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{{Infobox radio station
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| frequency = [[Sirius XM Radio]] 127▼
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| area = {{unbulleted list|[[United States]]|[[Canada]]}}
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| owner = [[Sirius XM Radio]]▼
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'''SiriusXM Progress''' is located at channel 127 on [[Sirius XM Radio]] and carries a [[
==America Left (
Channel 167 originally started out as '''America Left''', a channel dedicated to progressive talk radio to complement the reformatted XM 166, [[America Right]]. It launched on March 31, 2004, and the lineup included hosts like [[Ed Schultz]], [[Randi Rhodes]], [[Al Franken]], [[Marty Kaplan]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Alan Colmes]], [[Lizz Winstead]] and [[Chuck D.]] At the time, both [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]] and XM had centrist/progressive talk channels featuring talent from [[Air America Radio]]. The lineup was constant for over a year. One complaint often voiced was that two afternoon drive hosts, [[Ed Schultz]] and [[Randi Rhodes]], each had an hour of their shows cut off to keep both shows on and live.
On April 11, 2005, XM and Air America announced that XM would become the exclusive satellite radio provider of the network, excluding Air America Syndication, beginning in May 2005.<ref>{{cite press release |date=2005-04-11 |url=http://xmradio.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=819 |title=XM AND AIR AMERICA RADIO ANNOUNCE LONG TERM AGREEMENT; XM TO BE OFFICIAL SATELLITE RADIO NETWORK OF AIR AMERICA |publisher= [[XM Satellite Radio]] |accessdate=2007-04-25}}</ref> This forced Sirius to rid itself of all Air America Radio network programming. XM167's lineup didn't make any immediate lineup changes, but it did rebrand itself using the Air America name. Non-AAR hosts [[Ed Schultz]] and [[Alan Colmes]] remained on the channel.
== Air America Radio (
America Left took on its new name, '''Air America Radio''', to boast the fact that XM was the exclusive provider. No lineup changes were made until September 2005, when [[Ed Schultz]] was moved over to Clear Channel's advice talker, [[Talk Radio (XM)|Ask!]] on 165. This allowed Randi Rhodes to broadcast her entire show every afternoon. At the end of the year, [[Alan Colmes]] also made the move to the new [[Fox News Talk]], a channel owned and operated by [[Fox News|Fox News Radio]]. For the first time, Air America Radio on XM was now 100% Air America content on weekdays. A Best of [[Stephanie Miller]] segment was carried on Sunday mornings.
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Although [[The Rachel Maddow Show (radio)|The Rachel Maddow Show]] expanded from two to three hours on March 10, 2008, XM 167 does not broadcast the third hour, instead playing a taped Thom Hartmann program. This became moot on September 8, 2008, when The Rachel Maddow Show returned to a two-hour format.
In April 2008, Randi Rhodes performed at an event in San Francisco sponsored by local affiliate [[KNEW (AM)|KKGN]], which included crude remarks made at [[Hillary Clinton]] as part of a comedy routine. This resulted in Air America suspending Rhodes from the network. She claimed that the network was in breach of her contract, and ended up resigning from Air America. Within 24 hours, it was announced that Nova M Radio was picking up her show nationally, and hopes to retain as many affiliates as possible. XM 167 continued to run AAR programming in afternoons until a deal with Nova M Radio was made. On 2008-05-05, XM resumed broadcasting Randi Rhodes' show<ref>{{cite news |first=Lawrence |last=Van Gelder
== America Left (
On June 18, 2008, XM announced that Air America Radio would be changing its name back to America Left, beginning July 14. The channel kept most of its lineup, however, Lionel was replaced by Jones Radio's Stephanie Miller. In addition, The Young Turks returned to the channel.
After the [[Sirius XM Radio|
(Randi Rhodes' official site http://www.RandiRhodes.com has said America Left has carried her show live since just after her return to the air with Premiere Radio Networks.)
On January 21, 2010, Air America Media announced that it would file for liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and ceased all live broadcasting that same evening.
== Sirius XM Progress (
On May 4, 2011, America Left (XM 167) and [[Sirius Left]] (Sirius 146) merged to become
On July 22, 2013,<ref>{{cite
▲On May 4, 2011 America Left (XM 167) and [[Sirius Left]] (Sirius 146) merged to become Sirius XM Left and airs on channel 127 on both services. With the merger, a second channel Sirius XM Left Plus with timeshifting and additional airings of Sirius XM Left shows also started on online channel 853.
▲On July 22, 2013, Sirius XM Left was renamed Sirius XM Progress.<ref>http://www.siriusxm.com/siriusxmprogress</ref> Along with the name change, several changes were made to the lineup. The Agenda with Ari Rabin Havt replaced Bill Press at 6:00-9:00 AM EST, Michelangelo Signorile replaced Thom Hartmann at 3:00-6:00 PM EST and Make It Plain with Mark Thompson replaced Alex Bennett at 6:00-9:00 PM EST. At the same time, Sirius XM Progress Plus, an online station also available through a smartphone app continued to air both Press and Hartmann at their regular times, as well as the usual lineup, though the show times differed slightly from those on the main Progress channel.
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