SIRIUS XM to Broadcast 'Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents'

NEW YORK, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) today announced that it will broadcast Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents, a live one-hour call-in special on which a panel of experts will arm millions of people in this country with the latest information, advice and expert guidance on the issues surrounding the care of aging relatives and loved ones.

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Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents, hosted by Perri Peltz, will air live March 5 at 10:00 am ET on Doctor Radio, SIRIUS channel 114 and XM channel 119.  It will replay March 5 at 3:00 pm, March 6 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm ET and March 7 at 7:00 am, 12:00 pm and 9:00 pm ET.

Peltz's special guests on this show are: Michael H. Perskin, MD, Director of the Faculty Group Practice for the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, host of Doctor Radio's weekly Healthy Aging show and a specialist in geriatric care management; renowned psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer; and Daniel Reingold, President and CEO of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, a leading geriatric care center in New York.

On Doctor Radio Reports: Our Aging Parents the panel will take calls, offer listeners world-class advice and breakdown the latest research on a variety of topics including:

• How to balance the demands of aging parents with the needs of your family
• How to manage doctors visits and medication for aging parents and relatives
• How to navigate today's complex health care system and get the coverage your family needs
• How to arrange for home care
• Ensuring nutritional needs
• When it's time to take away the car keys
• How and when to discuss estate planning and living wills
• How to broach the subject of assisted living facilities, and how to handle the transition to one 
• Sex, companionship, affection, and romance later in life

Michael H. Perskin, MD is the Director of the Faculty Group Practice for the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. On his weekly Doctor Radio show Healthy Aging he takes calls from listeners around the country and offers advice on how to deal with a multitude of aging issues affecting individuals and families. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a world-renowned psychosexual therapist, Adjunct Professor at N.Y.U. and the author of over thirty books including Dr. Ruth's Sex After 50: Revving up the Romance, Passion & Excitement! (The Best Half of Life). The Hebrew Home at Riverdale is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit geriatric care center providing a continuum of care to more than 3,000 older people in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester County.  Perri Peltz is a television news journalist and public health advocate.

Doctor Radio features live, call-in shows hosted by leading NYU Langone Medical Center doctors from a vast array of fields including: child psychology; sexual health; plastic surgery; emergency room medicine; cancer; heart health; women's health; dermatology; pediatrics; men's health; diet and nutrition; sports medicine; psychiatry; and more. For sample audio clips and a complete programming lineup visit www.sirius.com/doctorradio.

About SIRIUS XM Radio

SIRIUS XM Radio is America's satellite radio company delivering to subscribers commercial-free music channels, premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, and traffic and weather.

SIRIUS XM Radio has content relationships with an array of personalities and artists, including Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Jamie Foxx, Barbara Walters, Opie & Anthony, Bubba the Love Sponge®, Bob Edwards, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Jimmy Buffett, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. SIRIUS XM Radio is the leader in sports programming as the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, Major League Baseball®, NASCAR®, NBA, NHL®, and PGA TOUR® and major college sports.

SIRIUS XM Radio has arrangements with every major automaker. SIRIUS XM Radio products are available at shop.sirius.com and shop.xmradio.com, and at retail locations nationwide, including Best Buy, RadioShack, Wal-Mart and independent retailers.

SIRIUS XM Radio also offers SIRIUS Backseat TV, the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network; XM NavTraffic® service for GPS navigation systems delivers real-time traffic information, including accidents and road construction, for more than 80 North American markets.

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the benefits of the business combination transaction involving SIRIUS and XM, including potential synergies and cost savings and the timing thereof, future financial and operating results, the combined company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," " are expected to," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "intend," "will," "should," "may," or words of similar meaning.  Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of SIRIUS' and XM's management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of SIRIUS and XM.  Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. 

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statement: our substantial indebtedness; the businesses of SIRIUS and XM may not be combined successfully, or such combination may take longer, be more difficult, time-consuming or costly to accomplish than expected; the useful life of our satellites; our dependence upon automakers and other third parties; our competitive position versus other forms of audio and video entertainment; and general economic conditions.  Additional factors that could cause SIRIUS' and XM's results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in SIRIUS' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and XM's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).  The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and SIRIUS and XM disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

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