Will XM radios pickup Sirius programming now?

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Because XM radios and Sirius radios operate on differenty frequencies it will be necessary to purchase an updated receiver in order to get all of the channels each entity has offered. However, with the merger of the two companies, a subscriber will be able to pick and choose programming from both line ups.

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