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The subscriber info is from 2006 and is outdated. Remove? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.101.8.36 ( talk) 18:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Could whomever made the XM/SIRIUS Subscriber Graph please update it to reflect the 4Q 2006 numbers? (6.024m for SIRIUS vs. 7.6m for XM)? Thanks. JaedenStormes 14:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have Sirius subscriber counts graphed? Since it's inception? Same with XM? Then after Howard and then after the merger? Please point me in the right direction. THanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.42.67.186 ( talk) 23:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
I moved the page. Since Wikipedia's Manual of Style mandates this, there can be no question.-- User:naryathegreat | (talk) 02:49, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
It's "SIRIUS Satellite Radio". That's the official trademark. It's on my business card. It's on all of the official correspondance and documentation. It's the official print method of referring to the company in the last revision of the corporate style guide. Any questions? :) Jbmcb 18:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
SIRIUS is used on their site and press releases. Drew3D 00:38, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Follow our usual text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment
Something should be mentioned about the initial confusion about the name. When it first came out, just about everybody (I met) called it "Sirus"
Should there be some mention of previous shows that are no longer on the network, like Pamela Lee/Anderson?
I wanted to post this somewhere but it did not seem appropriate to place this in the main article so I put it here.
I had been listening to Howard Stern for more than 5 years in the Kitchener/Waterloo area over Rogers Cable (WBUF 92.9 Buffalo) until June-1-2005 when Rogers Communications and/or the CRTC cut off my access. (I say and/or because after contacting both of them they blamed each other in snail-mail letters sent to me)
So now someone (CRTC? SIRIUS?) is blocking my choices again. At age 53 you would think that I would be allowed to "subscribe" to what ever I want, including the humourous antics of a popular radio comedian. I guess I was wrong in thinking that there is a free market economy in Canada.
As a side note, my father-in-law escaped communist controlled Czechoslovakia in 1980 and brought his family with him. I thought I was listening to stories from a by-gone era when I learned he purchased a black market radio then only powered it up late at night to listen to "Radio-Free Europe". I thought it sounded like an episode of "Hogan's Heroes".
So now it is 2005-12 and someone in Canada is now restricting me in a similar way. -- Neilrieck 13:12, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
I've been asked and I dont myself know... Sirius is carried over Dish Network... will the Howard Stern sirius content be carried by Dish Networks? Anyone know?
ALKIVAR
™
20:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
When did Sirius start broadcasting? Paul, in Saudi 16:59, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Due to the elliptical orbit of Sirius' satellites, is their service receivable in the rest of the world outside of North America/western hemisphere, or is the apogee there of the satellites too far away to facilitate receiving a strong enough signal for a Sirius radio to lock on to? misternuvistor 22:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
A Sirius satellite, because it's geosynch, traces a distorted figure eight out on the ground through it's orbit - it's always over the western hemisphere. Additionally, the satellites only carry traffic while they're above a certain latitude. Combine all that with the fact that the antenna beam is shaped to cover the US, and generally speaking, you can only receive service in the US. Saturn V 17:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Three things.
1) Redd Dragon above stated that there was an internet-only subscription available. I don't believe that that was the case (as of June 2006). Subscribers who had a satellite radio - could also get free internet access of most of the channels as a bonus. But not as a stand-alone service. Its rival XM was offering such a service.
2) In any event - that now becomes moot as of an announcement today (October 16, 2006) that Sirius is launching a separate stand-alone internet service - to be named Sirius Internet Radio. So - as of Oct 25 - Sirius WILL be available worldwide.
3) Since this will be a separate business - offering many (but not all) of the channels offered on the Satellite station - and will be available worldwide as distinct from US/Canada - should this warrant a separate article? It certainly needs to be mentioned in the main article.
Other thoughts? Davidpatrick 00:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Under the Receivers section, there are various links to Sirius receivers. This appears to be more of an online shopping website rather than an encyclopedia. I believe it should be removed. I would like to hear other suggestions on this. Ajwebb 01:48, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
When I cancelled my subscription my radio had already been removed from my truck and was in a box. A year later I get it out to give to my mom and it works for free. Is this a flaw in their system? At some point do they quit sending out the numbers of people who cancelled? How long do you have to have your radio off to get free sirius? -- Gbleem 12:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I am pretty sure Sirius does not have access to Big Ten Sports programming. I think that exclusivity is with XM?-- Gangster Octopus 23:03, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
XM signed a deal with the Big Ten, Sirius has signed deals with individual universities, bypassing the Big 10 conference. Jbmcb 18:29, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Sirius Canada should be merged with the official Sirius Satellite Radio article for the reasons that each section of this article can be found in both Howard Stern and Sirius Satellite Radio articles. Not to mention the fact that most of the article is already included in the main Sirius article. With the merged there should be a re-write of the Sirius Canada article under the Sirius Satellite Radio page.
