ESPN and SiriusXM also announce five-year extension of their broadcasting agreement
SiriusXM and ESPN are teaming up to deliver an exclusive 24/7 college sports channel, programmed by SiriusXM, that will give fans the most comprehensive and in-depth college sports coverage available. ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM (channel 84) will debut Thursday, Aug. 31, and will be available exclusively to SiriusXM subscribers via satellite radios, the SiriusXM app and on connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices and Sony PlayStation.
ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM will combine the talented college sports hosts and analysts from both companies. It will continue to feature SiriusXM's long-running daily college sports programs The First Team (weekdays, 7-10 am ET), Full Ride (weekdays, 10am-1pm ET), Playbook(weekdays, 1-4pm ET) and Off Campus (weekdays, 4-7pm ET), as well as the weekend shows, College Sports Sunday and
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday.
SiriusXM hosts and analysts on the channel include Greg McElroy, Rick Neuheisel, Steve Spurrier, Phil Savage, Jonathan Vilma, Ryan Leaf, James Laurinaitis, A.J. Hawk, Danny Kanell, Brad Hopkins, Charles Arbuckle, Fran Fraschilla, Seth Greenberg, Taylor Zarzour, Mark Packer, Chris Childers, Andy Staples, David Moulton and Braden Gall.
Throughout each week, ESPN's college sports talent will join the channel to provide analysis and discuss the topics of the day.
ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL analyst Kirk Herbstreit and college basketball analyst Jay Bilas will appear weekly on
ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM throughout their respective seasons. Other high profile
ESPN commentators and analysts will also be heard regularly on the channel.
ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM will simulcast
ESPN shows including the popular
COLLEGE GAMEDAY live each Saturday morning during the
COLLEGE FOOTBALL season, the
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Top 25 Show,
COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE Daily, College Basketball Gameday and others. The channel will also broadcast some of the year's biggest college sporting events live, including the
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff Semifinal and National Championship games, which will also air on
ESPN Radio, Channel 80.
The channel will now be the exclusive home for the first run of several
ESPN college sports podcasts including those hosted by Kirk Herbstreit and Ian Fitzsimmons, Jay Bilas, Dan Dakich and Seth Greenberg.
ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM will also broadcast live on location from select
COLLEGE GAMEDAY destinations, and special events including the
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff Semifinals and National Championship.
"SiriusXM has been a strong partner with us for 16 years now," said Traug Keller, senior vice president,
ESPN Audio and Talent. "With this new extension, we look forward to continuing to bring our unique and diverse content to SiriusXM. The addition of
ESPNU Radio to SiriusXM's lineup will bring ESPNU's signature perspective and the sounds of the game to a broader swath of fans."
"With fans in all corners of the country eagerly anticipating the start of
COLLEGE FOOTBALL season, we are very excited to collaborate with
ESPN to deliver those fans the country's most comprehensive college sports audio channel," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM showcases an extraordinary team of hosts and analysts from both SiriusXM and
ESPN and fans can get it virtually anywhere - in the car, at home, or on the go. This is an exciting expansion of our longstanding broadcast agreement, which continues to give our subscribers access to ESPN's top notch array of programming and platforms on
ESPN Radio,
ESPN Xtra and now
ESPNU Radio."
ESPN and SiriusXM have
SIGNED a five-year extension of their comprehensive content distribution agreement. SiriusXM subscribers will continue to hear the
ESPN Radio and
ESPN DEPORTES Radio channels, as well as the exclusive
ESPN Xtra channel, which simulcasts several shows including First Take, the forthcoming show hosted by Mike Greenberg, The Paul Finebaum Show, the soon-to-debut program hosted by Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre, audio broadcasts of
ESPN Films' acclaimed
30 FOR 30 documentaries,
30 FOR 30 podcasts, SC Featured, and more. The agreement also extends SiriusXM's rights to broadcast a host of live sports events including the
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff and other
COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games, the NBA regular season and NBA Finals, and more.
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