MLB All-Star Week Airs Live and Nationwide on XM Radio

MLB All-Star Week Airs Live and Nationwide on XM Radio

WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baseball fans across the country can hear comprehensive coverage of Major League Baseball's 2007 All- Star Week on XM Satellite Radio from July 7 to July 10.

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XM will carry the 78th All-Star Game live from AT&T Park in San Francisco on July 10. The Home Run Derby will air July 9, and the XM All-Star Futures Game, featuring the brightest of baseball's rising stars, will air July 8. Play-by-play coverage of the event can be heard nationwide on XM channel 176.

The 24-hour baseball talk radio channel MLB Home Plate (XM channel 175) will be live from the DHL All-Star FanFest for four days starting July 7. FanFest is the largest baseball event in the world, featuring more than forty baseball-themed attractions at the Moscone Center West. MLB Home Plate will have a broadcast center at FanFest to deliver the latest news, live interviews and call-in shows. The broadcast center will also have XM listening stations and an XM store.

XM will cover All-Star Week from every possible angle: on the field, in the stands - even on the water. During the Home Run Derby, MLB Home Plate host Holden Kushner will broadcast from a kayak floating in McCovey Cove outside AT&T Park, keeping a watchful eye on baseballs raining down from the stadium.

In addition to the live broadcasts during All-Star Week, XM will tape an episode of the show "Baseball Confidential" with Hall of Fame inductee Tony Gwynn in front of an audience at the CHW Stage at FanFest on July 10.

MLB En Espanol (XM channel 174) will carry Spanish play-by-play of the All-Star Game, and the call-in show "Solamente Pelota" will be live from AT&T Park.

The wall-to-wall coverage of All-Star Week on XM is not limited to the baseball channels. XM's alternative rock channel Ethel, country hits channel Highway 16, and children's channel XM KiDS will also broadcast from the XM booth at FanFest.

"The All-Star Game has grown from one night of baseball into this huge celebration of the sport, and XM brings it to people all across the country," said Chuck Dickemann, the senior director of MLB programming on XM. "If you can't be in San Francisco for All-Star Week, we've got you covered. You can hear the game, you can hear what's happening at FanFest, you can listen to interviews with players and legends. The Mid-Summer Classic is one of our biggest broadcasts of the year."

As the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, XM airs every MLB game for every team to its 8-million-plus subscribers across the nation. Baseball fans listen to the games on XM radios for the car, home, and portable use. Overall, XM is carrying more than 5,000 live sporting events in 2007.

About XM

XM (NASDAQ:XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio company with more than 8 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago, the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Toronto and Montreal, XM's 2007 lineup includes more than 170 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: commercial-free music, premier sports, news, talk radio, comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and the most advanced traffic and weather information.

XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota is available in 140 different vehicle models for 2007. XM's industry-leading products are available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com/.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-1-07. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.

FCMN Contact: david.butler@xmradio.com

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