HUGE LIST OF INTERNET TALK RADIO LINKS

My favorite Internet Radio Station is http://www.americanewsnet.com/radio.htm - Click on the LISTEN button.

To Listen to any of these shows or radio stations listed above simply cut and paste the address into the address window of your REAL PLAYER and hit the enter key on your keyboard.

KERMIT - HERE IS THE INFO I HAD ARCHIVED ON SATELITE RADIO:

Webmaster@xmradio.com; info@xmradio.com; help@xmradio.com, ListenerCare@xmradio.com,

mkramer@siriusradio.com, info@siriusradio.com, webmaster@siriusradio.com, help@siriusradio.com,

For more information:

Mindy Kramer

Sirius Satellite Radio

212-584-5138

mkramer@siriusradio.com

Contact The 40s by email at savoyexpress@xmradio.com

Contact The 50s by phone at 1.866.267.0346 or by email at fifties@xmradio.com

Contact The 60s by phone at 1.866.250.8534 or by email at sixties@xmradio.com.

Contact The 70s by phone at 1.866.267.0347 or by email at seventies@xmradio.com

Contact The 80s by phone at 1.866.267.0348 or by email at eighties@xmradio.com

Contact The 90s by phone at 1.866.810.9248 or by email at nineties@xmradio.com

America, Real Country music Contact America by phone at 1.866.267.0349 or by email at america@xmradio.com

Contact X Country by phone at 1.866.267.0350 or by email at crosscountry@xmradio.com

Contact Hank's Place (Traditional Country) by phone at 1.866.267.0354 or by email at hanksplace@xmradio.com

Contact Bluegrass Junction by phone at 1.866.267.0375 or by email at bluegrassjunction@xmradio.com

Subj: DEAR FRIENDS,

Date: 12/06/2001 1:42:31 PM Eastern Standard Time

From: Bob

To: info@siriusradio.com, webmaster@siriusradio.com

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

BELOW IS A LETTER THAT I JUST SENT TO XMRADIO AND I SEND IT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. PLEASE WRITE ME BACK. THANKS, BOB FROM MICHIGAN.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST OF RADIO STATIONS AVAILABLE FROM YOUR SERVICE.

WHERE IN THE HECK IS TALK RADIO?

MILLIONS OF SALESMEN ON THE ROAD EVERYDAY WANT TO HEAR CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO NOT LIBERAL B.S. FROM MAINSTREAM SOURCES.

YOU SHOULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF TALK RADIO STATIONS (90% CONSERVATIVE) TO CHOOSE FROM. PLEASE NOTE THAT LIBERAL RADIO TALK SHOW HOSTS DO NOT LAST LONG IN THIS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE BUSINESS. ONLY CONSERVATIVE HOSTS SEEM TO BE PROFITABLE AND HAVE LONGEVITY.

I CAN SEE THAT XMRADIO IS RUN BY MORONS AND LIBERALS WHO OVERLOOKED THIS VAST SEGMENT OF THE MARKET.

PLEASE CREATE A TALK RADIO SECTION ON YOUR WEBPAGE - SEPARATE FROM THE NEWS SECTION.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF GREAT CONSERVATVE TALK SHOW HOSTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IN MY CAR AND HOME.

I LISTEN TO THEM VIA THE INTERNET IN MY HOME.

SOMEONE AT XMRADIO SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOB. SOMEONE SHOULD BE FIRED FOR MISSING THIS HUGE SEGMENT OF THE MARKET. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Bob from Michigan

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Subj: RE: Where is TALK radio?

Date: 12/06/2001 1:14:32 PM Eastern Standard Time

From: ListenerCare@xmradio.com (Listener Care)

To: Bob

Thank you for your recent email. One of our Listener Care Representatives

will review your message shortly. You should receive a return message from

us within 24-hours answering your inquiry.

If you need to contact us again about this message, your reference number is

1-2NEZD.

Regards,

XM Listener Care

-----Original Message-----

Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:13:39 PM

To: Webmaster@xmradio.com; info@xmradio.com; help@xmradio.com, ListenerCare@xmradio.com,

Subject: Where is TALK radio?

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Subj: RE: Where is TALK radio?

Date: 12/07/2001 2:24:46 PM Eastern Standard Time

From: ListenerCare@xmradio.com (Listener Care)

Dear Robert,

Thank you for contacting XM Satellite Radio. XM offers a variety of Talk

programming on its service. You may view XM's Talk programming on the

website by clicking on Talk (listed on the far right of the genres) from

the home page, click on an individual channel (for details), and click on

Program Schedule for individual show times.

Your feedback is appreciated and useful in our quest to provide Amazing

Radio. We have documented and forwarded your comments to the appropriate

department.

If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to send an additional

email or you may contact a Listener Care Representative directly at

1-800-852-9696. As always, you can view our website at

http://www.xmradio.com.

Thank you,

XM Listener Care

Nichole

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Satellite Radio Shows GrowthThe New York Times | 1/7/02 | Laurie J. Flynn

Posted on 1/7/02 6:51 PM Pacific by GeneD

During this holiday season, the latest consumer electronics gadget was not a digital TV recorder or a new hand-held organizer but a new twist on an old technology: the radio.

