NEW YORK, June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced
today it will broadcast an extensive variety of 4th of July
programming celebrating American Independence across multiple
commercial-free music, premier sports, and exclusive comedy,
entertainment and talk channels.
Celebrating the July
25th theatrical release of "The Fluffy Movie,"
comedian Gabriel Iglesias, A.K.A.
"Fluffy," will take over Raw Dog SiriusXM Comedy Hits on
July 4th weekend with his buddy and
fellow comedian Martin Moreno for a
comical discussion on life, liberty and the pursuit of great
comedy. "The Fluffy Takeover Weekend" will feature laughs
from Fluffy's collection of material, as well as comedy bits from
many of his favorite comedians including Paul Rodriguez, Robin
Williams, Ian Bagg,
Bill Burr, Pablo Francisco, and many more.
SiriusXM will broadcast "Aspen Ideas Radio," featuring a
conversation with Hillary Clinton
and Walter Isaacson, CEO of the
Aspen Institute, from the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival. The
conversation airs Friday, July 4th,
at 9:00 pm ET. In addition, all
weekend long SiriusXM listeners will hear the most interesting
thinkers and leaders from around the world as they discuss the
issues and ideas that inspire them, including interviews and panels
with Tony Blair, Michael Eisner, Katie
Couric and more. "Aspen Ideas Radio," hosted by Pete Dominick, will also air numerous panels
moderated by Pete and SiriusXM host Perri
Peltz at this year's Aspen Ideas Festival.
The full-lineup of SiriusXM July
4th programming and complete broadcast times are available
at www.SiriusXM.com/4thofJuly.
4th of July weekend broadcast highlights:
Music:
Howard 101 (channel 101)
Howard Stern presents a special Soundgarden
Superunknown 20th Anniversary Concert. The broadcast features an
exclusive sit-down with all four members of the band as they
discuss the making of their 1994 breakthrough album "Superunknown,"
plus a live performance of the entire album from Webster Hall in New
York City.
Friday, July 4, 2:00 pm ET
'60s on 6 (channel 6)
"Cousin Brucie's
Palisades Park Reunion II" encore rebroadcast hosted by Cousin
Brucie originally recorded at State Fair Meadowlands in
East Rutherford, New Jersey,
featuring performances by Neil
Sedaka, Chubby Checker, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Rip
Chords and more.
Saturday, July 5, 8:00 pm
The Pulse (channel 15)
Train hosts
a special edition of the Weekend Countdown.
Friday, July 4, at 9:00 am ET
E Street Radio (channel 20)
Southside
Johnny 4th of July concert broadcast.
Friday, July 4, at 8:00 pm ET and Sunday,
July 6, at 12:00 pm ET
Broadcast of Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band's Born in the U.S.A.-era tour concerts.
Friday, July 4, 12:00 pm ET; Saturday,
July 5, 12:00 pm and
8:00 pm ET; and Sunday, July 6, at 8:00
pm
Grateful Dead Channel (channel 23)
"American Beauty Weekend": the Grateful Dead Channel
celebrates all things American Beauty featuring music from the
band's important album of the same name.
Starts Thursday, July 3, at
5:00 pm ET and continues throughout
the weekend.
Classic Rewind (channel 25)
Celebrate the long
July 4th Weekend with SiriusXM Sounds
of Summer "Classic Rewind's All-American Weekend" featuring some of
the best American rockers from Classic Rock's Cassette Era.
SiriusXM listeners will hear Aerosmith, Journey, Van Halen, The Cars, Bob
Seger, Bruce Springsteen,
Boston and more.
Starts Thursday, July 3, 12:00 pm ET and continues throughout the
weekend.
Classic Vinyl (channel 26)
"Classic
Vinyl's Top 12 American Artists who Revolutionized Rock and
Roll."
