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Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and entertainment to listeners. Music streams on Sirius carry a wide variety of genres, Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of sports, news and entertainment to listeners. Music streams on Sirius carry a wide variety of genres, broadcasting 24 hours daily, commercial-free, and uncensored. A subset of Sirius music channels is included as part of the Dish Network satellite television service. Sirius channels are identified by Arbitron with the label "SR". Its business model is to provide pay-for-service radio, analogous to the business model for premium cable television. Music channels are presented without commercials while talk channels, such as Howard Stern's Howard 100 and Howard 101 and The Opie & Anthony Channel, do have regular commercials. At approximately 6 minutes per hour, the number of commercials are still less than the average on terrestrial radio or television. Furthermore, all channels are free from FCC content regulation, thus songs are played unedited for language, and talk programs may feature explicit content if they wish. Subscriptions are prepaid and range in price from US$12.95 monthly to US$499.99 for lifetime subscription. There is a US$15 activation fee for every radio activated. Sirius announced it had achieved its first positive cash flow quarter for the period ending December 2006. LESS |
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Barbara Walters Grills Mel Karmazin over Sirius Ratings The Paley Center For Media - The Paley Center for Media Mel Karmazin is chief executive officer of Sirius XM Radio. Karmazin oversees all aspects of the company's operations from its New York City corporate headquarters. SIRIUS XM Radio is America's satellite radio company delivering commercial-free music channels, premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, and traffic and weather to more than 18.7 million subscribers.Karmazin joined Sirius XM in November 2004. Previously, Karmazin was president and COO of Viacom, president and CEO of CBS Corp., and president and CEO of Infinity Broadcasting. Prior to Infinity, Karmazin spent ten years with Metromedia. Karmazin is a vice chairman of the board of trustees of The Paley Center for Media, and serves on the board of Autism Speaks. He was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, and has received the National Association of Broadcasters National Radio Award and the IRTS Gold Medal Award.

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