SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Celebrate Thanksgiving With Exclusive Music Programming

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Celebrate Thanksgiving With Exclusive Music Programming

Thanksgiving Day specials will feature live coverage of Graceland Holiday tree lighting ceremony, Arlo Guthrie, Jimmy Buffett, Tommy Lee, Dionne Warwick, Fred Imus and Mojo Nixon

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will celebrate Thanksgiving with a unique line-up of special broadcasts.

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The exclusive programming will feature the annual lighting of Elvis's "Blue" Christmas tree, broadcast live from Graceland; a special broadcast of Arlo Guthrie's epic Thanksgiving song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"; Radio Margaritaville's Annual Thanksgiving Jimmy Buffett Concert; Tommy Lee and DJ Aero spinning electro-house beats live from Pacha in New York City; a visit by Dionne Warwick; a special Thanksgiving edition of Fred Imus' Trailer Park Bash and an exclusive interview with Arlo Guthrie.

SIRIUS' Thanksgiving music programming schedule is as follows:

The Graceland Holiday Lights Come Alive on Elvis Radio
Elvis Radio channel 13 -- November 23 at 7 pm ET
Live coverage of the traditional lighting of Elvis's "Blue" Christmas
tree.

Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
The Vault channel 16 -- November 22 starting at 12:00 am ET
The ultimate Thanksgiving song, broadcast all day long, on Thanksgiving
Day.

Radio Margaritaville's Annual Thanksgiving Jimmy Buffett Concerts
Radio Margaritaville channel 31 -- November 22, 6 am through 2 am ET
A presentation of Jimmy Buffett concerts from different settings and
different tours throughout the day.

Pacha Thanksgiving Feast with Tommy Lee & DJ Aero
Area 33 channel 33 -- November 22, 8 pm through 4 am ET
Tommy Lee and DJ Aero will spin electro-house beats from Pacha nightclub
in New York City.

Dionne Warwick makes a Thanksgiving visit to Soul Town
Soul Town channel 53 -- November 22 at 8 am ET
Dionne Warwick spends Thanksgiving discussing favorite Thanksgiving
dishes, her world tour, Christmas CD and plans to hit the stage with
Gladys Knight and Patti Labelle in 2008 (Rebroadcast on November 22 @ 11
am ET).

A Trailer Park Thanksgiving with Fred Imus
Outlaw Country channel 63 -- November 22 at 8 am ET
A special Thanksgiving edition of Fred Imus' weekly show featuring,
Buckskin and Missy.

Mojo & Arlo Thanksgiving Massacree
Outlaw Country channel 63 -- November 22 at 7 pm ET
Mojo Nixon's exclusive interview with Arlo Guthrie about his epic 18-
minute song, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", inspired by Guthrie's
experiences on Thanksgiving Day in 1965.

SIRIUS also broadcasts the following three twenty-four hour commercial- free channels dedicated to holiday music: SIRIUS Holiday on Starlite channel 2; Christmas Country on The Roadhouse channel 62; and Classical Christmas on SIRIUS Pops channel 86.

To learn more about SIRIUS, please visit www.sirius.com.

About SIRIUS

SIRIUS, "The Best Radio on Radio," delivers more than 130 channels of the best programming in all of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100% commercial free music channels in satellite radio, offering 69 music channels. SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR and NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL and NBA, as well as live NASCAR races. All SIRIUS programming is available for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.

SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) is a CD-quality, Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIR delivers more than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports, and 100% commercial free music.

SIRIUS Backseat TV(TM) is the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring three channels of children's TV programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, for the subscription fee of $6.99 plus applicable audio subscription fee.

SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at shop.sirius.com.

SIRIUS radios are offered in vehicles from Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep(R), Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercury, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Rolls Royce, Scion, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Hertz also offers SIRIUS in its rental cars at major locations around the country.

Click on www.sirius.com to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a SIRIUS radio and subscription.

Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the significant factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed are: our pending merger with XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. ("XM"), including related uncertainties and risks and the impact on our business if the merger is not completed; any events which affect the useful life of our satellites; our dependence upon third parties, including manufacturers of SIRIUS radios, retailers, automakers and programming providers; and our competitive position versus other audio entertainment providers.

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SIRIUS
212-584-5243
nkhairzada@siriusradio.com

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