NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer
listeners nationwide comprehensive play-by-play and talk coverage
of the 2017 PGA Championship, taking place August 10-13 at the Quail Hollow Club in
Charlotte, NC. PGA
Championship programming will air on Sirius channel 208 and XM
channel 92.
Live hole-by-hole coverage, which SiriusXM will co-produce with
Westwood One, will air from 12:00 pm-7:00 pm
ET all four days of Championship play, for a total of 28
hours of live coverage from the course on satellite radios and on
the SiriusXM app.
The broadcast will be hosted by play-by-play voice Taylor Zarzour, with PGA Professional Charlie
Rymer serving as the analyst in the booth. Former tour
professionals Mark Carnevale,
John Maginnes and Dennis Paulson, and broadcasters Fred Albers, Doug
Bell and Bill Rosinski will
provide live commentary from around the course.
"Golf fans will get an exceptional level of coverage of the
year's final major, which annually features one of the strongest
fields in golf," said Scott
Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer.
"With four days of play-by-play from Quail Hollow and exclusive
shows hosted by two-time PGA Championship-winner Dave Stockton, PGA of America president
Pete Bevacqua and more of the game's
greats, our listeners will get an excellent perspective on the
course, the event and the competitors."
Beyond the play-by-play coverage, SiriusXM will provide fans
with an extensive schedule of daily golf talk and PGA Championship
analysis throughout Championship week:
During the week of the Championship, SiriusXM's exclusive talk
programming lineup will include shows hosted by Dave Stockton, who won the PGA Championship
in 1970 and 1976, major champions Mark
Calcavecchia, Ben
Crenshaw, Hale
Irwin, Larry Mize,
and Craig Stadler, as well as
current and former PGA TOUR pros Pat
Perez, Chris
DiMarco, Mark Lye
and Carl Paulson.
SiriusXM's programming lineup also features shows hosted by top
instructors Hank Haney, Jim McLean, Larry
Rinker and Golf Channel's Michael
Breed, distinguished PGA professional Bob Ford, as well as John Feinstein, Debbie
Doniger, Matt Adams,
Fred Albers, David Armitage, Michael
Collins, Brian Crowell,
Frank Darby, Kyle Gentry, Trey
Jones, Conrad Ray,
Jeff Warne and others. Visit
www.SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio for a daily
schedule.
About SiriusXM
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information services for subscribers through SiriusXM Traffic™,
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SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a
variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in
SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services,
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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