XM Satellite Radio will preview POTUS '08 (their channel dedicated to the 2008 presidential election) with an airing of the presidential debates held across the country this summer.

XM will preview POTUS '08 (ch 130) during the upcoming months with the following debates:

• The June 28th edition of "All American Presidential Forums on PBS," featuring the Democratic presidential candidates, hosted by Tavis Smiley at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and carried on XM through its partnership with PRI. XM will also carry the PBS forum for Republican presidential candidates on September 27th.
• The first CNN/YouTube debate, featuring the Democratic candidates in Charleston, South Carolina, on July 23. Candidates will answer questions submitted via YouTube videos. The CNN political team will choose the most creative and compelling videos sent to the YouTube web site. Hosted by Anderson Cooper, the debate will air live on CNN, as well as XM's CNN channel (ch 133), and it will replay for 24 hours on POTUS '08. XM will also air the CNN/You Tube Republican debate on September 17th.
• Presidential debates hosted by ABC News, featuring the Republican candidates on August 5th and the Democratic candidates on August 19th. Both debates will be held in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa will hold the first presidential caucus in January.
• The AFL-CIO's town hall forum for Democratic candidates in Chicago on August 7th.

POTUS '08 is a "free to air" channel, meaning that even if you don't subscribe to XM, you can listen to it on your XM receiver (think cars that have let the XM trial expire).

The commercial-free, nonpartisan radio channel will officially launch in September with 24-hour news updates, candidate interviews, complete speeches, debate coverage, polling results, fundraising reports, and live call-in shows. The channel will also provide free airtime for presidential candidates to speak to voters and non-traditional media outlets, such as bloggers and podcasters, will provide content for the channel.