Another level of music management appointments have been confirmed at Sirius XM Radio. The following new appointments have been made:

Pop/Dance/Urban (headed by Sirius Hits 1's Kid Kelly):

- Dion Summers, Senior Director, current Hip-Hop/R&B (overseeing Hip Hop Nation, Heart and Soul, The Heat and Shade 45)
- Mike Abrams, Senior Director, adult Pop/Dance (overseeing The Blend, Sirius XM Love, Escape, Pop2K, '40s on 4, '50s on 5, '60s on 6, 20 On 20, BPM and Area)
- BJ Stone, Director, classic R&B/Gospel/Reggae (overseeing the programming on Soul Town, The Groove, The Joint and Praise)

Rock (headed by Greg Steele):

- Joe Bonadonna, Senior Director, Classic Rock (overseeing Deep Tracks, Classic Vinyl, Classic Rewind, Boneyard, Hair Nation and The Bridge)
- Gary Schoenwetter, Director, Rock partnerships/Business Affairs (overseeing the programming on all partnership channels, including E Street Radio, Grateful Dead Channel, Radio Margaritaville, Underground Garage, The Spectrum and Jam_On. Also, liaison with the legal department on music programming contracts and PR regarding press releases, media alerts and e-mail blasts)
- Lou Brutus, Senior Director, Active Rock (overseeing Octane, Faction, Liquid Metal, rock pop-up channels and host of "Artist Confidential")
- Mike Marrone, Director, The Loft
- Rob Cross, Director, Sirius XMU

Country (headed by Jon Anthony):

- Kyle Cantrell, Director, classic Country/bluegrass (overseeing The Roadhouse and Bluegrass Junction)
- Jeremy Tepper, manager, Willie’s Place/Outlaw Country

Classical/Jazz/Latin (headed by Watercolors and Spa's Trinity):

- Paul Bachmann, Senior Director, Classical/Talk programming operations (also reporting to Frank Raphael on Talk operations issues)
- Mark Ruffin, director, Jazz
- Bill Wax, director, Blues
- Julie James, manager, Broadway/Met Opera

music programming production (headed by Mitch Todd):

- Teddy Zambetti, Senior Director, music production (New York)
- Larry Whitt, Senior Director, music production (Washington)

Other music programming appointments:

- Darrin Smith, VP of Music Programming Operations (will also oversee Coffeehouse and 1st Wave and report to Zellner)
- Jim "Jinx" Bonner, Senior Director, Music Programming Operations (reporting to Smith)
- Cheryl Fryer, Director, Music Programming Operations (reporting to Smith)