On Monday October 16, 2006 Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced that the launch of SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR), a CD quality internet only version of its radio service. The service will include more than 75 channels of Sirius programming, without the use of any equiptment, all for the price of $12.95 per month. To launch the service, Sirius is having two free days of service on October 25, and 26. This will include all of Sirius’s 100% commercial free music stations, talk, entertainment, sports, and not to mention The Howard Stern Show. They are touting this as the first time that Howard has been available to a worldwide audience.

For more details on the announcement, you can see can take a look at the press release from Sirius.