Thursday, July 3, at 3:00 pm ET
Deep Tracks (channel 27)
"Deep Tracks CSNY
1974 Weekend" will celebrate the release of the new Crosby, Stills,
Nash and Young box set, "CSNY 1974," and listeners will hear extra
tracks all holiday weekend. In addition, SiriusXM listeners
will also hear encore airings of "SiriusXM Artist Confidential with
David Crosby" and "SiriusXM's Town
Hall with Crosby Stills & Nash."
Starts Thursday, July 3, 12:00 pm ET and continues throughout the
weekend.
Jam_ON (channel 29)
"Jam_ ON's Sounds of
Summer Concert Weekend" featuring recent concerts from Jam_ON
favorites all weekend long starting Thursday, July 3, at 5:00
pm ET with The String Cheese Incident and continuing
throughout the weekend with bands ranging from The Allman Brothers
Band to Phish and Widespread Panic.
The Heat (channel 47)
SiriusXM host
Dion Summers will take listeners
back stage for interviews with major R&B artists at the 20th
Annual Essence Music Festival in New
Orleans.
Friday July 4 starting at
3:00 pm ET
Heart & Soul (channel 48)
Live broadcast
from the 20th Annual Essence Music Festival in New Orleans with hosts Cayman Kelly and Deja Vu interviewing the biggest names
in R&B, including Stephanie
Mills, Tank, Ledisi, Kem, Kelly
Price, SWV, and more.
Friday, July 4, and Saturday, July
5, at 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET
Electric Area (channel 52)
"The Best of EDC
Las Vegas and New York" will give
SiriusXM listeners the best DJ sets from Electric Daisy Carnival in
Las Vegas and New York.
All weekend, starting Thursday, July
3, at 12:00 pm ET
Willie's Roadhouse (channel 56)
Grand
Ole Opry: Stars & Stripes
Forever featuring Oak Ridge Boys, Bill
Anderson, Mel Tillis,
Mandy Barnett, Riders in the Sky and
more.
Friday, July 4, at 9:00 pm ET and Saturday,
July 5, at 9:00 pm ET
Outlaw Country (channel 60)
Blackberry Smoke:
Red, White & Blackberry 4th of July Special
Friday, July 4, at 8:00 pm ET; Saturday, July
5, at 1:00 pm ET; and
Sunday, July 6, at 5:00 pm ET
Old Crow Medicine Show: "Remedy" Album Premiere Special recorded
live in Nashville with host
Elizabeth Cook and special guest
Mac Wisemen.
Friday, July 4, at 2:00 pm ET; Saturday, July
5 at 9:00 am ET and
5:00 pm ET; and Sunday, July 6 at 12:00
pm and 9:00 pm ET
Watercolors (channel 66)
Fourplay concert from
June 19, 2014 at The Birchmere in
Alexandria, VA.
Friday, July 4, at 6:00 pm ET
Real Jazz (channel 67)
Diana Krall concert performance from the 2014
Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Saturday, July 5, at 3:00 pm ET
Kids
Kids Place Live (channel 78)
"KINDIEpendence Day! with Grammy-winner Dan
Zanes"
Friday, July 4, at 3:00 pm ET; encore rebroadcast on Saturday, July 5, at 9:00
am and 5:00 pm; and
Sunday, July 6, at 12:00 pm ET.
Talk, Comedy, and Entertainment:
Raw Dog SiriusXM Comedy Hits (channel 99)
"The
Fluffy Takeover Weekend" will feature comedian Gabriel Iglesias, A.K.A. "Fluffy," and his buddy
and fellow comedian Martin Moreno
having a comical discussion about life, liberty and the pursuit of
great comedy, and will include laughs from Fluffy's collection of
material, as well as comedy bits from many of his favorite
comedians: Paul Rodriguez,
Robin Williams, Ian Bagg, Bill
Burr, Pablo Francisco, and
many more.
Thursday, July 3, 5:00 pm
ET
SiriusXM Indie (channel 104)
"Aspen Ideas
Radio," featuring a conversation with Hillary Clinton at the Aspen Ideas Festival as
well as the most interesting thinkers and leaders from around the
world discussing the issues and ideas that inspire them, including
interviews with Tony Blair,
Michael Eisner, Katie Couric and others. "Aspen Ideas Radio,"
hosted by Pete Dominick, will air
numerous panels moderated by Pete and SiriusXM host Perri Peltz at this year's Aspen Ideas
Festival.
