Any chance that Sirius will pick up "Air America"?

[mac56]

Sirius satellite radio?

I think "Air America" would be a perfect fit for them. They already have a couple of progressive talk stations in their lineup.

I posted this in GD, and someone who is a Sirius subscriber says that if enough customers request it, they'll add it.

XM is heavily bankrolled by Clear Channel ("Radio 666"). So I don't see them picking it up.

Any thoughts?

[cosmicdot]

1. who bankrolls Sirius?

I appreciate the promise of satellite radio and Air America

GE, for the most part, owns the satellite footprint across the Continental US

a little background on Sirius FWIW

Former Name: CD RADIO INC.


THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS - highlighted a few corporate names to indicate interconnections betwee firms/boards

LEON D. BLACK, age 52, has been a director since June 2001. Mr. Black is one of the founding principals of Apollo Advisors, L.P. and Lion Advisors, L.P., which manage investment capital on behalf of institutions. He is also the founder of Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L.P. From 1977 to 1990, Mr. Black worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, where he served as Managing Director, head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and co-head of the Corporate
Department. Mr. Black is a director of Sequa Corporation, United Rentals, Inc., Allied Waste Industries, Inc., AMC Entertainment Inc. and Wyndham International, Inc. Mr. Black is a trustee of The Museum of Modern Art, Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts, Prep for Prep, The Jewish Museum, The Asia Society, Dartmouth College and Vail Valley
Foundation.

JOSEPH P. CLAYTON, age 54, has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since November 2001. Mr. Clayton served as Vice Chairman of Global Crossing Ltd., a global internet and long distance services provider, and President, Global Crossing North America, from September 1999 until November 2001. On January 28, 2002, Global Crossing Ltd. and certain of its affiliates
filed petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. From August 1997 to September 1999, Mr. Clayton was President and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Corporation, a Rochester, New York-based national provider of local telephone, long distance, data, conferencing and wireless
communications services, which was acquired by Global Crossing in September 1999. Prior to joining Frontier, Mr. Clayton was Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales -- Americas and Asia, of Thomson S.A., a leading consumer electronics company. Mr. Clayton is a member of the board of directors of Transcend Services Inc., a trustee of Bellarmine University and The Rochester Institute of Technology and a member of the advisory board of Indiana University School of Business.

LAWRENCE F. GILBERTI, age 52, has been a director since September 1993. Since June 2000, Mr. Gilberti has been a partner in the law firm of Reed Smith LLP; from May 1998 through May 2000, he was of counsel to that firm. From August 1994 to May 1998, Mr. Gilberti was a partner in the law firm of Fischbein Badillo Wagner & Harding. Mr. Gilberti provided legal services to us from 1992 until 2002.

JAMES P. HOLDEN, age 52, has been a director since August 2001. From October 1999 until November 2000, Mr. Holden was the President and Chief Executive Officer of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, one of the world's largest automakers. Prior to being appointed President in 1999, Mr. Holden held numerous senior positions within Chrysler Corporation during his 19-year career at the company.

WARREN N. LIEBERFARB, age 60, has been a director since September 2003. Mr. Lieberfarb is president and chief executive officer of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, a media, entertainment and technology consulting firm. From 1984 until December 2002, Mr. Lieberfarb was President of Warner Home Video, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a global leader in the creation,
distribution, licensing and marketing of theatrical motion pictures, TV programming, animation, video/DVD and related products. Mr. Lieberfarb serves on the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, on the board's nominating and development committees, and on the undergraduate executive board of the Wharton School. He also serves on the board of directors and the board of trustees of the American Film Institute, and chairs its entrepreneurial
committee, and on the board of directors of DTS (Digital Theatre Systems, Inc.). Mr. Lieberfarb is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

39 and short resume:
MICHAEL J. MCGUINESS, age 39, has been a director since June 2003. Since 1994, Mr. McGuiness has been a portfolio manager for W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C., an investment adviser and private equity boutique.

JAMES F. MOONEY, age 48, has been a director since July 2003. Since March 2003, Mr. Mooney has been chairman of the board of directors of NTL Incorporated, a cable television company with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. From April 2001 to September 2002, Mr. Mooney was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Nextel Communications Inc., a provider of wireless communications services. From January 2000 to January 2001,
Mr. Mooney was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Tradeout Inc., an asset management firm owned jointly by General Electric Capital, Ebay Inc. and Benchmark Capital. From March 1999 to January 2000, Mr. Mooney was the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer at Baan Company, a business management software provider. From 1980 until 1999, Mr. Mooney held a
number of positions with IBM Corporation, including Chief Financial Officer of the Americas.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000095011703004456/a36276.txt

"We have entered in an agreement with Global Crossing to provide us telecommunications services for monitoring our terrestrial repeater network and an agreement with Good Guys in connection with the marketing and sale of subscriptions to our service."

Beneficial Ownership of Sirius Shares (over 5% holdings)

Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. (1) ................................. 219,943,037 shares or 22.0%
Atlas Global Growth Fund
Clarington Global Equity Fund
Security Benefit Life Global Series Fund
Security Benefit Life Worldwide Equity Series D/VA
CUNA Global Series Fund/VA
JNL/Oppenheimer Global Growth Series VA
Oppenheimer Global Fund
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income Fund
498 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10018

Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P. (2)......................... 162,986,042 shares or 15.6%
Apollo Overseas Partners IV, L.P.
Two Manhattanville Road
Purchase, New York 10577

[Touchdown]

5. Warren Lieberfarb was the genius behind DVD.

He thought up the idea, and was it's biggest cheerleader since it's launch in 1997. If he's behind Sirius, then there's no way this guy will let it fail. He's a powerhouse when it comes to promotion.

[Sorwen]

2. possibly

Check out this Radio Business Report:
http://www.rbrepaper.com/epaper/pages/march04/04-49_news1.html

"Both Sirius and XM are expected to carry all or part of the Air America feed by launch date and negotiations with Dish Network and DirecTV are ongoing, to get on their audio-only channels. The network will also be webcast live and archived via www.airamericaradio.com."

Also, Clear Channel does have a stake in XM, but I don't think XM is "heavily bankrolled by Clear Channel," and I don't think Clear Channel has that much control over programming, at least not yet. But I prefer Sirius and am a Sirius subscriber.

[slippery_pete]

3. i just sent my suggestion

these are the two email addresses you can send to. sirius is definiteley more progressive than xm. xm's only political shows are right wing. sirius has a channel dedicated to the left (as well as the right) and a channel for gays and lesbians.

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[oscar111]

4. WHo owns sirius? CBS?

Confusing first re.
So, who owns Sirius? GE? Those listed gentlemen?

CBS was once owned by Westinghouse. Is viacom part of westinghouse? Did Westng. sell to viacom? Which families own Viacom?

Which city did garafulo once have the program in?

[Touchdown]

6. A poster on Saturday mentioned an anouncement for Monday.

"Sirius will announce Monday that they will be carrying Air America too.

I don't know how much of it they will be broadcasting, but the Sirius Media Relations person who leaked this said it would be "more than the other guys"

If you buy Sirius be sure to tell them it's because of Air America too.

We Sirius subscribers have been emailing the heck out of them to carry Air America and they apparently are listening to us. "

From Wheaty.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1338862

 

[madfloridian]

7. Starts on April 19 on Sirius.

:hi:

[Ivote]

8. I Love My Sirius Even More Now!

YES YES YES
on edit they will be carrying the "FULL SCHEDULE" :bounce:

[pezcore64]

9. well

XM is carrying it.
you sure its a clear channel network?
i hear their on air people dissing clear channel and other big networks all the time.