Table of Contents:
Sirius Canada is a separate company from the American one, with different ownership. I have to object to the proposed merge, on the grounds that Sirius Canada has to be independently reflected in the categories Category:Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Category:Canadian radio networks and Category:Media companies of Canada, and there's no way to do that with a merged article. And as for Howard Stern, his terrestrial radio history in Canada has everything to do with Sirius Canada; it's necessary background for the issue. Bearcat 18:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Sirius Canada is a separate company, however programming is near exactly the same. Not only that, but the whole article regurgitates information that is already found in more appropriate places. I don’t see why we must keep an article alive because the title of the article is needed for categorization. As for Howard Stern, there is no link between the terrestrial radio career and the choice of Sirius Canada not to accept his channels. The only link is pure speculation. Redd Dragon talk Contributions 18:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)18:54, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
There is an enormous amount of links. The External links section is not meant to be Google or Yahoo! Search. The list is growing and growing with every fan site and every link someone finds on Google. It needs to be trimmed down. New links should not be added unless someone can explain on the talk page why it is really important. I think a lot of people are finding sites on Google and adding the link here. Redd Dragon talk contributions 17:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Rarely is there ever an external link that cannot be found with Google. While what was listed previously was out of hand, I believe what it has been trimmed down to now is excessive in the opposite manner. A link to one related bulletin board i.e. http://www.siriusbackstage.com and one related newsgroup i.e. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.satellite should be sufficient. 68.73.75.192 15:08, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Geoff S. 15:08, 12 March 2007
I rewrote the Sirius Business section which was little more than a cut-and-paste of the AMTC announcement. Shame on you!! -- KJRehberg 02:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually you might wish to read the revision logs because the SIRI business section on this article predated the AMTC article by over a month JaedenStormes 15:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
JaedenStormes, you might actually wish to re-read the comment that I'm referring to the AMTC announcement (press release), not the AMTC Wikipedia article. -- KJRehberg 15:31, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
The launch of Sirius Internet Radio is likely to have some impact. It is being operated as a separate business - offering many (but not all) of the channels offered on the Satellite radio station.
And since the service is now available worldwide as distinct from just US/Canada - the potential for attracting a new audience is considerable.
This new development has been added - almost as a footnote - in the article. I'm thinking that this should perhaps warrant a short separate article. Any thoughts? Davidpatrick 16:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I hardly say the merger discussions qualify for being called a "buyout" so I removed those words. More so nothing has been confirmed and that whole section is merely speculation.
Patrickmacdonald 03:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Created a new article. Please go add info there as its available. I think people will be asking these questions (at least, these are the two most common questions on the forums)
-- TomXP411 [Talk] 19:50, February 19, 2007 (UTC)
In the official filed documents it is a merger with XM corporation to be kept along with branding.
