NEW YORK, March 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
today announced the broadcast of SiriusXM's Ultra Virtual Audio
Festival on UMF Radio starting on Friday, March 20.
SiriusXM's Ultra Virtual Audio Festival will feature exclusive
live DJ sets from artists who were originally scheduled to perform
at Ultra Music Festival, including Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Above &
Beyond, Major Lazer, Lost
Frequencies, Oliver Heldens,
Nicky Romero, and more.
SiriusXM's UMF Radio channel will launch on Friday, March 20 at 5:00
pm ET and will air through Monday,
March 23 on channel 52, on satellite radios and on the
SiriusXM app.
The limited-run channel will also highlight past live DJ sets
from previous Ultra Music Festival performances that have aired
live on SiriusXM. Past sets from DJs, including Kygo, The
Chainsmokers, Marshmello with special guest Roddy Ricch,
Zedd, and Carl Cox, will broadcast
throughout the weekend.
"With the postponement of beloved events, necessary changes in
people's everyday life, and need for social distancing, we know our
listeners are seeking a sense of community more than ever," said
Scott Greenstein, President and
Chief Content Officer of SiriusXM. "To encourage that, we are
pleased to be working with Ultra Music Festival to provide our
listeners with this virtual audio festival featuring the diverse
lineup of artists the UMF delivers year after year, as well as
exclusive, fresh, new sets from some of the biggest names in dance
music."
For the past 15 years, SiriusXM has broadcasted live
from Ultra Music Festival, the world famous outdoor electronic
dance music festival, headlined by some of the most important names
in dance music in Miami,
FL.
UMF Radio is also a weekly show on SiriusXM's Diplo's Revolution
channel. The two-hour weekly show features a mix of the genre's
most prominent and up-and-coming artists. UMF Radio airs Saturdays
from 6:00—8:00 pm ET.
Ultra Music Festival ticket holders will receive an email
offering access to SiriusXM's UMF Radio and its other
programming. New customers can take advantage of a trial
subscription offer to listen to SiriusXM's UMF Radio. For
Offer Details and to sign up go
to https://www.siriusxm.com/VirtualUltra.
SiriusXM subscribers can listen to UMF Radio (ch. 52) and other
channels on SiriusXM radios, and those with streaming access can
listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home
on a wide variety of connected devices, including smart TVs,
devices with Amazon Alexa or the Google Assistant, Apple TV,
PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to
www.SiriusXM.com/streaming to learn more.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
entertainment company in the U.S., and the premier programmer and
platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio
products. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest
ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S.
SiriusXM and Pandora together reach more than 100 million people
each month with their audio products. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM
Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio
entertainment in Canada. In
addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers
connected vehicle services to automakers and directly to consumers
through aftermarket devices. For more about SiriusXM, please go
to: www.siriusxm.com.
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