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Indianapolis 500 Airs Nationwide on XM Satellite Radio
 
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The Andretti Green Racing drivers XM Sports Nation has daily coverage of the Indy 500, led by the
motorsports show "Powershift" hosted by "This is the first running of the Indy 500 since the unification of the
IndyCar Series and CART/Champ Car, so the competition is going to be intense,"
said XM airs more than 5,000 live sporting events annually, including every IndyCar Series race, every Major League Baseball game, every National Hockey League game, college sports from the six power conferences, and PGA TOUR events throughout the season. XM also airs the 24-hour sports talk radio channels ESPN Radio, ESPN Xtra, XM Sports Nation, MLB Home Plate, NHL Home Ice, Fox Sports Radio, and the Spanish-language sports talk channel XM Deportivo. About XM XM (Nasdaq: XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio company with
more than 9.3 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in
XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Porsche, Ferrari, Subaru, Suzuki, and Toyota, is available in 140 different vehicle models for 2008. XM's industry-leading products are available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide. XM programming is also available through XM Radio Online, as downloads of original XM shows via podcasts from XM's Web site or the Apple's iTunes Store, and as streams of commercial-free XM music channels to AT&T and Alltel wireless customers through XM Radio Mobile. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please 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 2-28-08. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department. Programming is subject to change.
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