Audiovox Joins XM Radio's Elite Team of Radio Manufacturers

6 January 2000
Audiovox Joins XM Radio's Elite Team of Radio Manufacturers
    LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 -- CES 2000 - Booth 19130 -- XM Satellite
Radio Inc. today announced that Audiovox Corporation's
Electronics Division (Amex: VOX) will design, manufacture and market
XM-Ready(TM) radios for the OEM car stereo market. Audiovox is a leader in
mobile entertainment products for the automotive environment such as rear seat
entertainment.  The company joins XM Radio's elite team of radio
manufacturers, which currently includes Alpine, Clarion, Delphi Delco,
Mitsubishi Electronic Automotive of America, Motorola, Pioneer and Sharp.  The
announcement was made by Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio
Inc., at the outset of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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    "We are very excited about working with Audiovox, which is leveraging new
technologies in its automotive consumer products," said Mr. Panero.  "This
deal brings XM Radio yet another step closer to our goal of making XM-Ready
radios available throughout the consumer electronics and automotive
marketplace."
    Based in Hauppauge, NY, Audiovox Communications Corporation is an
international leader in the marketing of wireless communications products,
auto sound, vehicle security, mobile video products and consumer electronics
products.  It markets its products both domestically and internationally under
its own brands and also functions as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
supplier to several customers, including Nissan Motors and Delco, among other
companies.  Its Mobile Electronics group focuses on the 12-Volt specialist,
with the Audiovox(R) and Prestige(R) brands, and the Car Dealer Expediter,
with the Pursuit(R) and SPS brands.  Audiovox has a substantial OE business
and is QS9001 registered.
    XM Satellite Radio is developing a new band of radio, targeted to launch
in the first half of 2001.  XM Radio will create up to 100 channels of
digital-quality music, news, sports, talk and children's programming, which
will be uplinked to XM Radio's powerful satellites and transmitted directly to
vehicle, home and portable radios coast-to-coast for a monthly subscription
fee of $9.95.
    XM-Ready radios will be available in retail outlets throughout the US; and
major automotive manufacturers will offer factory-installed XM-Ready radios in
new car models.  XM Radio has entered into a 12-year distribution agreement
with General Motors to integrate XM-Ready radios into its vehicles commencing
in 2001.  XM Radio is in discussions with other major car manufacturers.
    In October 1999, XM Satellite Radio completed a successful
public offering on Nasdaq.  American Mobile Satellite Corporation
holds controlling interest in the company.  XM Radio's other
investors include industry leaders Clear Channel Communications Inc.; DIRECTV,
Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation; the General Motors
Corporation; and a private investment group comprised of Columbia Capital,
Telcom Ventures L.L.C., and Madison Dearborn Partners, which together invested
$250 million in the company in July 1999.  XM Satellite Radio obtained one of
only two satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) licenses from the
Federal Communications Commission in October 1997.
    First there was AM, then FM and soon ... XM Satellite Radio.  For more
information, please visit XM Radio's website: http://www.xmradio.com.

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are detailed from time to time in XM Radio's filings with the Securities and
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