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http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000875402
Air America Signs With XM Satellite Radio
April 11, 2005
By Katy Bachman
XM Satellite Radio announced Monday it has signed a multi-year content agreement with Air America Radio, making XM the exclusive satellite radio network for the left-leaning radio network. Financial terms were not disclosed.
When the deal begins in May, Air America Radio will no longer air on Sirius Satellite Radio, which has 1.2 million subscribers to XM's nearly 3.8 million.
As part of the agreement, XM's America Left channel will be renamed Air America Radio and include the expanded lineup of AAR programming -including Jerry Springer, Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, Rachel Maddow and Janeane Garofalo. The channel will also include other programming not associated with AAR that currently airs on America Left, such as The Ed Schultz Show, syndicated by Democracy Radio and Jones Radio Networks, and The Alan Colmes Show, syndicated by Fox News Radio.
Based in Washington, D.C., XM also will offer dedicated studio space for special live broadcasts of Air America Radio programs.
This Sucks, Sirius has played AAR as it's own channel for some time, while XM just used part of it in it's "Left Talk" channel. This sucks, because AAR needs to be everywhere
CURRENTLY AAR IS ON BOTH XM AND SIRIUS, SO IT IS A LODD OF 1.2 MILLION