The new channel lineups started being broadcast in November of 2008, and the XM Satellite Radio, Inc. that has XM Satellite Radio, Inc as a subsidiary. The new company is known as Sirius XM Radio, Inc. The commercial launch of the service was in September of 2001.Īfter seven years of being in business, XM and Sirius Satellite Radio formally announced the merger of the two companies with FCC approval on July 29 th, 2008. The service was ultimately further spun off as XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc, in 1999. Four years later, AMSC created a unit named the American Mobile Radio Corporation that focused on creating a satellite delivered radio service. XM Radio’s origins date to the 1988 formation of AMSC (American Mobile Satellite Corporation) which was a consortium of organizations that were focusing on offering the satellite broadcast of phone, data, and fax transmissions. XM radio channels are identified by the prefix, “XM” prior to the channel number. The service is operated by Sirius XM Radio and publishes premium radio content in addition to more than 70 music channels, 39 news, ports, talk, and entertainment choices, 23 play-by-play sports channels, and 21 regional and weather channels. XM radio is one of the two primary satellite radio services in North America.

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