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SIRIUS’ New Country channel to give listeners a preview of Kevin Costner
and Modern West’s new album, ‘Untold Truth’

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq:
SIRI) today announced that it will broadcast Kevin Costner and Modern
West’s exclusive acoustic performance on SIRIUS’ New Country channel on
Friday, September 19 at 8:00 pm ET. Costner’s visit to the SIRIUS studios
precedes the release of his new record, Untold Truth, which is scheduled to
be in stores November 11.

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SIRIUS listeners will hear tracks from Untold Truth on New Country’s
Buzz Cuts, the feature that showcases new country songs from Nashville’s
biggest stars and new talent twice an hour, every hour. Costner’s in-studio
performance will offer SIRIUS listeners a preview of Costner and Modern
West’s album before it is available in stores.

SIRIUS’ New Country plays the biggest country hits from the hottest
country superstars. New Country listeners will hear Rascal Flatts, Tim
McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney and many
others.

For more information please visit, http://www.sirius.com/newcountry

About SIRIUS XM Radio

SIRIUS XM Radio is America’s satellite radio company delivering the
“The Best Radio on Radio” to more than 18 million subscribers, including
100% commercial free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment,
traffic and weather.

SIRIUS XM Radio has exclusive content relationships with an array of
personalities and artists, including Howard Stern, Oprah, Martha Stewart,
Jimmy Buffett, Elvis, Jamie Foxx, Barbara Walters, Frank Sinatra, Opie &
Anthony, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Tom Petty, and Bob Edwards. SIRIUS XM Radio is the leader in sports
programming as the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, Major
League Baseball, NASCAR, NHL, and PGA Tour, and broadcasts major college
sports.

SIRIUS XM Radio has exclusive 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,
Circuit City, RadioShack, Target, Sam’s Club, and Wal-Mart.

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.

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of the business combination transaction involving Sirius XM Radio Inc. and
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transaction or delay in realization thereof; 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;
and operating costs and business disruption following the merger, including
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Contacts for SIRIUS XM Radio:

Samantha Bowman
SIRIUS
212 901 6644
sbowman@siriusradio.com