mobile phone to listen to GRAMMY Radio on “XMX.” More information
on this sweepstakes and the XM Radio Mobile service is available at http://www.xmradio.com/mobile.

About XM

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ESPN and XM Satellite Radio today announced that XM will add a new
slate of ESPN programs to its line up starting February 4 featuring a
new ESPN Radio-dedicated channel.

XM and ESPN will re-brand XM channel 141 as ESPN Xtra. This channel
will enhance its current schedule of ESPNEWS programming with new shows
and specials, including three of ESPN Radio’s premier talk programs
from its owned stations in New York and Dallas, which will be available
for the first time for a national radio audience only on XM.

The ESPN Xtra channel will also air content produced by ESPN
exclusively for XM throughout the year, live coverage of events ranging
from the X Games to the ESPY Awards, and ESPN columnist Bill Simmons’
popular podcast from ESPN.com. In addition to the newly branded ESPN
Xtra channel, XM will continue to offer ESPN Radio (XM channel 140).

“ESPN is the most popular brand name in sports, and XM is the
nation’s leading satellite radio company,” said Eric Logan, XM
executive vice president, programming. “ESPN has been an integral
partner of XM since the day XM started broadcasting in 2001. Now we’re
going to be bringing some of the best sports talk shows from ESPN Radio
stations to millions of new listeners across the country, as well as
ESPN specials that you can only hear on XM. This new channel — ESPN
Xtra — is another important milestone in our partnership with ESPN.”

Traug Keller, ESPN senior vice president, production, business
divisions, said, “We are excited about our expanded relationship with
XM with nationally exclusive talk programming from two of our owned
stations, and special event programming. The unique offering of
terrestrial, podcast, and television audio increases the value of XM to
its subscribers, and provides new ways for ESPN listeners to access our
content.”

The Michael Kay Show and The Max Kellerman Show from 1050 AM ESPN
Radio in New York and Galloway and Company from 103.3 FM ESPN Radio in
Dallas will be heard nationwide on the ESPN Xtra channel, marking the
first time that these programs will be aired nationwide.

The Michael Kay Show will be heard weekdays on the ESPN Xtra channel
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET. In addition to hosting the radio show, Kay
serves as television play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees
and the host of Centerstage on the YES Network.

The Max Kellerman Show will air on ESPN Xtra weekdays from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Kellerman is also an analyst for HBO Boxing and is well known
for his hosting stints on ESPN2, Fox Sports Net, and Spike TV.

Galloway and Company, hosted by Randy Galloway, will be carried on
ESPN Xtra weekdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Galloway has been a radio
talk show host for 21 years, and he writes a newspaper column for the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ESPN Xtra specials will include an in-depth Major League Baseball
preview in advance of Opening Day. This special comes on the heels of
December’s BCS preview special hosted by ESPN’s Colin Cowherd that ESPN
created for XM.

Bill Simmons, a.k.a. “The Sports Guy,” is a columnist for ESPN.com’s
“Page 2″ and ESPN The Magazine. The New England native, renowned for
his passion for Boston sports teams, will be heard Fridays at 3 p.m.
and at 10 p.m. ET when ESPN Xtra airs his popular 40-minute podcast
from ESPN.com.

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SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Blend Sports, Entertainment and Music for Unparalleled Super Bowl Week Experience

SIRIUS
NFL Radio, SIRIUS’ Martha Stewart Living Radio, Maxim Radio, Jimmy
Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville, Raw Dog Comedy, Scott Ferrall and
others offer range of fun programming choices for the year’s biggest
sporting event.

On Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, SIRIUS will air an expanded lineup
of play-by-play broadcasts of Super Bowl XLII live from University of
Phoenix Stadium to its nationwide audience. SIRIUS will offer 12
individual broadcasts of the game in eight different languages. SIRIUS
will provide the local flagship radio broadcasts of both the AFC
Champion New England Patriots (channel 126) and NFC Champion New York
Giants (channel 123) as well as the national radio broadcast on channel
124. SIRIUS subscribers can choose to follow the game in English,
Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, Flemish or
French.

Leading up to game day, subscribers can choose many listening
options from SIRIUS’ sports, entertainment and music channels as SIRIUS
presents up-to-the- minute news and analysis on SIRIUS NFL Radio,
Martha Stewart Living Radio broadcasting inside the annual Taste of the
NFL food-and-wine event benefiting hunger charities, plus live
broadcasts from Phoenix on Jimmy Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville, Maxim
Radio, comedy and more.

For more info and a free trial of SIRIUS Satellite Radio, visit www.sirius.com/superbowl.

SIRIUS NFL RADIO CHANNEL 124

Starting Monday, January 28 and
throughout Super Bowl Week, SIRIUS NFL Radio will broadcast live from
7:00 am - 11:00 pm ET from Radio Row in downtown Phoenix, featuring
up-to-the-minute NFL news and expert analysis on shows hosted by
Shannon Sharpe, Randy Cross, Tim Ryan, Pat Kirwan, Jerry Rice, Solomon
Wilcots, Gil Brandt, Daryl ‘Moose’ Johnston, Jim Miller, Carl Banks,
Bob Papa, Adam Schein and Bryan McGovern. SIRIUS NFL Radio will also
broadcast live from University of Phoenix Stadium on Media Day,
Tuesday, January 29, featuring one-on-one interviews with players and
coaches from the New England Patriots and New York Giants.

