On November 12, 2008, Sirius and XM began broadcasting with their new, combined channel lineups. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval, forming Sirius XM Radio, Inc. On July 29, 2008, XM and former competitor Sirius Satellite Radio formally completed their merger, following U.S. The satellite service officially launched on September 25, 2001. In 1992, AMSC established a unit called the American Mobile Radio Corporation dedicated to developing a satellite-based digital radio service this was spun off as XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. The company had its origins in the 1988 formation of the American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC), a consortium of several organizations originally dedicated to satellite broadcasting of telephone, fax, and data signals. XM channels were identified by Arbitron with the label "XM" (e.g., "XM32" for " The Bridge"). Its service included 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional traffic and weather channels, and 23 play-by-play sports channels. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable television. XM Satellite Radio ( XM) was one of the three satellite radio ( SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings. ![]() ![]() Merged with Sirius Satellite Radio in 2008, merged into Sirius XM Radio in 2011
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