EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration
statement of CD Radio Inc. and Subsidiary (the "Company") on Form S-4 (File No.
333-     ) of our report dated March 3, 1998, except as to the third paragraph
therein for which the date is December 10, 1998, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 1997 and
1996, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997, and for
the period May 17, 1990 (date of inception) to December 31, 1997, which report
is included in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 10,
1998. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "EXPERTS."


                                       /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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                                       PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
December 18, 1998