MARTHA STEWART LIVING RADIO CHANNEL 112

Martha
Stewart Living Radio teamed up this year with Taste of the NFL, the
one-of-a-kind charitable food and wine-tasting event that benefits
local and national hunger organizations. Every week leading up to the
big game two top chefs from every NFL city appeared on Martha Stewart
Living Radio to discuss their signature Taste of the NFL dish, take
calls from listeners, and share colorful anecdotes about their favorite
players and hometown teams. As a finale to the special broadcast
series, Martha Stewart Living Radio will broadcast live February 2 from
8:00 - 11:00 pm ET from inside the 17th annual Taste of the NFL event
at the Phoenix Convention Center, interviewing the chefs, as well as
NFL players and other special guests.

The
Martha Stewart Living Radio team will also broadcast Morning Living
live in Phoenix on February 1 from 8:00 - 11:00 am ET, featuring
interviews with local chefs, gardeners, artists and more.

MAXIM RADIO CHANNEL 108

Maxim
kicks off the biggest weekend in football with the hottest party in
Scottsdale, and Maxim Radio, SIRIUS channel 108, will give listeners
VIP access. Maxim Radio will broadcast live Friday, February 1 from the
party at the grand opening of Rande Gerber’s Stone Rose Lounge at the
Fairmount Scottsdale Princess with interviews from the red carpet
starting at 11:00 pm ET. Popular hosts Covino & Rich will talk to
celebrities, world famous athletes, and in Maxim tradition, some of the
most beautiful women on the planet.

Covino & Rich will also broadcast live from inside the 2008 EA Sports Madden Bowl party on Thursday, January 31.

RAW DOG COMEDY UNCENSORED CHANNEL 104

Raw
Dog Comedy Uncensored channel 104 celebrates the Super Bowl with the
annual football-themed El Megabowl de Comedy. All month long Raw Dog
has been airing the comedy of a stellar list of comedians representing
the National Comedy Conference and the American Comedy Conference.
Stars such as Norm MacDonald, Nick Swardson, Michael Ian Black, Lisa
Lampanelli, Gabriel Iglesias, Daniel Tosh and other comics have gone
head-head every week in the comedy playoff to decide who will hoist the
coveted Raw Dog trophy. The finalists for the El Megabowl Championship
game are Dave Attell and Breuer Unleashed co-host Pete Correale. SIRIUS
listeners can vote online at www.sirius.com to decide the winner.

On
game day, Comedy by Request host Pete Dominick will host a halftime
show that will feature interviews with comedians and Mark Says Hi, of
The Alternative Comedy Show, will host a post-game show.

THE SCOTT FERRALL SHOW ON CHANNEL HOWARD 101

Howard
101 sports personality Scott Ferrall will be live from the Hooters
restaurant in Tempe, Arizona interviewing athletes and other notable
personalities in town for the big game. On his show Ferrall thunders
through the world of sports at 1,000 mph, telling it like it is and
letting his fans do the same. The Scott Ferrall Show broadcasts air
Thursday, January 31 and Friday, February 1 from 8:00 pm - midnight ET
and Saturday, February 2 from 3:00 - 7:00 pm ET.

RADIO MARGARITAVILLE CHANNEL 31

Jimmy
Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville will broadcast two days of Super Bowl
parties live from the newest Margaritaville Cafe, just a stones throw
from University of Phoenix Stadium. Live from Next Door To The Big Game
will air live Saturday, February 2 from 5:00 - 8:00 pm ET and again
Super Bowl Sunday, February 3 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm ET.

PHOENIX TRAFFIC CHANNEL 157

On
Super Bowl Sunday SIRIUS will air expanded “Super Bowl traffic reports”
in place of Phoenix traffic on channel 157 to help fans get to and from
the game. Reports will be updated every 10 minutes, starting four hours
before kickoff, and continuing for two hours after the game ends.

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APPROVED OR DENIED? DRAMA BUILDS AROUND SIRIUS-XM MERGER… DEVELOPING…

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Mad Money host Jim Cramer think seriously about Sirius.

Today Cramer from Mad Money gave his take on Sirius, Xm and the Merger.

Check out the Video here:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=628513517

Let me know what you think.

Buy, Buy, Buy.

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What does the National Council of Negro Women have to do with a Satellite Radio Merger?

This is just getting out of hand.

The National Council of Negro Women submitted a letter to the FCC yesterday stating the following:

On behalf of the NCNW an organization representing over four million African-American women
worldwide and dedicated to championing civil rights and equality for all people, I must convey to the
FCC and you the Council’s strong and considered concern that the proposed transaction between
Sirius Satellite Radio and Xm Satellite Radio Holdings pose clear, present and unmitigated
threat to decency and greater diversity of media ownership.

Ok…what does any of this have to do with anything? No one is forcing you to listen to Satellite
Radio? Isn’t this the same as Pay Per View TV or Stations like HBO? This is just a bunch of
nonsense. They are just looking for attention.

It gets better:

One only has to evaluate the current programming now offered by Sirius and XM to recognize that our concerns and fears are well founded, Programming such as Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony, and Bubba the Love Sponge - which help to perpetuate racist and sexist stereotypes in our culture - drive the business of both companies.

Jesus, don’t fucking listen to it if you don’t like it. There are Hundreds of other stations to listen to.
You do know there is an Oprah Station?

A Sirius - XM satellite radio monopoly will focus it (sic) resources on only its most profitable audiences, with more of the same lowest-common-denominator programming of the Howard Stern variety.

And it keeps going on and on…….and on….

You can read the Full PDF letter here:
Link

Here is the NCNW website
http://www.ncnw.org/

We need more people in Favor of this Merger to contact the FCC and let them know our stance. How much longer will this drag on for?

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