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?FilingID=4980805&Type=HTML
70.64.50.221 14:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I added links to the tracking pages of the Sirius Satellites. I could not figure out a good way to make it sound good, so I did the best I could. It could be moved to the links area, but its location seems relevant. Teh HM 01:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
The order of Net income and revenue is messed up ?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.63.224.234 ( talk) 18:13:45, August 19, 2007 (UTC)
According to the site that Teh HM mentioned under the heading "Satellite Tracking", it looks like the satellites actually spend much more time over Canada than over the US. Sirius's assertion that "at least one satellite is over the country at all times" is untrue. They spend about 6 hours per orbit over almost the exact center of Canada, when they are at their apogees; they are only over the US on their way to and from Canada, which is about 2-3 hours per orbit. If anyone has the patience to verify this, the main article should be corrected. Qbert203 17:07, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
The apogee of the orbit is over North Dakota, give or take a few hundred miles. Jbmcb ( talk) 17:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
The PR reference is is of feb. 07, not Dec. 07 to 08... i think it may be outdated, can anyone update this possiable FCC leagal debacle confermation for merger? - 67.160.127.140 ( talk) 07:27, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Okay, where are the figures in the infobox coming from for Revenue and Net Income? I ask because the net income is listed as higher than the revenue. Um, no it doesn't work like that. Are the figures just transposed or is something else going on? Ben W Bell talk 19:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am bolstering up the Modern_legacy Section on the Sirius page. If someone gets me a ref for this article I can use it. cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 04:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Due to the recent U.S. Justice Dept. approval of the Sirius-XM merger, I hereby propose the merging of the Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.143.170.172 ( talk • contribs) March 25, 2008
The first sentence of the article is not entirely correct. Sirius XM owns all of the American Sirius service, but only 20% of Sirius Canada, which is also a private company. Rewrites to that extent on my part have looked way too awkward. Perhaps someone else is up to the challenge? Hairhorn ( talk) 00:59, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
In the lead it says that "On July 29, 2008, Sirius formally completed its merger with former competitor XM Satellite Radio. The combined company began operating under the name Sirius XM Radio." If Sirius XM is completely separate and distinct from Sirius Satellite Radio, then why is the official website given in the infobox is for SiriusXM.com. Shouldn't the link it be for Sirius Satellite Radio's official website, if such a link exists. I can't find anything on the XM website that even mentions SSR. - Marchjuly ( talk) 08:02, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, This article seems to provide wrong information in the following sentence and the related info in Infobox etc.: On January 13, 2011, Sirius Satellite Radio was dissolved as a separate entity and merged into Sirius XM Radio, Inc.[5] The provided link: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000095012311014617/y88211e10vk.htm does not prove that the company was dissolved. What actually happened, was a merger through a dedicated subsidiary (Merger Sub) - Vernon Merger Corporation - that merged with and into XM, and then XM became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIRIUS. Sirius did not go defunct! It was renamed from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to Sirius XM Radio Inc. on August 5, 2008. Please see extensive details in the following sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000119312509049874/d10k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000095012307013423/y37192a4sv4za.htm This article can represent a radio service, but it should not represent a defunct company. Instead, some info about the preceding entity (Sirius Satellite Radio) might be added to the Sirius XM article. 91.217.58.167 ( talk) 14:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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The subscriber info is from 2006 and is outdated. Remove? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.101.8.36 ( talk) 18:06, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Could whomever made the XM/SIRIUS Subscriber Graph please update it to reflect the 4Q 2006 numbers? (6.024m for SIRIUS vs. 7.6m for XM)? Thanks. JaedenStormes 14:39, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone have Sirius subscriber counts graphed? Since it's inception? Same with XM? Then after Howard and then after the merger? Please point me in the right direction. THanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.42.67.186 ( talk) 23:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
I moved the page. Since Wikipedia's Manual of Style mandates this, there can be no question.-- User:naryathegreat | (talk) 02:49, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
It's "SIRIUS Satellite Radio". That's the official trademark. It's on my business card. It's on all of the official correspondance and documentation. It's the official print method of referring to the company in the last revision of the corporate style guide. Any questions? :) Jbmcb 18:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
SIRIUS is used on their site and press releases. Drew3D 00:38, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Follow our usual text formatting and capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment
Something should be mentioned about the initial confusion about the name. When it first came out, just about everybody (I met) called it "Sirus"
Should there be some mention of previous shows that are no longer on the network, like Pamela Lee/Anderson?
I wanted to post this somewhere but it did not seem appropriate to place this in the main article so I put it here.
I had been listening to Howard Stern for more than 5 years in the Kitchener/Waterloo area over Rogers Cable (WBUF 92.9 Buffalo) until June-1-2005 when Rogers Communications and/or the CRTC cut off my access. (I say and/or because after contacting both of them they blamed each other in snail-mail letters sent to me)
So now someone (CRTC? SIRIUS?) is blocking my choices again. At age 53 you would think that I would be allowed to "subscribe" to what ever I want, including the humourous antics of a popular radio comedian. I guess I was wrong in thinking that there is a free market economy in Canada.
As a side note, my father-in-law escaped communist controlled Czechoslovakia in 1980 and brought his family with him. I thought I was listening to stories from a by-gone era when I learned he purchased a black market radio then only powered it up late at night to listen to "Radio-Free Europe". I thought it sounded like an episode of "Hogan's Heroes".
So now it is 2005-12 and someone in Canada is now restricting me in a similar way. -- Neilrieck 13:12, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
I've been asked and I dont myself know... Sirius is carried over Dish Network... will the Howard Stern sirius content be carried by Dish Networks? Anyone know?