Friday, July 4, starting at
6:00 pm ET through Sunday, July 6, at 9:00 pm
ET
Entertainment Weekly Radio (channel 105)
"Women Take Over Weekend," featuring an "Orange is the New Black" special with
Laura Prepon, Laverne Cox, Danielle
Brooks, and Taryn
Manning.
Friday, July 4, at 1:00 pm ET and rebroadcast throughout the
weekend.
Melissa McCarthy appears in a
special edition of "Women in Pop" and talks about her new summer
comedy, "Tammy," which premieres in theaters nationwide on
Wednesday, July 2.
Thursday, July 3, at 1:00 pm ET and rebroadcast throughout the
weekend.
SiriusXM Stars (channel 106)
Special editions
of Martha Live featuring BBQ, grilling, outdoor entertaining
and outdoor decorating projects, flag history and care, favorite
all time American foods, plus, getting kids ready for camp/summer
activities.
Daily starting Monday, June 30,
through Friday, July 4, from
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
SiriusXM Urban View (channel 110)
SiriusXM
host Joe Madison and Luci Baines Johnson, activist and daughter of
President Lyndon Baines Johnson,
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act.
Wednesday, July 2, 9:00 am ET, and rebroadcast throughout the
weekend.
Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School (channel
111)
"Success in Business Town Hall" hosted by Maria Bartiromo with a panel of distinguished
and successful executives including Neil
Blumenthal, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker; Pauline
Brown, Chairman, LVMH Inc.; William
P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies
Inc.; and Karl Ulrich, Vice Dean of
Innovation, The Wharton School, answering questions from a live
audience.
Rebroadcast Wednesday, July 2, at
3:00 pm; Friday, July 4 at 9:00
am, 4:00 pm and 9:00 pm; Saturday, July
5, at 8:00 am and 7:00 pm; Sunday, July
6, at 12:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 11:00 pm
ET (all times Eastern).
Sports
In addition, SiriusXM listeners will also have access to the
weekend's biggest sporting events:
World Cup
SiriusXM listeners will have live access to broadcasts of the
four quarterfinals matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in
Brazil on July 4 and 5 (12:00
pm and 4:00 pm ET), produced
by ESPN Radio, on SiriusXM channel 84. In addition to live
match broadcasts, SiriusXM FC, channel 94, will offer listeners
in-depth news, talk and analysis throughout the tournament.
Wimbledon
SiriusXM will offer live coverage of The Wimbledon Ladies' and
Gentlemen's Singles Finals on Saturday, July
5, and Sunday, July 6 on
Sirius channel 93 and XM channel 208. SiriusXM's Wimbledon
broadcasts are aired in association with ESPN Radio, rightsholder
to Live @ Wimbledon radio broadcasts in the U.S., and The All
England Lawn Tennis Club.
SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio
SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (XM 87, Sirius 210) will begin
preparing fantasy football players for the upcoming season when it
unveils their 2014 player rankings hour by hour throughout the
holiday weekend. "The Red, White and Blue Fantasy Football
102" will be announced starting at 6:00 am
ET on July 3 with a new player
featured each hour through Monday, July 7. SiriusXM's fantasy
football experts will preview the upcoming season, analyze the
player's value and project performance to help our subscribers
prepare for their fantasy football drafts.
Sports fans also get access to every Major League
Baseball game, every NASCAR race, the Pocono INDYCAR
500 and the Greenbrier Classic PGA TOUR event.
SiriusXM programming is available via satellite, as well as
through the SiriusXM Internet Radio app for smartphones and other
connected devices as well as at SiriusXM.com. For more
information on SiriusXM and a 30-day subscription to access
SiriusXM Internet Radio, please visit www.SiriusXM.com.
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