NEW YORK, April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that for the first time in the history of the
event, Coachella will be broadcast
live on radio.
SiriusXM's exclusive radio broadcast will showcase a diverse
line-up featuring performances from Jack
White, Hozier, Vance Joy,
alt-J, Axwell^Ingrosso, Alabama Shakes, Fitz & The Tantrums,
Alesso, Milky Chance, Cedric
Gervais, Interpol, FKA twigs and many more.
"We are excited to work with the Coachella team on presenting the first ever
live radio broadcast of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival. With SiriusXM's nationwide reach via satellite and
online, we are the perfect destination for music fans to hear all
the great music and unforgettable moments that make up Coachella," said Steve
Blatter, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Music
Programming, SiriusXM.
SiriusXM's Coachella broadcast
will air on Alt Nation channel 36 beginning Friday, April 10 at 2:00
pm ET. Select performances will also air on The Spectrum
channel 28, SiriusXMU channel 35, BPM channel 51, Electric Area
channel 52, and through the SiriusXM App on smartphones and other
connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.
Anchoring SiriusXM's broadcasts will be SiriusXM hosts
Jenny Eliscu and Jeff Regan, along with celebrity guest hosts,
with exclusive Coachella news and
happenings, performance set time updates, artist interviews as well
as field reports from the festival grounds.
Subscribers can enter for the chance to win a trip for two to
Indio, California for weekend two
of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, including round-trip
airfare, four nights' hotel stay and a pair of three-day passes to
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on
April 17 – April 19. (Entry deadline is 3:00 am ET on April
9.) See Official Rules for complete details at
www.siriusxm.com/coachella.
For more details about broadcast times go to
www.siriusxm.com/coachella2015.
For more information on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival, please visit www.coachella.com.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit www.siriusxm.com.
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