Oprah Winfrey Hosts Live Call-In Show About Child Molestation on SIRIUS XM's Oprah Radio

NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Harpo Radio today announced that Oprah Winfrey will host an exclusive live call-in show on SIRIUS XM's Oprah Radio on Thursday, February 11 to discuss child molestation with millions of listeners across the country and what every family should know.

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Oprah interviewed four admitted child molesters on a special report on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Monday, February 8.

Oprah will invite listeners across the country to speak one-on-one with her and share their responses, thoughts, insights, and questions about child molesters on this satellite radio special airing live Thursday, February 11 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET on Oprah Radio, XM channel 156 and SIRIUS channel 195 as part of "The Best of XM package." Topics will include the targets and motivations of child molesters—and what parents can do to help protect their children.  Oprah will take calls for the entire hour. Listeners can call the Oprah Radio hotline at 866-OPRAH-XM (866-677-2496).

Additionally, SIRIUS XM's Oprah Radio will rebroadcast the "The Oprah Winfrey Show - A Special Report: Oprah and a No-Holds-Barred Conversation with Child Molesters" in its entirety on February 9 at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm ET. SIRIUS XM exclusively broadcasts new episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" the morning after they air on television on Oprah Radio.

Oprah Radio—Winfrey's exclusive 24/7 satellite radio channel—airs on XM channel 156 and SIRIUS channel 195 as part of "The Best of XM" package and is available on the SIRIUS XM App for the iPhone and iPod touch. For more information visit www.sirius.com/oprahradio, www.xmradio.com, and www.oprah.com.

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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