SIRIUS XM To Launch 'Women's Conference Radio' Channel Hosted By California First Lady Maria Shriver

24-hour channel to broadcast in-depth coverage of The Women's Conference 2009 including key speeches, panels and exclusive interviews

Speakers at The Women's Conference 2009 included Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Katie Couric, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie B. Jarrett, Caroline Kennedy, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Robin Roberts

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that for the fourth consecutive year it will launch Women's Conference Radio, a channel created to broadcast in-depth coverage of The Women's Conference 2009 hosted by California's First Lady Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the annual event designed to empower women of all ages and backgrounds to be "Architects of Change" in their lives, within the communities and around the world.

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Hosted by Maria Shriver, Women's Conference Radio will feature key speeches and panels from The Women's Conference 2009 in their entirety, as well as behind-the-scenes interviews with speakers and attendees. Women's Conference Radio is a 24-hour channel and will air November 15 beginning at 12:00 am ET on SIRIUS channel 117 and XM channel 163.

The Women's Conference 2009 featured its signature "once-in-a-lifetime conversations" led by a distinguished roster of more than 100 speakers and participants including former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Sir Richard Branson, Katie Couric, Elizabeth Edwards, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie B. Jarrett, Caroline Kennedy, Annie Leibovitz, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Robin Roberts and others.

The Women's Conference is produced by the non-profit, non-partisan organization, the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women, which was established more than twenty years ago. Under First Lady Shriver and Governor Schwarzenegger's leadership, the annual event has blossomed into the nation's premier forum for women.

SIRIUS XM Radio is home to a diverse, powerful and exclusive lineup of programming for women including Oprah Radio, Martha Stewart Living Radio, Cosmo Radio, Rosie O'Donnell's Rosie Radio and Barbara Walters' Here's Barbara. For more information visit www.sirius.com and www.xmradio.com.

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Released November 11, 2009