It's March 15, 2010. Do you know where Sirius XM Radio's (Nasdaq: SIRI) delisting notice is?

The satellite-radio giant failed to land a bid price at or above the $1 mark at the end of 10 consecutive trading days, so Nasdaq OMX Group (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is well within its listing requirements to boot Sirius XM from its exchange.

It won't -- and we all know that. Never mind that Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin has already committed to appealing the process, a move that's likely to buy his company several more months anyway. In fact, over the weekend, Nasdaq itself gave the media heavy a pat on the back by adding the shares to the Nasdaq Q-50 Index.

This isn't the kind of move that will bump up the share prices of the eight stocks being added. There isn't a whole lot of institutional investing interest in the Q-50 components, at least not in the way that we have a ton of funds and ETFs that track the components of the Nasdaq-100 or the S&P 500.

However, that doesn't mean investors should ignore these eight stocks. Sirius XM joins other market darlings -- including Rambus (Nasdaq: RMBS), Vistaprint (Nasdaq: VPRT), Gentex (Nasdaq: GNTX), and Amylin Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: AMLN) -- on a list that's the equivalent of a baseball team's short list of farm-club candidates under consideration to be called up to the big show.

Or, as the exchange's release announcing the latest news puts it, "The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 securities that are next in line to replace the securities currently included in the NASDAQ-100 Index."

Would the exchange be promoting a company that it's about to delist? That wouldn't make sense. The Q-50 list is tweaked quarterly, so there's always a chance that Sirius XM could get booted during the appeal process, but how stupid would Nasdaq be to give the heave-ho to one of its most actively traded stocks?

Quite simply, Sirius XM isn't going to be delisted.

Should Sirius XM go ahead with its shareholder-approved reverse split to be in compliance with the exchange, or is calling its bluff enough? Share your thoughts in the comments box below.