NEW YORK, Sept. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer fans comprehensive coverage of the 2017 NFL season, featuring
live broadcasts of every game plus in-depth NFL talk on the
SiriusXM NFL Radio channel.
The NFL begins its 98th season on September 7 (8:30 pm
ET) when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Super Bowl LI
Champion New England Patriots. Throughout the season all NFL games
through Super Bowl LII 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
14th 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.
New to the SiriusXM NFL Radio roster this year will be former
NFL standouts Torry Holt,
Ed McCaffrey, Lance Moore and Geoff
Schwartz.
They join a team of analysts on the channel that includes Hall
of Famers Tim Brown, Mike Haynes, James
Lofton, Anthony Munoz and
Bill Polian, as well as former NFL
executives and coaches Gil Brandt,
Mark Dominik, Pat Kirwan and Phil
Savage, and former players David
Diehl, Anthony "Booger" McFarland, Jim Miller, Brady
Quinn, Ross Tucker,
Solomon Wilcots, Erik Coleman, Brad
Hopkins, Kirk Morrison,
Takeo Spikes, A.J. Hawk, James
Laurinaitis and Antrel
Rolle.
SiriusXM NFL Radio voices also include a number of NFL insiders
and radio veterans including Bob
Papa, Bruce Murray,
Alex Marvez, Vic Carucci, Dan
Leberfeld, Bill Lekas,
Zig Fracassi, Steve Torre, Howard
Balzer, Jeff Rickard,
Lance Medow, Mike Keith, Tom
Pelissero, John Clayton and
Cole Wright.
Jim Miller and Pat Kirwan will host a special edition of their
daily show, Movin' The Chains, live from the "NFL Kickoff"
events in Foxborough on Thursday, September
7 before the Chiefs-Patriots 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 32 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 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™ and SiriusXM 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 2.8 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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