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 How It Works. Get Ready to Do a 180: XM is About to Change How You Feel About Radio. One big idea can change everything. And XM Satellite Radio is one big idea: Radio to the Power of X. America's most popular satellite radio service gives you the power to choose what you want to hear - wherever and whenever you want it. XM offers 68 Commercial-Free Music channels, 32 channels of News, Sports, Talk & Entertainment, and 21 channels of XM Instant Traffic & Weather, all for just $9.99 a month. And now, XM is the first satellite radio service to offer a premium channel for an additional monthly fee. It's our passionate commitment to program quality that will give you more of the listening you enjoy most, with 68 channels of 100% Commercial-Free music. XM's radios for the car and home offer you freedom - from static, from distortion, from that frustrating feeling when you drive out of range in the middle of an exclusive interview or a new song you've been waiting to hear. So if you're a music devotee, a sports fanatic or a news hound, come share our passion for the new power of radio. Join us in a listening partnership as we capture the soundtrack of your imagination. Our job is to push radio beyond traditional limits and win you as a fan. Your job? To sit back, listen, and open yourself to the excitement of radio as you've never heard it before. Once you hear XM, there's no tuning back.   The Radio Dream Team . . . for Programming without Limits What would happen if you recruited the most creative professionals in radio and told them to rewrite the rules? Find out with XM Radio, where we're enlisting the most dynamic, knowledgeable radio professionals under our roof, plus some of the best companies and brands in broadcasting. Together we're setting new standards in broadcasting. Radio has never seen an assemblage of talent and programming like this: the most innovative deejays, compelling hosts and authoritative experts in dozens of different specialties. XM is also the exclusive provider of original satellite radio content from MTV, VH1, NASCAR and many more. In addition, we've teamed with the world's leading broadcasters and content producers including The Discovery Channel and NASCAR, to name just a couple. Spanning over 120 different channels, the XM Radio lineup covers your interests as never before.
Not by a long shot. Whether you're into jazz, blues, classical, rock, pop, folk or something rarer, XM's breadth of programming means you'll find channels to explore your musical interests in depth. And, all of XM's music channels are 100% commercial-free!
Lee Abrams, XM's Chief Programming Officer and Ringleader. Having programmed over 300 successful stations, he's as ready as the rest of us for radical and revolutionary new radio. "We're blowin' up the rule book and starting over....it's the only way to create something completely new and adventurous."
Forget about waiting for traffic updates. In 2004, XM Instant Traffic & Weather provides constant traffic and weather conditions, with continuous, real-time updates for 21 major metropolitan areas across the United States. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, XM Instant Traffic & Weather provides greater detail and more frequent updates than available elsewhere on the radio.
Never. Neither does XM News. Tune in for business and financial news from Bloomberg News Radio, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC and the BBC around the clock.
Programming from National Lampoon and more on XM Comedy - a completely new take on radio humor.
Then you may be ready for Playboy Radio - XM 205. Only on XM can you hear this premium call-in channel featuring adult stories, advice, and very special guests. Join the fun for a small additional monthly fee.  XM Studios Dialing Up the Future of Radio. Picture 82 futuristic broadcast studios. Include a complex network of fiber optics linking each studio to an unsurpassed library of digital recordings - an archive with literally millions of musical entries spanning every genre, already storing every known recording in some categories, and growing daily. To coordinate all this, throw in a control center that looks like an intergalactic starship. You've just imagined XM Radio's broadcast center in Washington, D.C. - the largest and most advanced of its kind in the world. Its sole purpose: to back our on-air talent and programmers with the technical facilities to produce radio the way you want it. Housed in a century-old former printing loft, the center takes advantage of massively reinforced construction - which once supported multi-ton press machinery - to create acoustically isolated broadcast rooms and a live performance studio. For regional broadcasting and location work, it's supplemented by studios in New York and at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.
