An online survey of XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] subscribers conducted March 21-24 found that the war in Iraq has caused a 52 percent jump in subscribers tuning to news channels. XM’s lineup of national news and information channels delivers real-time access to coverage of the Iraqi war, marking the first time that television-based coverage of a major international conflict is available to radio listeners nationwide.

XM offers 12 channels of news and information covering national, world, business, financial and technology developments from partners such as Fox News, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNNfn, CNBC, ABC News & Talk, Bloomberg, BBC World Service and C-SPAN.