WorldSpace(R) Satellite Radio Premieres DJ Rekha Live From Legendary New York City Club

WorldSpace(R) Satellite Radio Premieres DJ Rekha Live From Legendary New York City Club

Exclusive Bhangra/Hip Hop Content to Be Featured Monthly on UPop, Other WorldSpace Channels

SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WorldSpace(R) Satellite Radio, (NASDAQ:WRSP), one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, today announced the broadcast premiere of DJ Rekha -- British-born Indian disc jockey recognized as the pioneer of bhangra beats in the U.S. -- live on its UPop channel.

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Broadcasting from New York City's legendary S.O.B.'s (Sounds of Brazil), a nightclub known for its hot global rhythms and world dance beats, DJ Rekha's 'Bhangra Beats' will air live on UPop via WorldSpace's AsiaStar(TM) satellite on the first Thursday of each month, with encore performances carried on WorldSpace channels Spin, Flava, and World Zone. This exclusive program is being made available to current subscribers in its coverage areas of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East at no additional cost. It can also be heard in America via XM Satellite Radio, which carries UPop and World Zone.

"DJ Rekha not only introduced basement bhangra to the New York club scene, she brought this hip-hop infused genre into the mainstream," said Billy Sabatini, vice president of global programming, WorldSpace. "The live broadcasts should be a real hit with our global subscribers, and we are very excited to deliver this high-quality, exclusive content across our channels each month."

Named one of the most influential South Asians in the United States by Newsweek magazine, Rekha Malhotra (a.k.a. DJ Rekha) is described as the creator of bhangra beats. She has played with famous world music artists, including Soundlab, the Roots and Duran Duran. As a social activist, she lectures extensively on bhangra and hip-hop music's influence on South Asian youth and culture.

WorldSpace provides more than 40 channels of diverse, commercial-free radio content -- news, sports, information and music -- on a 24X7 basis. For more information on DJ Rekha's live performances featured on WorldSpace Satellite Radio, please visit http://www.worldspace.com/ for times and channel listings.

About WorldSpace, Inc.

WorldSpace(R) (NASDAQ:WRSP) is the world's only global media and entertainment company positioned to offer a satellite radio experience to consumers in more than 130 countries with five billion people, driving 300 million cars. WorldSpace delivers the latest tunes, trends and information from around the world and around the corner. WorldSpace subscribers benefit from a unique combination of local programming, original WorldSpace content and content from leading brands around the globe including the BBC, CNN, Virgin Radio UK, NDTV and RFI. WorldSpace's satellites cover two-thirds of the globe with six beams. Each beam is capable of delivering up to 80 channels of high quality digital audio and multimedia programming directly to WorldSpace Satellite Radios anytime and virtually anywhere in its coverage area. WorldSpace is a pioneer of satellite-based digital radio services (DARS) and was instrumental in the development of the technology infrastructure used today by XM Satellite Radio. For more information, visit http://www.worldspace.com/.

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CONTACT: Judith Pryor of WorldSpace, +1-301-960-1242,
jpryor@worldspace.com; or Dacrie Brooks of Brodeur, +1-202-775-2646,
dbrooks@brodeur.com, for WorldSpace Satellite Radio

Web site: http://www.worldspace.com/

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