Program Features Interview With Singer/Songwriter Taped in
Washington, D.C. in May 2004 Prior to Recent Deportation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio, the
nation's leading provider of satellite radio with more than 2.1 million
subscribers, will air a recent, never-before-heard interview with Yusuf Islam,
the singer/songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, this Thursday, September
30, at 8:00 am ET on XM Public Radio (XM Channel 133).
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Islam was barred from entering the United States on September 21 after the
Department of Homeland Security diverted a London-to-Washington, D.C. flight
carrying the musician. According to the Associated Press, government
officials said Islam had been placed on a no-fly list because of national
security concerns.
The 30-minute special on XM Public Radio (XMPR) will include an interview
with Islam by XM on-air host George Taylor Morris taped at the XM studios in
Washington, D.C., on May 20, 2004.
Encore broadcasts of the interview will air on XMPR Thursday at 8:30 am,
8:00 pm and 8:30 pm ET. The program will also air Thursday on the rock
channel Deep Tracks (XM Channel 40) at 8:00 am and 8:00 pm ET.
About XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR) is America's #1 satellite radio service
with more than 2.1 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios
in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville, Tennessee at the Country Music
Hall of Fame, XM's 2004 lineup includes more than 130 digital channels of
choice from coast to coast: 68 one-hundred-percent commercial-free music
channels, featuring hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to
blues; more than 40 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy, children's and
entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and
weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide.
Affordable, compact and stylish XM satellite radio receivers for the home,
the car, and boom boxes for "on the go" are available from retailers
nationwide. In addition, XM is available in more than 100 different 2005 car
models. XM is a popular factory- installed option on more than 50 new General
Motors models, as well as a standard feature on several top-selling Honda and
Acura models. This fall, XM will offer XM NavTraffic, a new service that will
provide real-time traffic information for vehicle navigation systems. XM's
premium online music service, XM Radio Online, debuts in October. JetBlue
Airways and AirTran Airways passengers will soon be able to listen to XM's
programming in-flight. For more information about XM, visit
http://www.xmradio.com.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM
Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third
party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other
risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-15-04. Copies of the filing are
available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.
SOURCE XM Satellite Radio
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CONTACT:
Chance Patterson of XM Satellite Radio,
+1-202-380-4318, or chance.patterson@xmradio.com
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