Since its national debut in mid-November, XM Satellite Radio has sold 25,000 to 30,000 subscriptions to its new national radio service, XM Radio. In the same period, consumer electronics stores sold nearly an equal number of the specialized radios necessary to receive the signals, making national satellite radio one of the fastest-growing new products the audio industry has seen in years.

"We've answered the question, `Will people pay for radio?' " said Hugh Panero, XM's president and chief executive, who joined the company from the cable television industry three years ago.

XM Radio's arrival in time for the holiday season enabled it to take a substantial lead over its single competitor, Sirius Satellite Radio, the only other satellite radio license holder. Sirius plans to begin its service in February in Phoenix, Denver and Houston, but is now saying it will not have nationwide service until the third quarter.

In the view of satellite radio's proponents, demand will be driven by listeners of conventional radio, frustrated by the spotty reception of many local stations and programming that may or may not suit their tastes. Much like cable television, the XM and Sirius networks offer mostly their own original programming, initially about 100 channels each, with fare like jazz, soul, country and comedy. The XM and Sirius receivers are not compatible, although both also receive AM and FM broadcasts.

In addition to partners in the automotive and electronics businesses, the companies have each lined up programming partners: XM, for example, has an arrangement with CNET, the technology news producer, while Sirius has a deal with National Public Radio. And both services have deals with the BBC, CNN, ESPN, Bloomberg, CNBC and the Weather Channel.

Both XM and Sirius vow to broadcast far fewer commercials than traditional does local radio, a big attraction for many listeners, as advertising has swelled to nearly a third of every programming hour on some stations.

It is not surprising that local radio broadcasters are watching the growth of national satellite radio. Over the last few months, the National Association of Broadcasters, the trade association representing radio stations, has embarked on a campaign to have the Federal Communications Commission rein in the satellite radio companies.

A subscription to XM Radio costs $10 a month, with satellite radios made by Sony, Pioneer and Alpine priced around $300 for the basic unit and twice that for more sophisticated models. Sirius plans to charge about $13 a month for its service, which will also require a satellite radio, also made by the XM manufacturers as well as Clarion, Kenwood and Panasonic, among others.

XM and Sirius, whose stocks are publicly traded, each say they plan to announce aggressive marketing plans at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The potential market for satellite radio is huge, analysts say, adding that electronics makers sell nearly 11 million replacement car radios every year. If XM and Sirius can capture just 3 percent of that market, or about 325,000 radios this year, as Robert Kaimowitz, an analyst at SG Cowen, projects, the services will be off to a reasonably strong start.

Satellite radio's long-term success may be determined not in sales through consumer electronics stores, but rather on the new car lot. XM, based in Washington, has a deal with General Motors that will make its satellite radio a factory-installed option in more than 20 models by the summer. And Sirius, based in New York, is negotiating with Ford Motor, Chrysler and BMW, among others. For new car buyers, adding $10 to their monthly car payment could make installing satellite radio an easy choice.

"Those deals are the key to taking the business from O.K. to spectacular," Mr. Kaimowitz said.

Investors can only hope so. Last Thursday, the stocks of both XM and Sirius took a hit after a review in The Wall Street Journal criticized XM's pricing and the quality of the radios — despite describing the service as "a great leap forward in radio programming." XM's shares were down 8.5 percent that day.

Sirius shares were down even farther Thursday, 13.1 percent, on news that the company had priced a secondary stock offering at $9.85 a share — less than half the price Sirius commanded when it sold 10 million shares last February.

On Friday, XM's stock closed up 55 cents on the Nasdaq, finishing the week at $16.14. Sirius shares were up 49 cents on the Nasdaq, ending the week at $9.95.

The satellite radio companies are under fire from conventional broadcasters, which oppose the signal repeaters that XM and Sirius are installing in major cities. XM and Sirius insist the repeaters are intended only to fill in gaps in coverage where tall buildings interfere with the satellite signals. But some local radio operators, along with the broadcast association, argue that the terrestrial repeaters will eventually enable the satellite companies to compete someday with local programming and carry local advertising, the bread and butter of the nation's 12,000 local radio stations.

"Installing all these local terrestrial repeaters seems to us a backdoor attempt for satellite radio companies to develop a local origination service should their national business fall through," said Dennis Wharton, a spokesman for the National Association of Broadcasters. "We'd like the F.C.C. to make the satellite industry come clean with their plans."

But both XM Radio and Sirius say the association's allegations are unfounded, a thinly veiled attempt by local radio to protect its turf. "It's a lot of noise-making," Mr. Panero said. "Our license specifically says we can't do that."

But if history is any guide, local radio companies have plenty to worry about. Satellite radio, if it succeeds in doing what it has set out to do, could drastically change the dynamics of radio. Already, the radio audience has been shrinking, as increasing numbers of listeners have switched to listening to tapes and compact discs.

"We're expecting a significant reduction in the hours of radio listening because of satellite radio," said Ryan Jones, an analyst at the Yankee Group, a research and consulting firm. Analysts say conventional radio may need to rely more than ever on its advantage over national programmers: local news and commentary.

But Mr. Panero, of XM Radio, says that nationally available programming is already proving itself. "We're creating car potatoes," he said.

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