"SIRIUS" redirects here. For other uses, see
Sirius (disambiguation). Sirius Satellite Radio is one of two
satellite radio (
SDARS) services operating in the
United States and
Canada, along with
XM Satellite Radio. Headquartered in
New York City, with smaller studios in
Los Angeles and
Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on
July 1,
2002 and currently provides 69 streams (channels) of music and 65 streams of sports, news and entertainment to listeners. Music streams on Sirius carry a wide variety of genres, broadcasting 24 hours daily, commercial-free. A subset of Sirius music channels is included as part of the
Dish Network satellite television service. Sirius channels are identified by
Arbitron with the label "XS" (e.g. "XS120", "XS9", "XS17").
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