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Sirius XM for iPhone Arrives in App Store

Thursday June 18, 2009 7:14 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Sirius XM Radio today announced the availability of SIRIUS XM Premium Online [App Store, Free for Subscribers] for the iPhone and iPod touch, offering Sirius XM Premium Online subscribers access to 120 online radio channels.

Users of iPhone and iPod touch with an Internet subscription to SIRIUS or XM have access to exclusive sports and entertainment programming from SIRIUS XM's satellite radio service, including, Oprah Radio, MLB Home Plate, Martha Stewart Living Radio, SIRIUS NFL Radio, NHL Home Ice, PGA TOUR, Opie & Anthony, Mad Dog Radio with Chris Russo, Playboy Radio, The Foxxhole comedy channel presented by Jamie Foxx, Blue Collar Comedy Radio, CNN, Fox News Talk and NPR.

SIRIUS and XM subscribers can also listen to 100% commercial-free music featuring exclusive shows from SIRIUS XM's satellite radio service such as Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour and Tom Petty's Buried Treasure, as well as 24/7 music channels such as Bruce Springsteen's E Street Radio, The Grateful Dead Channel, Eminem's Shade 45, Jimmy Buffett's Radio Margaritaville, "Little Steven" Van Zandt's Underground Garage and Outlaw Country channels, B.B. King's Bluesville, Willie Nelson's Willie's Place, Elvis Radio, Siriusly Sinatra, Metropolitan Opera Radio and many others.

Unfortunately, a number of popular Sirius XM offerings, including Howard Stern and channels covering several live sporting events, are not available on the iPhone and iPod touch.

Some select programming, including MLB Play-by-Play, NFL Play-by-Play, SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, and Howard Stern, will not be available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Listeners will continue to be able to access that programming through the platforms they are currently offered on.

Current Sirius subscribers who do not have the Internet Radio package required for SIRIUS XM Premium Online for the iPhone can upgrade for an additional $2.99/month fee on top of their regular subscription, while non-subscribers can obtain the a standalone Internet Radio package for $12.95/month. Sirius is also offering a free seven-day trial for the new iPhone service.
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vassillios
Posted: 38 months ago
No Howard? Sux! Serious dropped the ball on this one.
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Roy Hobbs
Posted: 38 months ago
I've been using this App all morning. So far its been great.
Some people will complain about the lack of Howard Stern, but I could care less.
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iphone529
Posted: 38 months ago

No Howard? Sux! Serious dropped the ball on this one.


DROPPED IT BIG TIME. Look at the stock, taking a dive today because of no HOWARD. Would have been a good day for gains too. BOOOOOOOOO.
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s4mb4
Posted: 38 months ago
this is stupid. 20 million subscribers and 12 million of them are there for Howard only. thank goodness for Pocket Tunes.
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vincenzo7
Posted: 38 months ago
I wrote an article on which program allows you to listen to Howard
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citrusgoofy
Posted: 38 months ago
Seriously? This App is going to fail! Who in their right mind is going to pay that expensive monthly subscription just for their iPhone? This App was most definitely meant for current Sirius subscribers. Internet radio is free and better. Sirius may promise "no commercials" but its still filled with their crappy own ads.
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okapi
Posted: 38 months ago
It seems that the Sirrius XM app in not in the canadian store.
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bspence
Posted: 38 months ago
Now I can be less productive at work! I don't care that it doesn't have Howard, I'm more into Opie and Anthony/Ron and Fez. As for paying the $3/month just to have it on my iPhone, well I can take my iPhone anywhere, which is better than what I can do with my car radio. This is great!
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rk1228
Posted: 38 months ago
Only SOME of their music stations are commercial free. Others are filled with commercials and the commercials are long and sometimes offensive (i.e. Adam and Eve.)

The playlist of some of the channels is also quite limited. Within two weeks of having Sirius, they were already replaying the same things over and over, rarely introducing new material.

Even though Sirius was free in my car, I still use my iPhone for FREE internet radio and more variety.
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Rychiar
Posted: 38 months ago
No Howard, another EPIC FAIL on the part of Sirius. this company is dead:mad:
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