SIRIUS Radio's The Wilkow Majority With Andrew Wilkow Debuts on XM Radio's America Right Channel

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Special broadcast "The Renaissance of Rational Conservative Thought" with guests Michael Steele, Tom DeLay, Mike Duncan, Patrick McHenry, Gary Bauer and Bill Bennett

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that SIRIUS Patriot's popular show, The Wilkow Majority hosted by Andrew Wilkow, will debut on XM Radio's America Right channel 166 on Wednesday, January 14th at 12 pm ET.

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For his debut Andrew Wilkow will welcome a powerhouse of guests from the conservative movement to discuss, in-depth, "The Renaissance of Rational Conservative Thought." Wilkow's guests will include Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan; the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and candidate for the RNC chairmanship Michael Steele; former House Majority leader Tom DeLay; Congressman Patrick McHenry representing the 10th congressional district of North Carolina; President of the non-profit organization American Values Gary L. Bauer; and former Secretary of Education and host of Bill Bennett's Morning in America on SIRIUS XM Radio, Bill Bennett.

Andrew Wilkow joined SIRIUS Satellite Radio in August of 2006. His show The Wilkow Majority airs daily on SIRIUS Patriot channel 144 and brings a fresh, new perspective to conservative issues. Wilkow is a 36-year-old native New Yorker who began his radio career in college at the University of Florida's WRUF.

For more information on Andrew Wilkow, please visit www.sirius.com/siriuspatriot and www.xmradio.com. For more information SIRIUS XM Radio's political programming, please visit www.sirius.com/politicaltalk.

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Released January 12, 2009