NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer
listeners nationwide comprehensive play-by-play and talk coverage
of the 100th PGA Championship, taking place August 9-12 at Bellerive CC in St. Louis, MO. PGA Championship
programming will be available to subscribers nationwide through
SiriusXM radios (Sirius channel 208 and XM channel 92), the
SiriusXM app and the streaming web player at SiriusXM.com.
Live hole-by-hole coverage, which SiriusXM will co-produce with
Westwood One, will air starting at 12:00 pm
ET all four days of Championship play, for a total of 30
hours of live tournament play-by-play from the course.
The broadcast will be hosted by play-by-play voice Taylor Zarzour, with 1992 PGA TOUR Rookie of the
Year Mark Carnevale serving as the
analyst in the booth. Maureen
Madill, John Maginnes,
Dennis Paulson, Fred Albers and Bill
Rosinski will provide live commentary from around the
course, with Debbie Doniger covering
the practice grounds and handling interviews.
"We're excited for another strong field and exciting event at
this year's PGA Championship," said Scott
Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer.
"Throughout the tournament and the days leading up to it our
listeners will be immersed in everything happening both inside and
beyond the ropes at Bellerive."
Beyond play-by-play coverage, SiriusXM will provide fans with an
extensive schedule of daily golf talk and PGA Championship analysis
throughout Championship week:
SiriusXM's exclusive talk programming lineup will include shows
hosted by Dave Stockton, who
won the PGA Championship in 1970 and 1976, as well as several major
champions who have finished near the top of the leaderboard in the
PGA Championship, including Fred
Couples, Ben
Crenshaw, Hale
Irwin, Greg Norman
and Craig Stadler.
This Wednesday, SiriusXM and the PGA of America will also launch
a new weekly talk show hosted by David Marr III—PGA of
America Radio. Airing each Wednesday at 4:00 pm ET, PGA of America Radio will
focus on expert PGA Member instruction and analysis, major PGA of
America golf events, featured programs designed to grow the game
and a unique insider's perspective from special guests from
throughout the golf industry.
SiriusXM's lineup during Championship week also features shows
hosted by current and former PGA TOUR pros Pat Perez, John
Cook, Chris
DiMarco, Mark Lye
and Carl Paulson; top PGA and
LPGA instructors Michael
Breed, Debbie
Doniger, Hank
Haney, David
Leadbetter, Jim
McLean and Larry
Rinker; and many others.
Visit SiriusXM.com/golfonsxm for more info and a daily
schedule.
About SiriusXM
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radio company measured by revenue and has approximately 33.5
million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
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well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are
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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 2.6 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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