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Rick Dees Launched Into Outer Space

   The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown, the longest running Countdown show in America, will now be heard on three channels of XM Satellite Radio, bringing Rick Dees to not only XM subscribers but also to DirecTV subscribers and those renting cars equipped with XM Satellite Radios. The shows make their debut June 7th, 2008. (PRNewsFoto/Dees Entertainment)

BURBANK, CA UNITED STATES
  
  Three Decades Of The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 To Be Heard On XM Satellite
                                   Radio

    BURBANK, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Rick Dees and XM Satellite
Radio have reached an agreement that will make every show from The Rick
Dees Weekly Top 40, the longest running countdown show in America,
available to XM's over 9 million subscribers. These shows will also be
available to DirecTV subscribers and those renting cars equipped with XM
Satellite Radios.

    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080521/LAW093)

    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080521/LAW093A)

    Jon Zellner, Senior Vice President/ Music Programming for XM Satellite
Radio said, "The XM decades channels are designed to re-create Top 40 radio
of the time and Rick Dees is a VERY important part of the format's history.
We couldn't be more excited to add The Weekly Top 40 Countdown to the '80s
on 8, '90s on 9, and XM 30, 'The Hitlist.'"

    When asked about this partnership, Rick Dees said, "I am extremely
excited to be on XM Satellite Radio and counting down the minutes to our
launch." Dees continued, "We started The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 in 1983,
and together we discovered some incredible music, and the stories behind
the hits are even more amazing!"

    The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 will be heard on 3 channels: EIGHTIES ON 8,
NINETIES ON 9, with current shows running on THE HIT LIST, XM's channel 30.
The shows debut on Saturday, June 7th.

    About Dees Entertainment

    Dees Entertainment provides original radio and television programming
in the terrestrial and digital spaces. Produced with a focus on quality,
every product from Dees Entertainment, including The Rick Dees Weekly Top
40 and RICK.COM (http://www.rick.com), emanate from Rick Dees'
state-of-the-art broadcast facilities in Burbank. DEES Entertainment also
operates DDN, an internet based entertainment player and DDN MOBILE, a text
messaging platform.

    Dees Entertainment also has an exclusive partnership with EMMIS
Communications to produce a daily morning radio show, Rick Dees in the
Morning, from 5AM to 10AM on KMVN, Los Angeles - Movin 93.9
(http://www.movin939.com).

    About XMSR

    XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. operates as a satellite radio service
company. It provides music, news, talk, information, entertainment, and
sports programming for reception by vehicle, home, and portable radios, as
well as through the Internet to approximately 9.1 million subscribers in
the United States. XM also manufactures satellite radios and accessories.
It provides satellite entertainment and data services for new vehicles; car
stereo, home stereo, mini-tuner, plug and play, and portable handheld
products through consumer electronics retailers; Boeing satellite systems;
and terrestrial repeater systems. The company also provides XM NavTraffic,
a satellite traffic data service, which provides traffic information; XM WX
Satellite Weather service that provides graphical weather data for
situational awareness; and airplanes and rental cars programming. As of
January 31, 2008, XM included 170 channels. The company has broadcast
studios in Washington, New York, Lincoln Center, Chicago, and Nashville.

    XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is
headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.



SOURCE Dees Entertainment




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    CONTACT:
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    of Dees Entertainment, +1-818-295-2112, jcooperman@rick.com