NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer
fans comprehensive coverage of the 2016 NFL season, featuring live
broadcasts of every game plus in-depth NFL talk on the SiriusXM NFL
Radio channel.
The NFL kicks off its 97th season on September 8 (8:30 pm
ET) when the Denver Broncos host the Carolina Panthers in a
rematch of Super Bowl 50. Throughout the season all NFL games
through Super Bowl LI will air nationwide on satellite radios, and
are also available on the SiriusXM app and at SiriusXM.com for
authenticated subscribers with the SiriusXM All-Access package.
SiriusXM's NFL schedule will also include multiple
Spanish-language broadcasts on SiriusXM channel 157 each week,
including all primetime games on Sunday and Monday nights, the
Thursday Night Kickoff game, Thanksgiving
Day games, and select Sunday afternoon games during the
regular season. Listeners will also get Spanish-language
broadcasts for every playoff game. Weekly schedules can be
found at www.siriusxm.com/nflschedule.
In addition to live play-by-play, subscribers get daily NFL talk
on SiriusXM NFL Radio (channel 88), which is entering its
13th season offering in-depth coverage of the league, 24
hours a day, 365 days a year. The daily programming lineup features
shows hosted by NFL experts and interviews with players, coaches
and executives from around the league, plus coverage of the NFL's
marquee events.
Joining the roster this year will be newly enshrined Hall of
Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who
will host a series of hour-long broadcasts starting today,
September 6 (11:00 am ET). Favre and co-host
Bruce Murray will discuss the
headline news happening around the NFL, analyze the league's teams
and players, and share his experiences from his career and his life
since retiring. It will be the first regular sports media
role for the three-time NFL MVP since he retired after the 2010
season.
Favre joins a roster of analysts on the channel that includes
Hall of Famers Tim Brown,
Mike Haynes, James Lofton, Anthony
Munoz and Bill Polian, as
well as Gil Brandt, Mark Dominik, David
Diehl, Maurice Jones-Drew,
Pat Kirwan, Anthony "Booger"
McFarland, Jim Miller, Mike Nolan, Brady
Quinn, Ross Tucker,
Solomon Wilcots, Erik Coleman, Brad
Hopkins, Kirk Morrison,
Phil Savage and Takeo Spikes.
SiriusXM NFL Radio voices also include a number of NFL insiders
and radio veterans including Bob
Papa, Bruce Murray,
Alex Marvez, Howard David, Vic
Carucci, Dan Leberfeld,
Bill Lekas, Zig Fracassi, Steve
Torre, Casey Stern,
Howard Balzer, Jeff Rickard, Lance
Medow, Mike Keith,
Tom Pelissero, John Clayton and Cole
Wright.
Jim Miller and Pat Kirwan will host their daily show, Movin'
The Chains, live from the "NFL Kickoff presented by Hyundai"
events in Denver on Thursday, September 8 before the Broncos-Panthers
game. Miller will host post-game coverage from the stadium
after the final whistle.
Throughout the season SiriusXM NFL Radio listeners will also
hear weekly interviews with many head coaches from around the
league.
Go to www.siriusxm.com for more info. Follow the channel
on Twitter @SiriusXMNFL.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has more than 30.6 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 approximately 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.
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Source: SiriusXM
Media contact:
Andrew
FitzPatrick
SiriusXM
212-901-6693
Andrew.FitzPatrick@SiriusXM.com
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