NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced
today the launch of Women In Trucking, a live, call-in show
airing exclusively on SiriusXM Road Dog channel 146. The
weekly, two-hour show will premiere on Saturday, January 20 at 11:00 am ET.
Hosted by Ellen Voie, SiriusXM's
Women In Trucking will feature listener call-ins and
interviews with professionals from the trucking industry - from
drivers, technicians, and engineers to transportation CEOs and
dispatchers - sharing their stories of the challenges and
opportunities of the open road.
Women In Trucking, a show geared towards men and women
listeners, will also address gender diversity issues pushing for
more women to join its ranks. With women making up 7% of the
trucking industry workforce, SiriusXM's Women In Trucking
will help promote the employment of more women by identifying and
removing the obstacles that keep them from entering the field.
"I am excited to host Women In Trucking and to hear from
SiriusXM listeners across the country," said Ellen Voie. "I look forward to hearing
from both male and female drivers to open up a bold new dialogue
about our industry and how we can move forward together."
"We welcome Ellen Voie and our
first, exclusive program dedicated to women in trucking," said
Dave Gorab, Vice President and
General Manager of Talk Programming, SiriusXM. "At a time
when women are increasingly joining the trucking industry, we are
pleased to bring Ellen's expertise and authoritative voice to our
fulltime channel dedicated to professional
drivers."
Ellen Voie is President and CEO
of The Women In Trucking Association. She was at
Schneider, Inc., and served as the Executive Director of Trucker
Buddy International, Inc. She has been honored by the White
House as a "Transportation Innovators Champion of Change" and in
2016, she was chosen as one of Fleet Owner's Dozen Outstanding
Women In Trucking. In 2017, Voie was named to Insight Success
Magazine's "The 30 Most Inspirational Leaders in Business."
She serves on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Motor Carrier
Association and is a member of the Wisconsin DOT's Motor Carrier
Advisory Committee. Voie is the recipient of the Skinner
Humanitarian Award and the Frank W.
Babbitt Award from the Wisconsin Motor Carriers
Association, an annual recognition given for outstanding service to
the trucking industry and association as a whole. Voie has worked
as a dispatcher, a transportation consultant and has written
extensively about trucking and family issues publishing Marriage
in the Long Run, a collection of some of her most popular
columns and Crushing Cones. She also created a workbook for
professional drivers and their families which assists the driver's
family in coping with the time and distance apart. She holds
a B.A. and a Master's Degree in Communications. She lives in
Wisconsin.
SiriusXM subscribers can hear Road Dog programming via SiriusXM
On Demand, through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other
connected devices, as well as online
at www.siriusxm.com/player.
SiriusXM's 200+ channels – including SiriusXM's Road Dog channel
– are also available for streaming to SiriusXM subscribers
nationwide with Amazon Alexa. Go
to www.SiriusXM.com/AmazonAlexa to learn more.
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