SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO WILL BROADCAST CHRISTMAS MASSES
LIVE FROM ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK - December 21, 2005 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), the content leader in radio, will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass from the historic Cathedral of Saint Patrick in New York City on Sunday, December 25.
The Christmas Midnight Mass will be heard live on Sunday, December 25 at 12 am ET on SIRIUS Channel 86. It will be re-broadcast at 12 am PT (3 am ET). Tickets to attend this popular mass are no longer available to the public.
The Christmas Day Mass will be heard live on Sunday, December 25 at 10:15 am ET on SIRIUS channel 86. It will be re-broadcast on channel 85 at 10:15 am PT (1:15 pm ET).
The masses will be celebrated by His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York.
"St. Patrick's Cathedral is a top destination for visitors to New York, and now SIRIUS is enabling listeners across the U.S. to hear these special Christmas masses live from St. Patrick's," said Jay Clark, SIRIUS Executive Vice President of Programming.
Noted tenor Carl Tanner of the New York City Opera will join the renowned Saint Patrick's Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Pascual, in performing Adolph Adam's "O Holy Night" at the Midnight Mass. In addition, the New York Symphonic Brass will accompany organist Donald Dumler in providing the music for this special celebration of Christmas.
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States, and a center of Catholic life in the U.S. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year.
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About SIRIUS
SIRIUS delivers more than 120 channels of the best commercial-free music, compelling talk shows, news and information, and the most extensive sports programming to listeners across the country in digital quality sound. SIRIUS offers 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music, and features over 55 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95. SIRIUS also broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NHL and NBA and is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NBA and NHL.
SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are distributed by Alpine, Audiovox, Brix Group, Clarion, Delphi, Directed Electronics, Eclipse, Jensen, JVC, Kenwood, Magnadyne, Monster Cable, Pioneer, Russound, Tivoli and XACT Communications. Available in more than 25,000 retail locations, SIRIUS radios can be purchased at major retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at shop.sirius.com.
SIRIUS is also available at heavy truck dealers, truck stops and travel centers nationwide.
SIRIUS radios are currently offered in vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep*, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln-Mercury, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan, Scion, Toyota, Porsche, Volkswagen and Volvo. Hertz currently offers SIRIUS at major locations around the country.
Click on www.sirius.com to listen to SIRIUS live, or to find a SIRIUS retailer or car dealer in your area.
Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the key factors that have a direct bearing on our operational results are: our dependence upon third parties, including manufacturers of SIRIUS radios, retailers, automakers and programming partners, our competitive position and any events which affect the useful life of our satellites.
LIVE FROM ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK - December 21, 2005 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), the content leader in radio, will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass from the historic Cathedral of Saint Patrick in New York City on Sunday, December 25.
The Christmas Midnight Mass will be heard live on Sunday, December 25 at 12 am ET on SIRIUS Channel 86. It will be re-broadcast at 12 am PT (3 am ET). Tickets to attend this popular mass are no longer available to the public.
The Christmas Day Mass will be heard live on Sunday, December 25 at 10:15 am ET on SIRIUS channel 86. It will be re-broadcast on channel 85 at 10:15 am PT (1:15 pm ET).
The masses will be celebrated by His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York.
"St. Patrick's Cathedral is a top destination for visitors to New York, and now SIRIUS is enabling listeners across the U.S. to hear these special Christmas masses live from St. Patrick's," said Jay Clark, SIRIUS Executive Vice President of Programming.
Noted tenor Carl Tanner of the New York City Opera will join the renowned Saint Patrick's Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Pascual, in performing Adolph Adam's "O Holy Night" at the Midnight Mass. In addition, the New York Symphonic Brass will accompany organist Donald Dumler in providing the music for this special celebration of Christmas.
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic-style Catholic Cathedral in the United States, and a center of Catholic life in the U.S. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year.
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About SIRIUS
SIRIUS delivers more than 120 channels of the best commercial-free music, compelling talk shows, news and information, and the most extensive sports programming to listeners across the country in digital quality sound. SIRIUS offers 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music, and features over 55 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95. SIRIUS also broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NHL and NBA and is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NBA and NHL.
SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are distributed by Alpine, Audiovox, Brix Group, Clarion, Delphi, Directed Electronics, Eclipse, Jensen, JVC, Kenwood, Magnadyne, Monster Cable, Pioneer, Russound, Tivoli and XACT Communications. Available in more than 25,000 retail locations, SIRIUS radios can be purchased at major retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Costco, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, RadioShack and at shop.sirius.com.
SIRIUS is also available at heavy truck dealers, truck stops and travel centers nationwide.
SIRIUS radios are currently offered in vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep*, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln-Mercury, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan, Scion, Toyota, Porsche, Volkswagen and Volvo. Hertz currently offers SIRIUS at major locations around the country.
Click on www.sirius.com to listen to SIRIUS live, or to find a SIRIUS retailer or car dealer in your area.
Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the key factors that have a direct bearing on our operational results are: our dependence upon third parties, including manufacturers of SIRIUS radios, retailers, automakers and programming partners, our competitive position and any events which affect the useful life of our satellites.
