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I can't believe that Shade 45 has been on the air for a whole year,
cursing until our hearts content and playing our favorite music. What
a fucking accomplishment. Now everybody get back to work.
-Eminem

NEW YORK October 26, 2005 SIRIUS Satellite Radio celebrates the
first anniversary of its Shade 45 channel on Thursday, October 27.
Shade
45 is the totally uncut, uncensored, commercial-free hip-hop channel
that is produced by recording artist Eminem. The channel launched in
October 2004 with a live concert broadcast from Eminems Shady National
Convention in New York City.

Eminem will be on Shade 45 throughout the next several days to talk
about the channels success over the past year, his forthcoming
greatest
hits album, Curtain Call, and other new projects in development. Hear
Eminem with host Lil Shawn on Thursday, October 27 from 12 pm to 12:30
pm ET, and again during The All Out Show with co-hosts Rude Jude and
Lord Sear from 4 pm to 8 pm ET. Eminem can also be heard on Shade 45
with morning show co-hosts Cipha Sounds and Angela Yee on Friday,
October 28 from 8 am to 12 pm ET, and on Saturday, October 29 from 2 pm
to 4 pm ET during G Unit Radio with host Whoo Kid.

This past year, Shade 45 consistently presented exclusive broadcasts
hosted by the most credible DJs in hip-hop, and set a new standard in
hip-hop radio for supporting emerging and established artists.

Highlights from Shade 45s inaugural year include:

Exclusive in-studio interviews with Donald Trump, Jay-Z, Lindsey
Lohan, Ludacris, Jessica Alba, Kanye West, Tommy Lee and others.

Special issue of XXL magazine dedicated to Shade 45.

Songs specifically written about Shade 45 recorded by Eminem, 50
Cent,
Tony Yayo, Common, Proof of D12 and others.

The launch of House Arrest Radio, a weekly show hosted by G-Unit
member Tony Yayo (while he was under house arrest).

50 Cent personally world-premiered his multi-platinum album The
Massacre on Shade 45.

Exclusive backstage coverage for the entire Anger Management 3 tour,
headlined by Eminem and 50 Cent.

Shade 45 was also the first radio outlet in America to provide national
exposure for some of the years biggest breakthrough artists, such as
Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Tony Yayo and Young Jeezy.

*An overview of the first year of Shade 45 is below:

_*_THE FIRST YEAR OF SHADE 45 EXCLUSIVELY ON SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO

*_
Em and I were, of course, blown away be the opportunity to have a
radio
station. Who wouldnt be? We figured out the basics what it was going
to sound like, what it was going to be about and just started
building
it from scratch. -Eminem manager Paul Rosenberg

* Following its October 2004 launch, Shade 45 announced a lineup of
hosts that included hip-hop personalities known from radio and
television (Rude Jude, Cipha Sounds, Lord Sear), a trusted friend
of Eminem (Lil Shawn), and hot mix shows by DJ Clinton Sparks and
Atlantas Aphiliates. For the holidays, Eminem then contributed
his special holiday flava, A Very Shady Christmas, exclusively on
Shade 45.

* In February 2005, 50 Cent joined Shade 45 as the architect of
Shade 45s Saturday programming, G Unit Saturdays Featuring DJ
Whoo Kid, which includes GGGGs Morning Show, House Arrest with
Tony Yayo, The Moisture Hour, and insult kings The Gomez Brothers.

* Renowned producer-DJs Tony Touch and DJ Muggs joined Shade 45 in
March to spin their world-famous mixes in exclusive weekly shows.
Tony Touch broadcasts Toca Tuesdays, and DJ Muggs hosts Mashup
Mondays. In May 2005, Shade 45 welcomed West Coast heavy-hitter DJ
Felli Fels Lo Lo Radio and in August, DJ Kay Slays Streetsweeper
Radio.

www.shade45.com

For More Information Conact:
Andrea Ferguson
Dan Klores Communications
917-575-2282
Andrea_Ferguson@dkcnews.com