ALKIVAR
™
20:31, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
When did Sirius start broadcasting? Paul, in Saudi 16:59, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Due to the elliptical orbit of Sirius' satellites, is their service receivable in the rest of the world outside of North America/western hemisphere, or is the apogee there of the satellites too far away to facilitate receiving a strong enough signal for a Sirius radio to lock on to? misternuvistor 22:12, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
A Sirius satellite, because it's geosynch, traces a distorted figure eight out on the ground through it's orbit - it's always over the western hemisphere. Additionally, the satellites only carry traffic while they're above a certain latitude. Combine all that with the fact that the antenna beam is shaped to cover the US, and generally speaking, you can only receive service in the US. Saturn V 17:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Three things.
1) Redd Dragon above stated that there was an internet-only subscription available. I don't believe that that was the case (as of June 2006). Subscribers who had a satellite radio - could also get free internet access of most of the channels as a bonus. But not as a stand-alone service. Its rival XM was offering such a service.
2) In any event - that now becomes moot as of an announcement today (October 16, 2006) that Sirius is launching a separate stand-alone internet service - to be named Sirius Internet Radio. So - as of Oct 25 - Sirius WILL be available worldwide.
3) Since this will be a separate business - offering many (but not all) of the channels offered on the Satellite station - and will be available worldwide as distinct from US/Canada - should this warrant a separate article? It certainly needs to be mentioned in the main article.
Other thoughts? Davidpatrick 00:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Under the Receivers section, there are various links to Sirius receivers. This appears to be more of an online shopping website rather than an encyclopedia. I believe it should be removed. I would like to hear other suggestions on this. Ajwebb 01:48, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
When I cancelled my subscription my radio had already been removed from my truck and was in a box. A year later I get it out to give to my mom and it works for free. Is this a flaw in their system? At some point do they quit sending out the numbers of people who cancelled? How long do you have to have your radio off to get free sirius? -- Gbleem 12:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I am pretty sure Sirius does not have access to Big Ten Sports programming. I think that exclusivity is with XM?-- Gangster Octopus 23:03, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
XM signed a deal with the Big Ten, Sirius has signed deals with individual universities, bypassing the Big 10 conference. Jbmcb 18:29, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Sirius Canada should be merged with the official Sirius Satellite Radio article for the reasons that each section of this article can be found in both Howard Stern and Sirius Satellite Radio articles. Not to mention the fact that most of the article is already included in the main Sirius article. With the merged there should be a re-write of the Sirius Canada article under the Sirius Satellite Radio page.
Table of Contents:
Sirius Canada is a separate company from the American one, with different ownership. I have to object to the proposed merge, on the grounds that Sirius Canada has to be independently reflected in the categories Category:Companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Category:Canadian radio networks and Category:Media companies of Canada, and there's no way to do that with a merged article. And as for Howard Stern, his terrestrial radio history in Canada has everything to do with Sirius Canada; it's necessary background for the issue. Bearcat 18:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Sirius Canada is a separate company, however programming is near exactly the same. Not only that, but the whole article regurgitates information that is already found in more appropriate places. I don’t see why we must keep an article alive because the title of the article is needed for categorization. As for Howard Stern, there is no link between the terrestrial radio career and the choice of Sirius Canada not to accept his channels. The only link is pure speculation. Redd Dragon talk Contributions 18:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)18:54, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
There is an enormous amount of links. The External links section is not meant to be Google or Yahoo! Search. The list is growing and growing with every fan site and every link someone finds on Google. It needs to be trimmed down. New links should not be added unless someone can explain on the talk page why it is really important. I think a lot of people are finding sites on Google and adding the link here. Redd Dragon talk contributions 17:21, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Rarely is there ever an external link that cannot be found with Google. While what was listed previously was out of hand, I believe what it has been trimmed down to now is excessive in the opposite manner. A link to one related bulletin board i.e. http://www.siriusbackstage.com and one related newsgroup i.e. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.satellite should be sufficient. 68.73.75.192 15:08, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Geoff S. 15:08, 12 March 2007
I rewrote the Sirius Business section which was little more than a cut-and-paste of the AMTC announcement. Shame on you!! -- KJRehberg 02:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Actually you might wish to read the revision logs because the SIRI business section on this article predated the AMTC article by over a month JaedenStormes 15:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
JaedenStormes, you might actually wish to re-read the comment that I'm referring to the AMTC announcement (press release), not the AMTC Wikipedia article. -- KJRehberg 15:31, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
The launch of Sirius Internet Radio is likely to have some impact. It is being operated as a separate business - offering many (but not all) of the channels offered on the Satellite radio station.
