Monday March 29, 11:22 am ET
XM and Progress Media Further Political Discourse Through Humor,
Insight and Intelligent New Voices


WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM
Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR - News), the pioneer and leader in
satellite radio, on Wednesday, March 31, debuts XM America Left,
Channel 167, a new talk radio channel dedicated to progressive
political viewpoints. Broadcasting coast-to-coast from its
headquarters less than a mile from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC,
XM provides the highly-anticipated Air America Radio with its first
national platform. XM's fast-growing nation of more than 3 million
listeners now can tune in daily to Air America's talented and
opinionated on-air personalities including popular satirist Al
Franken, comedienne Jeanene Garofalo, hip hop icon Chuck D. and
environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. New channel XM America
Left complements XM's other talk programming which features more
conservative on-air talent, including Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity,
Michael Savage and Ann Coulter.

"We are excited to provide a national audience to progressive
superstar Al Franken and his spirited cohorts at Air America.
Challenging our listeners, and giving them the best and broadest
choices possible is our daily mission at XM. Where else are you going
to find Al Franken and Bill O'Reilly, or opera and punk for that
matter, living under one roof," said Hugh Panero, XM President and
CEO.

"We cannot think of a better way to bring our important message
directly into the cars, homes and minds of Americans than broadcasting
on XM Satellite Radio," said Mark Walsh, CEO of Progress Media. "There
is a great underserved market of Americans who want to hear compelling
and funny talk voices expressing viewpoints long absent from the radio
airwaves. Air America on XM will go a long way to correcting this
imbalance at a particularly opportune time."

America Left's daily program schedule includes the Air America lineup
and the popular shows of progressive talk radio personalities Ed
Schultz and Alan Colmes.

Morning Sedition 6:00 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time
Unfiltered w/Lizz Winstead and Chuck D. 9:00 a.m.
Al Franken Noon
Ed Schultz 3:00 p.m.
Randi Rhodes 6:00 p.m.
Marty Kaplan 7:00 p.m.
Jeanene Garofalo 8:00 p.m.
Alan Colmes 10:00 p.m.