News Articles From Days Gone BySirius and Sears announced an agreement to make the department store chain a national retalier of Sirius Satellite Radio.
(30 July 2002)
Sirius is providing Sears outlets with listening stations to introduce customers to their service.
In another bout with the FCC, XM has petitioned the Government agency for partial reconsideration of an order creating service rules covering out-of-band emissions limits adopted for the 2385-2390 MHz band.
(29 July 2002)
According to XM, emissions within this band may leave "millions of satellite radio consumers vulnerable to interference."
George Clinton, "Dr.
(29 July 2002)
Funkenstein," joins the Sirius Sounding Board as host of "The Express" and "The Galaxy" on Chanels 44 and 100.
WorldSpace has announced that it has agreed to broadcast National Public Radio programming for the first time to markets in Europe, Africa, and the Mideast.
(26 July 2002)
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XM announced that, based on subscber feedback, they will introduce several programming changes including the inclusion of audio books and a radio drama channel, a radio classics channel, and channels dedicated to electronica, folk, easy listening, neo soul, and urban hip-hop.
(25 July 2002)
They're also adding the Playboy Channel for an extra 3 bucks a month.
XM now has 136,718 subscribers as of the end of June 2002.
(25 July 2002)
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Monaco Coach is the first recreational vehicle manufacturer to add Sirius satellite radio as an option.
(25 July 2002)
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Starting in September 2002, Panasonic is planning to offer Sirius receivers in retail stores, the commercial truck market, and automobile dealers.
(24 July 2002)
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Sirius announced that it would be offering charter subscribers three months of free service.
(19 July 2002)
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