What Is Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a service offering over 130included as part of the Dish Network satellite
channels of satellite radio featuring digital-qualitytelevision service. Both Sirius and Xm Satellite Radio
music, sports, news and entertainment programmingMerged on Feb 10 2007
when and where you want it. They use a fleet ofThey also have loads of original programming. They
satellites to broadcast over 135 channels of satellitehost hundreds of exclusive live interviews and
radio to listeners throughout the continental US andperformances you won't hear anywhere else and
Canada.produce many interesting and engaging live talk
Sirius Satellite Radio was previously known as Satelliteshows in their national broadcast studios. Some of
CD Radio Inc.. The company changed its name tothe talk show host on Sirius are Martha Stewart,
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on November 18, 1999. TheHoward Stern, Tony Stewart,Jamie Foxx and many
name is derived from Sirius, sometimes referred tomore.
as the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night-timeTo me this is Entertainment on demand you get to
sky. The dog in the Sirius logo is unofficially namedlisten to whatever you want when you want and it is
"Mongo", a name garnered from the debut of Siriusquality radio that is getting more popular by the day.
sponsorship on Casey Atwood's and later JimmyWith most Satellite Radio enabled radios, the user can
Spencer's NASCAR entry, when the announcing castsee the artist and song information on display while
voted on names. "Mongo" later became NASCARlistening to the stream. The streams are broadcast
driver Spencer's nickname with the NASCARfrom satellites in an elliptical geosynchronous orbit
Broadcasters (mainly Darrell Waltrip) in the followingabove North America.
races.Satellite Radio programming also has a breadth and
Sirius Satellite Radio is one of two services operatingdepth of programming basically unavailable on regular
in the United States and Canada, along with XMradio. they play the songs that you know and love,
Radio. Headquartered in New York City, with smallerand many songs that they know you'll love when
studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius wasyou hear them for the first time.
officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currentlyOn October 16, 2006 Sirius Satellite Radio announced
provides 69 streams (channels) of music and 65that it would be launching Sirius Internet Radio with
streams of sports, news and entertainment to78 of its 135 channels being available worldwide on
listeners. Music streams on Sirius carry a wide varietythe internet to any of its subscribers with a valid user
of genres, broadcasting 24 hours daily,name and password.
commercial-free. A few of Sirius music channels is