Andrew Wilkow and his Sirius Satellite Radio show, The Wilkow Majority, will hit the campaign trail starting this fall and leading up to the 2008 presidential election. Wilkow will journey to college campuses, small town caucuses, and the Republican National Convention next summer, where he will broadcast his Sirius show.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will serve as campaign analyst for The Wilkow Majority, and join Wilkow for speaking engagements at college campuses across the country (some of which will be broadcast on Sirius).

"I am a proud member of the Wilkow Majority and it's about time we take our message to college students who have to deal with liberal professors and uneducated peers who drown the Majority's message out," said Tom DeLay. "We're going to bring a positive message to students who deserve to know the full truth about our political landscape."

The Wilkow Majority airs live Monday through Friday from 12 - 3pm ET on Sirius Patriot (ch 144).

CNN and YouTube will host the first of two presidential debates on Monday, July 23rd. The Democratic contenders go head-to-head on Monday night, and the GOP hopefuls will spar on September 17th. All the questions are being submitted by regular folks (well, almost regular) in the form of YouTube videos.  No journalists. No panelists. No crap.

CNN's political team will pick the most creative and compelling videos to pose to the candidates. Peeps can submit a video through Sunday, July 22nd, at youtube.com/debates. You can then hear the debate live on CNN - on both XM (ch 122) and Sirius (ch 132) - on Monday at 7 pm ET.

After the debate airs on CNN, it will be rebroadcast for 24 hours on XM's POTUS '08 channel (ch 130).

Jamie Foxx will welcome top ranked tennis player Serena Williams live on his channel, The Foxxhole (ch 106), tomorrow (July 20th) at 2pm ET on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Williams will grant Foxx one of her first interviews following dramatic Wimbledon performance and her controversial comments following her loss.

The international tennis superstar reached the quarter finals at Wimbledon before losing in a dramatic performance against Justine Henin. Following the match, Williams (who was battling injuries during the tournament) created a bit of a stir by saying that she would have won the match had she been healthy.

Serena Williams has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles. She is the last player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slams at the same time. She is the younger sister of another former world no. 1 professional female tennis player, Venus Williams, the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion.

Ah there's nothing like political controversy to get your name in the media. Especially when it's something like a channel name that is causing the uproar.

Watch the video below to see where Sirius ranked in yesterday's Countdown with Keith Olbermann "Worst Person" segment:

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Channel title controversies aside, Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay will guest host on Sirius Satellite Radio's "The Wilkow Majority" on Sirius Patriot (ch 144).

DeLay will be filling in for conservative talk host Andrew Wilkow tomorrow, July 17th, from 12pm - 3pm ET.

The show will focus on "what the mainstream media won't tell you" about the Iraq War.

DeLay's guests scheduled to appear are Duncan Hunter, Richard Perle, Kate O'Beirne, Richard Miniter, and Lt. Col. Thomas Harris.

Over the weekend, several liberal bloggers exploded with outrage over the naming of the Sirius Left channel. To be more precise, it's not the name of Sirius Left, but instead the name of its conservative counterpart channel: Sirius Patriot.

It all started with a blog post by Rick Perlstein, who was a guest on Mike Feder's show, when he discovered that the liberal channel is entitled "Sirius Left" while the conservative channel is given the "Sirius Patriot" moniker. Perlstein called the discovery "deeply, deeply offensive."

"SIRIUS Satellite Radio doesn't think you're patriotic," added Perlstein. "This is an obscenity."

As a result, Perlstein called for a campaign to contact Hillary Schupf (Sirius' PR rep for talk radio programming) to relay their feelings. Several other bloggers echoed the sentiment, and the outrage quickly grew throughout the blogosphere.

Sirius Patriot was actually named Sirius Right until it underwent a name change a little over a year ago. I don't see Sirius changing the name back, but I also don't see much harm in changing the name of Sirius Left to something like Sirius Liberty (as suggested by Taylor Marsh). It might be a nice way for Sirius to show they're "listening to the listeners" and to flip some negative publicity into something positive.

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Sirius is donning the silly tophat and growing a white beard this Independence Day with a slew of patriotic programming fit for any picnic, BBQ or just a day at the beach.

Radio Margaritaville (ch 31) is on an American Road Trip. Each hour, a different city where Jimmy Buffett has performed in concert will be spotlighted with plenty of favorites, some rare tracks and a lot of fun.

On Totally '70s (ch 7), it's the 40 Grooviest Party Tunes spanning the entire 70s decade hosted by Dave Hoeffe.

Classic Vinyl (ch 14) salutes the Founding Fathers of Classic Rock, each day - since Father's Day through the 4th of July - they've been featuring a different artist every hour and it all culminates on Wednesday.

Underground Garage (ch 25) will celebrate our independence from those pesky Lobster-backs all day long starting at 8am ET. Each DJ pays their own tribute in an all-American parade of Rock’n’Roll.

Hard Attack (ch 27) will play nothing but American Metal Gods in a 24-hour tribute starting on July 4th at 3am ET. No Motorhead here - it's all Megadeth, Cannibal Corpse, Slipknot, Fear Factory, Morbid Angel and more on this day.

And if you're taking a break from the music, check out Mike Church’s Road to Independence on Sirius Patriot (ch 144). Over three hours, Sirius Patriot will re-live the actual words of the Declaration of Independence as read aloud in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1 July 1776. Rediscover the men who signed the Declaration and hear their impassioned defense of its meaning, and relive the year that was 1776. Hear the Founding Fathers stories, relive their words and pay homage to their actions.

There's a whole lot more, so be sure to check out Sirius' Fourth of July Schedule for additional programs.