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Sprint Customers Can Now Hear SIRIUS Satellite Radio on Their Phones

Dateline: 09/16/05

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Sprint customers are the first wireless customers with the ability to receive SIRIUS Satellite Radio programming via their mobile phones.

Sprint has announced the availability of SIRIUS Music, which offers customers unlimited access to 20 commercial-free music channels, plus a channel devoted to exclusive artist interviews and performances.

Sirius Music is available on Sprint multimedia handsets under the Music & Radio category.

The SIRIUS Music channel includes Pop, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock and Country to Jazz, Blues, Broadway, Electronic and Dance. It also includes channels dedicated to individual decades, such as:

'60s & '70s/Vinyl – top tracks from classic rock's formative years
'70s & '80s/Rewind – classic rock's 2nd generation, from the late '70s onward
'80s Glam/Hair Nation – vintage rock from the big hair '80s
'80s Alt/First Wave – alternative rock's pioneering artists and sounds
Alt Rock/Alt Nation – the best alt-rock of the '90s and today.

The SIRIUS Music channel is the latest of three streaming music channels available on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network to Sprint customers through a built-in media player on Sprint PCS VisionSM Multimedia Phones. The cost is $6.95 per month for unlimited access.

- From a Sprint News Release

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