No Static At All

June, 2001

The launch of the first satellite radio services will make cruising in your car a lot cooler this summer. Two competing companies--XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio--have a total of five satellites in orbit, ready to beam down 100 channels of CD-quality digital radio. For $9.95 a month, listeners can tune in to familiar music formats and multiple variations of rock, blues, jazz, pop, country and other genres. Heavy-hitting media companies will operate about 50 channels (including CNB...