NEW YORK, March 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
again provide the most comprehensive national Major League Baseball
coverage available on radio for the 2016 MLB season. SiriusXM
subscribers will have access to every regular season and postseason
game on their satellite radios and via the SiriusXM app, as well as
24/7 news, talk and analysis on the exclusive MLB Network Radio
channel.
MLB games are available on Sirius radios with either a Premier
or All Access package, and on all XM radios. Through
SiriusXM's agreement with MLBAM, MLB play-by-play is also available
to all subscribers on the SiriusXM app and online at
SiriusXM.com. The SiriusXM app offers a suite of 30
play-by-play channels dedicated to streaming the official radio
broadcasts of every MLB team, giving fans access to both the home
and visiting team broadcasts for every game.
For a schedule of games and their SiriusXM channels visit
www.SiriusXM.com/MLBschedule.
Listeners also get the most in-depth coverage and analysis of
the league 365 days a year with MLB Network Radio, SiriusXM's
24-hour baseball talk channel (XM channel 89, Sirius channel
209). The channel's roster of expert hosts includes former
GMs Jim Bowden,
Jim Duquette and
Steve Phillips, former
players Cliff Floyd,
Todd Hollandsworth,
Brad Lidge, CJ
Nitkowski, Steve Sax,
Mike Stanton and
Rico Petrocelli, national
baseball writers Tyler
Kepner, Scott
Miller and Jon Paul
Morosi, as well as Casey
Stern, Mike
Ferrin, Jim Memolo
and Grant Paulsen.
Throughout the season, listeners will hear weekly and bi-weekly
one-on-one interviews with several managers including: Ned Yost (Royals), Brad
Ausmus (Tigers), Kevin Cash
(Rays), John Farrell (Red Sox),
Terry Francona (Indians),
Chip Hale (Diamondbacks),
Clint Hurdle (Pirates) and
Bob Melvin (Athletics). For a
schedule of manager appearances go to
www.SiriusXM.com/MLBNetworkRadio.
MLB Network Radio also features a simulcast of Chris "Mad Dog"
Russo's MLB Network show, High Heat with Christopher Russo, every weekday afternoon
at 1:00 p.m. ET as well as simulcasts
of additional MLB Network television programming, including the
flagship studio show MLB Tonight on weeknights at
6:00 p.m. ET.
On Opening Day, April 4, MLB
Network Radio will broadcast live from Camden Yards before the
Baltimore Orioles host the Minnesota Twins. Former Orioles
executive Jim Duquette and
Jeff Joyce will host live from the
ballpark starting at 12:00 pm
ET. Then on Thursday, April
7, Duquette and Casey Stern
will broadcast from Nationals Park in Washington, DC, starting at 1:00 pm ET before the Nats open up their home
schedule against the Miami Marlins.
Follow the channel on Twitter @MLBNetworkRadio.
Additionally, SiriusXM's Radio Classics (channel 148) will
welcome the start of the season with a number of baseball themed
classic radio shows and segments airing throughout the week from
Opening Day, April 3, through
Saturday, April 9. Highlights include Abbott & Costello's
famous comedy routine "Who's On First?"; a Lux Radio Theater
adaptation of "Pride of The Yankees," the biographical motion
picture on Yankees great Lou Gehrig;
"The Ballad Of Satchel Paige," a half hour production presented by
Destination Freedom; and memorable appearances by Hall of Famers on
comedy and variety shows, such as Jackie
Robinson and Babe Ruth with Bob
Hope, Bob Feller with
Jack Benny, Hank Greenberg with Bing Crosby, and more.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has 29.6 million
subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and
talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from
every major car company in the U.S. and on smartphones and other
connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM
radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and
online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic,
weather, data and information services for subscribers through
SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®,
NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers weather, data and information
services to aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM
Marine™, Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX
Aviation™, XMWX Weather, and XMWX Marine™. In addition,
SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to
a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest
in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2.7 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services
to major automakers, giving customers access to a suite of safety,
security, and convenience services including automatic crash
notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside
assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.
To download SiriusXM logos and artwork, visit
http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.
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 and the timing of events
may differ materially from the results anticipated in these
forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual
results and the timing of events to differ materially from the
anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the
forward-looking statements: our substantial competition,
which is likely to increase over time; our ability to attract and
retain subscribers, which is uncertain; consumer protection laws
and their enforcement; the unfavorable outcome of pending or future
litigation; the market for music rights, which is changing and
subject to uncertainties; our dependence upon the auto industry;
general economic conditions; the security of the personal
information about our customers; existing or future government laws
and regulations could harm our business; failure of our satellites
would significantly damage our business; the interruption or
failure of our information technology and communications systems;
our failure to realize benefits of acquisitions or other strategic
initiatives; rapid technological and industry changes; failure of
third parties to perform; harmful interference to our service from
new and existing wireless operations; our failure to comply with
FCC requirements; modifications to our business plan; our
indebtedness; our principal stockholder has significant influence
over our affairs and over actions requiring stockholder approval
and its interests may differ from interests of other holders of our
common stock; and impairment of our business by third-party
intellectual property rights. Additional factors that could
cause our results to differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2015, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange
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herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any
intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as
a result of developments occurring after the date of this
communication.
Source: SiriusXM
Media contact:
Andrew
Fitzpatrick
SiriusXM
212-901-6693
Andrew.FitzPatrick@SiriusXM.com
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