NEW YORK, May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced
today that CNN legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, and
bestselling author Laura Coates will
host a live, two-hour talk show exclusively on SiriusXM.
The Laura Coates Show will feature Coates' lively
analysis of the trending news of the day and impactful interviews
with entertainers, politicians, DC insiders and game changers on
the topics of politics, pop culture and everything in
between.
Launching Monday, May 15, The
Laura Coates Show will broadcast live, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
ET, on SiriusXM's Urban View channel 126, On Demand and
through the SiriusXM app.
"I am thrilled to join SiriusXM and have the chance to connect
with listeners outside the soundbite world," said Laura Coates. "I can't wait to delve deep
into the issues that matter most to us all and listen-in as
listeners nationwide and guests share their emotionally charged
stories and points of view."
The launch of "The Laura Coates Show" coincides with SiriusXM
host, publisher and award-winning journalist Karen Hunter taking on an expanded role as a
programming consultant to the Urban View channel. Hunter will
oversee the direction of the channel - further positioning it as
the radio home of diverse African American programming and
elevating the national conversation to be reflective of the
complexity of the African American community.
"Laura Coates joins SiriusXM's
Urban View as we expand the channel's range and add fresh voices to
its already compelling talk programming," said Karen Hunter, Urban View host and Programming
Consultant, SiriusXM. "Laura's gift for translating complex
issues and ideas, and demystifying legal issues, is remarkable and
we can't wait for her to engage with our growing family of
listeners."
Laura Coates is an on-air legal
analyst for CNN. She has shared her expertise nationally on
Anderson Cooper 360, The
Lead with Jake Tapper, and
The Situation Room with Wolf
Blitzer among others. A former Assistant United
States Attorney for the District of
Columbia, she has also served as a Trial Attorney in the
Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, specializing in
the enforcement of Voting Rights throughout the United States. As a civil
rights attorney, she traveled throughout the United States supervising local and
national elections and led investigations into allegations of
unconstitutional voting practices. In private practice, Laura
was an intellectual property litigator with an expertise in First
Amendment and media law. She is the author of You Have the
Right…A Constitutional Guide to Policing the
Police.
Coates is a graduate of Princeton
University's Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs, and the
University of Minnesota Law School. She
is a Lecturer of Law at George Washington
University Law School. She resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two
children.
SiriusXM's Urban View channel offers 24/7 programming about
issues affecting the African-American community.
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www.siriusxm.com.
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