Dr. Laura Schlessinger, speaking April 14 in Los Angeles, takes her show to satellite radio in January. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Conservative advice dispenser Dr. Laura Schlessinger has found a forum that will allow her, as she puts it, to "regain her First Amendment rights."

She'll be restarting her radio show on satellite radio in January, just days after ending her traditional radio program Dec. 31.

Like another provocative radio host, Howard Stern, she ran into trouble over comments she made on conventional airwaves, where the U.S. broadcast regulator monitors standards.

Schlessinger, whose program is called Dr. Laura, had to apologize in August for saying the N-word several times in an on-air conversation with a caller whom she accused of being hypersensitive to racism.

During the on-air exchange, Schlessinger did not direct the word at the caller, a black woman married to a white man, but said she was too sensitive for complaining that her husband's friends made racist comments about her in their home.

Schlessinger announced she would leave the program when her contract was up at year-end, saying she needed a forum where she was free to say what she liked.

"I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart, and what I think is helpful and useful, without somebody getting angry — some special-interest group deciding this is a time to silence a voice of dissent, and attack affiliates and sponsors," she said in August.

Sirius XM Radio announced the multiyear deal with Schlessinger for the Dr. Laura advice program. Financial terms were not disclosed.

A merger deal between Sirius and XM in Canada was officially announced earlier this week.

With files from The Associated Press