NEW YORK, April 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
provide listeners nationwide with the most comprehensive coverage
of the 2015 NFL Draft available on radio, with live coverage of
every selection from every round, as well as four days of special
programming - on the SiriusXM NFL Radio and SiriusXM Fantasy Sports
Radio channels – live from Chicago.
From the first round on Thursday, April
30, through the final round on Saturday, May 2, SiriusXM NFL Radio (channel 88)
will broadcast live from the 2015 NFL Draft as it happens at
Chicago's historic Auditorium Theatre
of Roosevelt University (Thursday and
Friday) and at Selection Square in Grant
Park (Saturday). Listeners will hear the live
announcements of all 32 teams' selections through all seven rounds,
as well as interviews with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and dozens of draftees,
general managers and coaches.
SiriusXM NFL Radio's on-site broadcast team will include
Gil Brandt, the former VP of
Player Personnel for the Dallas Cowboys; Pat Kirwan, a former NFL scout, coach and
front-office executive; veteran NFL QB Jim Miller; former college coach and NFL
general manager Phil Savage;
and lead host Jason Horowitz.
On Thursday and Friday, Miller and Kirwan will host their daily
show, Movin' the Chains, from the Auditorium Theatre
starting at 3:00 pm ET and leading
into each day's live Draft coverage (starting Thursday at
7:00 pm ET and Friday at 6:00 pm ET).
On Saturday, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik and Howard David will host The Weekend
Kickoff starting at 8:00 am ET
and leading into live coverage of rounds four through seven
(starting at 12:00 pm ET).
Following the conclusion of round one on Thursday, Dominik will
host SiriusXM NFL Radio's post-Draft show alongside Casey Stern. After rounds two and
three on Friday, the post-Draft show will be hosted by former
college coach Rick Neuheisel
with Jeff Rickard. On
Saturday, after rounds four through seven, the post-Draft coverage
will be hosted by former NFL Pro Bowl lineman Brad Hopkins and Bill Lekas.
SiriusXM's coverage from Chicago starts on Wednesday, April 29, when Miller and Kirwan will
broadcast from NFL Play 60 in Grant
Park (11:00 am – 1:00 pm ET).
On Wednesday, April 29, SiriusXM
NFL Radio will broadcast live (8:00 – 11:00
pm ET) from the NFL Draft Eve Party at Park West in
Chicago, where hosts Gil Brandt and Alex
Marvez will interview several of the NFL Legends who
will be at the event.
SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, SiriusXM's 24/7 fantasy sports
talk channel (XM channel 87 and Sirius channel 210) will also be in
Chicago, broadcasting live from
Grant Park during the first three
rounds on Thursday and Friday.
The channel's coverage will air Thursday from 7:00 pm to midnight ET and Friday from
6:00 to 11:00 pm ET featuring pick by
pick analysis from a fantasy football perspective. Former NFL
running back Maurice
Jones-Drew and fellow SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio
hosts John Hansen,
Jeff Mans, Mike Dempsey and Bob Harris will host live in front of the
fans at "Draft Town." SiriusXM's Pilar Lastra will also be a part of both
days' broadcasts in Grant Park,
where she will talk with fans in attendance before and after team
selections.
As the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, SiriusXM
airs live play-by-play of every NFL game from the pre-season
through the Super Bowl.
Follow our channels on Twitter: @SiriusXMNFL and
@SiriusXMFantasy.
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