NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ESPN and
SiriusXM have reached an agreement for ESPN to produce The
Stephen A. Smith Show exclusively for SiriusXM's Mad Dog Sports
Radio, channel 85. The two-hour daily program will debut on
satellite radio on Tuesday, Sept. 2,
at 1 p.m. ET. The show will be
produced and broadcast from ESPN Audio's headquarters in
Bristol.
"Words can't express how excited I am to be going to SiriusXM,"
said Smith. "I've waited a long time for this. All I'm going to say
is Sept. 2 can't arrive soon enough.
So Buckle Up! Because I'm coming."
Traug Keller, ESPN senior vice president, production, business
divisions, added, "This is an exciting new business opportunity for
ESPN Audio. By creating outstanding exclusive audio content for
SiriusXM, in this case The Stephen A. Smith Show, we
are maximizing our presence on a variety of platforms that expand
our reach and options for sports fans."
"Stephen A. is an exceptional talent," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief
Content Officer. "We are thrilled he has chosen SiriusXM to
be the exclusive home of The Stephen A. Smith Show and we're
excited to collaborate with ESPN to provide him with a platform
that delivers his commentary to listeners across the U.S. and
Canada."
The Stephen A. Smith Show will lead in each day to Mad
Dog Unleashed, hosted by the channel's headline personality,
Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo. The daily weekday lineup on Mad
Dog Sports Radio will now feature:
Evan and Phillips in the Morning with Evan Cohen and Steve
Phillips (6:00-10:00 am
ET)
Schein on Sports with Adam
Schein (10:00 am-1:00 pm
ET)
The Stephen A. Smith Show (1:00 – 3:00 pm ET)
Mad Dog Unleashed with Christopher
Russo (3:00 – 6:00 pm ET)
Dog Bites with Steve Torre
(6:00 – 7:00 pm ET)
Mad Dog Sports Radio Tonight with Dan Graca (7:00 – 11:00
pm ET)
The Wrap with Patrick Meagher
(11:00 pm – 2:00 am ET)
Smith will continue to make newsworthy guest appearances on ESPN
New York 98.7FM and other ESPN Radio affiliates. He will remain a
featured commentator on ESPN2's First Take and make
appearances on SportsCenter and other ESPN television
shows. He had hosted a local radio show on ESPN New York
since 2011.
About ESPN Audio
ESPN Radio, the country's largest sports radio network, ESPN
Deportes Radio, ESPNRadio.com, and ESPN Podcasts comprise ESPN
Audio.
ESPN Radio, which launched January
1, 1992, provides more than 9,000 hours of talk and event
content annually, reaching 24 million listeners a week on 450
nationwide stations, including more than 360 full-time affiliates
and clearance in the top 25 markets. ESPN owns and/or
operates stations in New York,
Los Angeles, and Chicago.
ESPN Radio programming is also available on SiriusXM and via
digital distributors iTunes Radio, Slacker Radio and TuneIn.
ESPN Digital Audio includes one of the most listened to
live streams of any terrestrial broadcaster in the world – reaching
more than 714,000 listeners per month who logged more than six
billion total listening minutes in 2013, with 15.4 million session
starts per month (source: Ando Media). Additionally, ESPN Digital
On Demand Content logged 216 million completed downloads in 2013
via the ESPN PodCenter and iTunes.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has more than 26.3
million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and broadcasts
commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy;
news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive
Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is
available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and
from retailers nationwide as well as at shop.siriusxm.com. SiriusXM
programming is available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App
for smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at
siriusxm.com. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data
and information services for subscribers in cars, trucks, RVs,
boats and aircraft through SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link,
NavTraffic®, NavWeather™, SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM Marine™,
Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX
Aviation™, and XMWX Marine™. SiriusXM holds a minority
interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million
subscribers.
On social media, join the SiriusXM community on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
This communication contains "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to,
statements about future financial and operating results, our plans,
objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future
operations, products and services; and other statements identified
by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will
continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe," "intend,"
"plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning.
Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs
and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to
significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and
contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally
beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from
the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual
results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other
expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: our
competitive position versus other radio and audio entertainment
providers; our ability to attract and retain subscribers, which is
uncertain; our dependence upon the auto industry; general economic
conditions; failure of our satellites, which, in most cases, are
not insured; the interruption or failure of our information and
communications systems; the security of the personal information
about our customers; royalties we pay for music rights, which
increase over time; the unfavorable outcome of pending or future
litigation; our failure to realize benefits of acquisitions; rapid
technological and industry change; failure of third parties to
perform; changes in consumer protection laws and their enforcement;
failure to comply with FCC requirements and other government
regulations; and our indebtedness. Additional factors that
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a result of developments occurring after the date of this
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Contacts:
Diane Lamb,
ESPN, diane.lamb@espn.com
Andrew FitzPatrick, SiriusXM,
212-901-6693, andrew.fitzpatrick@siriusxm.com
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