Next Generation SIRIUS Satellite Radios Landing on Wal-Mart Shelves Nationwide

Affordable, Fashionable Sanyo Plug-&-Play Package Includes Both Car and Home Kits at Nation's Largest Retailer

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 -- SIRIUS , the premium satellite radio provider known for delivering the very best in commercial-free music and sports programming to cars and homes across the country, today announced that Sanyo has joined the roster of quality brands that manufacture SIRIUS satellite radios. The Sanyo CRSR-10 Plug & Play SIRIUS satellite radio system will arrive at Wal-Mart stores this month.

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The Sanyo CRSR-10 is the first SIRIUS Plug & Play satellite radio system to include both home and car kits in one package. The CRSR-10 includes the SIRIUS receiver, mounts, antennas, and car and home power supply options for the low suggested retail price of $149.99. The satellite radio system incorporates the latest SIRIUS developments, including smaller size, large 6-line display, mini antenna and more. Subscribers can customize the color of their Sanyo unit with chrome, black or blue supplied faceplates.

"We welcome Sanyo to the great family of brands that make SIRIUS satellite radios," said Joseph P. Clayton, Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS. "Consumers recognize the quality and reliability associated with the Sanyo brand, and they'll be getting a great deal with this new package that includes both car and home kits."

All SIRIUS satellite radios can tune to over 120 channels of commercial-free music, sports play-by-play featuring the nation's top colleges and the NFL, as well as news, talk, comedy and information programming. The entire slate of SIRIUS programming -- including free Internet streaming of 65 commercial-free music channels -- is available for just $12.95 per month, with discounts for subscriptions of a year or more, making SIRIUS the most economical satellite radio choice for premium programming.

About SIRIUS

SIRIUS, now available to over 10 million DISH Network satellite TV and SIRIUS Satellite Radio subscribers, provides listeners with over 120 channels of the best commercial-free music, sports, information and entertainment, with digital quality sound coast-to-coast, broadcast daily from New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, Houston and Daytona. SIRIUS offers 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music, featuring multiple categories of pop, rock, country, hip-hop, R&B, dance, jazz, classical and Latin music, along with more than 50 channels of world-class sports, news, talk entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95, with greater savings for upfront payments of multiple months or a year or more. SIRIUS also broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NHL and the NFL, and is the Official Satellite Radio partner of the NFL.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are manufactured by Alpine, Audiovox, Blaupunkt, Clarion, Eclipse, Jensen, JVC, Kenwood, Panasonic and U.S. Electronics, and can be purchased at major retailers including Advance Auto Parts, Best Buy, Car Toys, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Good Guys, Wal-Mart, Sears, Tweeter and Ultimate Electronics, along with RadioShack and DISH Network outlets.

SIRIUS' exclusive automotive partners DaimlerChrysler, Ford and BMW represent over 40% of new cars and light trucks sold annually in the United States. Automotive brands currently offering SIRIUS radios in select new car models include BMW, MINI, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep(R), Nissan, Infiniti, Mazda, Audi, Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen. Automotive brands that have announced plans to offer SIRIUS radios in select models include Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover and Aston Martin. In 2004, SIRIUS radios are expected to be available in over 80 different car models, with more than 50 of them factory programs. Also, Hertz currently offers SIRIUS in 29 vehicle models at 53 major locations around the country. In addition, the Penske companies -- Penske Auto Group, United Auto Group and Penske Trucking -- are offering SIRIUS radios as a factory installed option, where available, in their cars and trucks through their dealerships.

Genmar Holdings, the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats, Formula Boats and Winnebago, the leading supplier of recreational vehicles and motor homes, also offer SIRIUS.

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