XM's broadcast center includes a 2,600-square-foot performance studio for live recording and broadcast. Artists of all breeds — from rock to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues-are stopping by each week to perform exclusively for our listeners and make musical history. The live performance studio can accommodate an audience of 50 people or a 40-piece orchestra . Go inside the studio. With 20 multi-function production suites and 310 audio workstations in addition to 82 studios, XM Radio's broadcast center has 150,000 square feet of space. XM's massively dampened broadcast suites with "floating construction" are virtually noiseless, anechoic chambers. To hear your unamplified heartbeat without difficulty, just step inside, push the heavily insulated door shut, and hold your breath. Throughout the broadcast center, fiber optics and computer servers replace traditional metallic wiring - for fully digital audio signal processing. XM also has studios in mid-town Manhattan where shows on many channels will originate. XM has a studio at the newly opened Country Music Hall of Fame, from which we air daily shows and interviews with the stars on multiple country music channels. ;void(0)) Satellites Why Reception Stays Strong Originating at the XM broadcast center, XM's broadcast signal is beamed from two huge earth-station antennas to our broadcast satellites, known affectionately as "Rock" and "Roll". But despite their names, these satellites don't move; positioned more than 22,000 miles above the earth in geostationary orbit, their beams combine to span the entire contiguous U.S. while remaining stationary with respect to the land below. This enables XM's signal to reach from coast to coast. Ground antennas, or repeaters, keep the signal strong in challenging locales such as urban canyons.
Yes. Rock and Roll are positioned over east and west coasts and both keep the entire contiguous U.S. continuously within broadcast range. Definitely. The XM satellites' fixed orbits ensure a focused and consistent signal, eliminating broadcast irregularities associated with moving satellites. Rock and Roll are the most powerful commercial satellites ever, beaming 10 megawatts of equivalent transmitted power back to earth. They were built by Boeing Satellite Systems, the world's leading commercial manufacturer of satellites. Popular Science called our overall sound quality "superb, with good dynamics, crisp frequency response and virtually inaudible distortion." Using aacPlus audio encoding by Coding Technologies and Neural Audio optimization, XM is able to achieve sound quality that is remarkably close to Compact Disc.  Car Units At Home on the Road Suddenly, that long-distance road trip seems like a good idea - now that you'll never have to hunt for a local radio station with programming you like. Your XM Radio looks and works just like a conventional radio and can easily adapt to your existing car stereo. Depending on the equipment you have now, you can either upgrade or replace your current radio; or order an XM-equipped audio system in select new car models. Your XM Radio requires no more space than a conventional radio, and operates with your choice of fixed or detachable antenna and a remotely mounted small XM receiver box. We've even put our radio hardware manuals online to help you get the most out of your XM Radio. That means you can enjoy the latest sound in your car, whatever its age. So hit the road.
Who's namedropping? We are. Leading audio manufacturers including Alpine, Pioneer and Delphi are manufacturing XM radios capable of navigating among XM's channels and displaying the song titles, artist names, and other information for each XM channel. More reasons to think XM Radio. XM-equipped audio systems are now available as factory-installed options in select 25 GM Brand Models. General Motors, Saturn, Acura, Nissan, Infiniti, Toyota, Lexus, Audi, Scion and Honda are also offering select 2003 models with XM as a manufacturer-supported option. You bet. Because XM original equipment manufacturers are some of the best-known names in car audio - including Delphi, Delco Electronics Systems, Alpine Electronics, Clarion, Audiovox, Visteon, Pioneer, Panasonic, Sanyo and Motorola. Well, you might call Delphi's sleek, award-winning XM SKYFi Audio Receiver a convertible. After all, it goes easily from car to home and back again.  Home Units At Home in Your Home XM Radio is more than just great sound for the road, we also provide high-quality audio products for the home. Delphi's award-winning XM SKYFi Receiver model is designed for use in home, in the car, and on the go. Compact and sleek, it integrates easily into your existing home audio systems. Are you ready for XM? Then get with the program. CLICK HERE. Now you're ready to install your radio and to help you get the most out of your XM Radio, we've put our radio hardware manuals online.  Summary Discover the future of radio. Exploring the radio dial was never like this. Find the spirit and the passion that made radio fun, now reborn in all-digital sound without endless commercial interruptions. Get to know the richness and range of 121 channels of continuous programming. XM is a sonic frontier where you'll discover a new kind of radio enjoyment based on something unique: YOU. Check our buyer's guide to see which XM system you're ready for. | Get XM Radio | XM Programming | XM FAQ'S | | Return Home | Dish Network | HughesNet High Speed Internet | XM Satellite Radio | Starband High Speed Internet | Contact Us | |
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