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• Overview:

  XM Satellite Radio was originally founded as American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC in 1988, which then established a unit called American Mobile Radio Corporation in 1992, which then spun off XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc in 1999.

  XM Satellite Radio is now wholy owned subsidiary of Sirius XM Radio, Inc. following the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio on July 29th, 2008.

  XM Offers 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk, and entertainment channels, 21 regional traffic and weather channels, and 23 play-by-play sports channels.

• Related Pages

  • Sirius Satellite Radio Facts
    
  • XM Satellite Radio
    
  • XM Satellite Radio Accessories
    
  • XM Satellite Radio
    

• Fast Facts

  1. Ticker: SIRI (NASDAQ)
  2. Founded: 1988
  3. Launched: September 25, 2001
  4. Headquarters: Washington, DC
  5. President and CEO: Mel Karmazin
  6. Chairman: Gary Parsons
  7. Current Subscribers: 18,599,000
  8. Broadcasts 24 hrs. of (mostly) commercial-free music
  9. July 2008: Merger Completed with Sirius Satellite Radio to form Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
  10. Listen online at XMRadio.com
  11. July 2009: Launched iPhone and iPod touch application http://www.siriusxm.com/oniphone

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