And since the service is now available worldwide as distinct from just US/Canada - the potential for attracting a new audience is considerable.
This new development has been added - almost as a footnote - in the article. I'm thinking that this should perhaps warrant a short separate article. Any thoughts? Davidpatrick 16:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I hardly say the merger discussions qualify for being called a "buyout" so I removed those words. More so nothing has been confirmed and that whole section is merely speculation.
Patrickmacdonald 03:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Created a new article. Please go add info there as its available. I think people will be asking these questions (at least, these are the two most common questions on the forums)
-- TomXP411 [Talk] 19:50, February 19, 2007 (UTC)
In the official filed documents it is a merger with XM corporation to be kept along with branding.
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?FilingID=4980805&Type=HTML
70.64.50.221 14:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I added links to the tracking pages of the Sirius Satellites. I could not figure out a good way to make it sound good, so I did the best I could. It could be moved to the links area, but its location seems relevant. Teh HM 01:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
The order of Net income and revenue is messed up ?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.63.224.234 ( talk) 18:13:45, August 19, 2007 (UTC)
According to the site that Teh HM mentioned under the heading "Satellite Tracking", it looks like the satellites actually spend much more time over Canada than over the US. Sirius's assertion that "at least one satellite is over the country at all times" is untrue. They spend about 6 hours per orbit over almost the exact center of Canada, when they are at their apogees; they are only over the US on their way to and from Canada, which is about 2-3 hours per orbit. If anyone has the patience to verify this, the main article should be corrected. Qbert203 17:07, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
The apogee of the orbit is over North Dakota, give or take a few hundred miles. Jbmcb ( talk) 17:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
The PR reference is is of feb. 07, not Dec. 07 to 08... i think it may be outdated, can anyone update this possiable FCC leagal debacle confermation for merger? - 67.160.127.140 ( talk) 07:27, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Okay, where are the figures in the infobox coming from for Revenue and Net Income? I ask because the net income is listed as higher than the revenue. Um, no it doesn't work like that. Are the figures just transposed or is something else going on? Ben W Bell talk 19:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am bolstering up the Modern_legacy Section on the Sirius page. If someone gets me a ref for this article I can use it. cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 04:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Due to the recent U.S. Justice Dept. approval of the Sirius-XM merger, I hereby propose the merging of the Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.143.170.172 ( talk • contribs) March 25, 2008
The first sentence of the article is not entirely correct. Sirius XM owns all of the American Sirius service, but only 20% of Sirius Canada, which is also a private company. Rewrites to that extent on my part have looked way too awkward. Perhaps someone else is up to the challenge? Hairhorn ( talk) 00:59, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
In the lead it says that "On July 29, 2008, Sirius formally completed its merger with former competitor XM Satellite Radio. The combined company began operating under the name Sirius XM Radio." If Sirius XM is completely separate and distinct from Sirius Satellite Radio, then why is the official website given in the infobox is for SiriusXM.com. Shouldn't the link it be for Sirius Satellite Radio's official website, if such a link exists. I can't find anything on the XM website that even mentions SSR. - Marchjuly ( talk) 08:02, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, This article seems to provide wrong information in the following sentence and the related info in Infobox etc.: On January 13, 2011, Sirius Satellite Radio was dissolved as a separate entity and merged into Sirius XM Radio, Inc.[5] The provided link: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000095012311014617/y88211e10vk.htm does not prove that the company was dissolved. What actually happened, was a merger through a dedicated subsidiary (Merger Sub) - Vernon Merger Corporation - that merged with and into XM, and then XM became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIRIUS. Sirius did not go defunct! It was renamed from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to Sirius XM Radio Inc. on August 5, 2008. Please see extensive details in the following sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000119312509049874/d10k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908937/000095012307013423/y37192a4sv4za.htm This article can represent a radio service, but it should not represent a defunct company. Instead, some info about the preceding entity (Sirius Satellite Radio) might be added to the Sirius XM article. 91.217.58.167 ( talk) 14:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Let me know if they changed the stations on my Serius 2600:1006:B009:6B09:718C:98BA:8453:E2B4 ( talk) 01:34, 16 June 2022 (UTC)