Gospel and R&B Music Star BeBe Winans to Launch Weekly Show on SIRIUS XM Radio

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will launch a new weekly show, The BeBe Experience, hosted by gospel and R&B great BeBe Winans on Praise, SIRIUS channel 68 and XM channel 33, on Sunday, October 31 at 2:00 pm ET.

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The BeBe Experience, which will air every Sunday at 2:00 pm ET and rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm ET, will feature Winans playing his favorite current and classic gospel music and sharing personal stories about various artists. Listeners will also hear artist interviews and features with some of BeBe's talented and renowned friends in the music and entertainment world.

"I have found that music has a way of helping me through the journey of life," said Winans. "And I am glad to be joining the SIRIUS XM family to reach out to millions through their journey with the music that I love."

BeBe Winans is a Grammy® Award winner, Dove Award winner, and Stellar Award winner, as well as an accomplished performer, writer, producer and songwriter. As part of the legendary Grammy winning brother and sister duo BeBe and CeCe Winans, BeBe is in the midst of ongoing promotion for the current chart topping CD, Still, the siblings' first album together in 15 years. The duo has performed for President and Mrs. Obama and recently appeared on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Fox Good Day New York and will receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011, along with Winfrey, Penelope Cruz, Simon Fuller and the late Buddy Holly. BeBe and CeCe lead the number of Stellar Award nominations for 2011 with a total of eleven nominations for Still.

Praise plays uplifting sounds of today's gospel superstars, including Hezekiah Walker, Shirley Caesar, Kirk Franklin, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond and Marvin Sapp.

For more information, visit www.sirius.com/praise or www.xmradio.com/praise. 

About SIRIUS XM Radio

SIRIUS XM is America's satellite radio company, broadcasting more than 135 channels of commercial-free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather, and data services to 19.9 million subscribers in cars, trucks, boats and aircraft, and through a wide range of mobile devices.

SIRIUS XM offers an array of content from some of the biggest names in entertainment, as well as from professional sports leagues, major colleges, and national news and talk providers. SIRIUS XM programming is also available at sirius.com and xmradio.com, and on Apple iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry and Android-powered mobile devices using the SIRIUS XM Premium Online App.

SIRIUS XM has arrangements with every major automaker and its radio products are available at retail locations nationwide, as well as shop.sirius.com and shop.xmradio.com.

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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 dependence upon automakers and other third parties, the substantial indebtedness of SIRIUS and XM; the useful life of our satellites; and our competitive position versus other forms of audio and video entertainment.  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, 2009 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2010 and  XM's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2010, 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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