Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Liberty Media Corp

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/23/2011

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. [SIRI]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-1	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common Stock	2,586,976,761 ⁽¹⁾	$ ⁽¹⁾	I	Held through wholly owned subsidiary ⁽²⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Liberty Media Corp 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112		X

Signatures

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION By: /s/ Craig Troyer, Vice President		09/27/2011
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-1, has no expiration date, and is convertible into common stock at any time at a conversion rate of 206.9581409 shares of common stock for each share of Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-1, subject to customary antidilution adjustment provisions.
(2)	The shares of Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B-1 are held directly by Liberty Radio, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.
Remarks: On September 22, 2011, the Reporting Person changed its name from "Liberty CapStarz, Inc." to "Liberty Media Corporation."

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