Mike
Tirico, Curtis
Strange, Steve
Melnyk and Suzy Whaley join broadcast team
for SiriusXM's exclusive audio coverage of the Masters,
April 7-10
SiriusXM listeners will get first-ever live
radio broadcasts of Augusta
National Women's Amateur on April 2
and the Masters Par 3 Contest
on April 6
Harold Varner
III debuts his new SiriusXM show from
Augusta, Ga. on April 4
NEW
YORK, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM,
the exclusive audio broadcaster of the Masters Tournament, today
announced expanded broadcast plans for Masters week, April 2-10.
"The Masters is always such a special event, and we are excited
to deliver an exceptional level of coverage to our listeners again
this year," said Scott Greenstein,
SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "We've added
several distinguished voices to our play-by-play team, expanded our
coverage to include the Augusta National Women's Amateur and Par 3
Contest, and will present multiple shows hosted by players
competing this year and those who have won in years past. Our
subscribers will get an unparalleled perspective on the Masters
before, during and after the Tournament."
Masters week on SiriusXM programming is available on
channel 92 on SiriusXM radios. Subscribers can also listen
with the SXM App (siriusxm.us/SXMPGATourRadio), and with Amazon
Alexa, the Google Assistant or however they stream at home.
Streaming access is included with all of SiriusXM's trials and most
popular plans.
Live Masters Play-by-Play
SiriusXM's live Tournament coverage will air each day –
Thursday, April 7, through
Sunday, April 10 – starting at
2 pm ET and running through the
completion of play. Additionally, each day before the
broadcast begins at 2 pm, SiriusXM
will provide live look-in coverage of featured groups during its
programming in the morning and early afternoon.
Several new acclaimed voices join the SiriusXM broadcast team
this year. Mike Tirico will be
the lead play-by-play voice from 4 pm
ET through the conclusion of play each day. World Golf
Hall of Fame member Curtis Strange
will be the lead analyst for the Saturday and Sunday rounds.
Steve Melnyk will be the lead
analyst for the Thursday and Friday rounds. Suzy Whaley joins the team as an on-course
reporter.
Returning SiriusXM voices include Taylor
Zarzour, who will handle lead play-by-play duties from
2 to 4 pm ET each broadcast day, as
well as Fred Albers, Mark Carnevale, Brian
Katrek, John Maginnes,
Chantel McCabe, Jim McLean, Carl
Paulson and Jason Sobel.
Masters Par 3 Contest
SiriusXM will provide live coverage of the 2022 Masters Par 3
Contest on Wednesday, April 6
(2 - 5 pm ET), which will be the
first time the event airs on national radio. Taylor Zarzour will host the coverage alongside
World Golf Hall of Fame member Hale
Irwin. David Marr III
will conduct interviews with competitors.
Augusta National Women's
Amateur
Suzy Whaley, a trailblazer in her
career as a player, golf executive and instructor, will be the
analyst for SiriusXM's live coverage of the final round of the
Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday, April 2 (noon – 3 pm ET). This will be the first-ever live
radio broadcast of this event. David
Marr III will host the coverage alongside Whaley.
Exclusive SiriusXM Masters week programming
Masters Radio on SiriusXM will feature comprehensive pre- and
post-round coverage, as well as several specials airing throughout
the week.
- Thursday through Sunday, Chantel
McCabe will anchor the coverage from 10 am to 2 pm ET each day. McCabe will provide
play-by-play of featured groups on the course, with Carl Paulson as the analyst and Fred Albers reporting from inside the ropes.
SiriusXM's pre-round coverage will also feature renowned swing
coach Jim McLean reporting live from
the Tournament Practice Area at Augusta National each day.
- David Marr III and Greg DuCharme will start off SiriusXM's Masters
pre-round coverage Thursday and Friday at 8
am ET. Hale Irwin, who has
seven top-10 finishes in the Masters, will co-host with Marr and
DuCharme on Thursday. Dave Stockton,
who tied for second in the 1974 Masters, co-hosts on Friday.
- Immediately following each round, listeners will hear a
three-hour postgame show, hosted by Drew
Stoltz and Jason Sobel, that
will recap the day's play.
- On Thursday, SiriusXM will have live coverage of the Honorary
Starters Ceremony and the opening tee shots of Jack Nicklaus, Gary
Player and Tom Watson. The
introduction of the Honorary Starters and their tee shots
historically precede the first tee time of the Tournament's first
competitive round, signaling the official beginning of Masters
competition.
- PGA Tour pro Jason Kokrak, who
will be competing in this year's Tournament, will host his show,
Crushing It with Kokrak, on Monday at 8 pm ET.
- PGA Tour pro Harold Varner III
will debut his new SiriusXM show, The HV3 Show, on Monday
night at 9 pm ET alongside co-host
Taylor Zarzour. Varner, who is
ranked among the top 50 golfers in the world, will be competing in
his first Masters this year. The HV3 Show will air regularly
during the year.
- 1992 Masters champion Fred
Couples and George Downing
will host a new episode of The Fred Couples Show on Tuesday
at 3 pm ET.
Listeners will hear regularly scheduled shows hosted by
Taylor Zarzour, Michael Breed and Greg
DuCharme, Carl Paulson and
Dennis Paulson, Colt Knost and Drew
Stoltz, Michael Collins and
Jason Sobel, Brian Katrek and John
Maginnes, Gary McCord,
David Feherty, Kraig Kann and Chantel
McCabe throughout the week.
Masters History Specials
SiriusXM's annual Masters history special will debut
Friday, April 1, at 8 pm ET and be available throughout Masters week
on the SXM App. This year's special will celebrate the
anniversaries of memorable Masters moments including Tiger Woods'
monumental victory at the 1997 Masters and Hideki Matsuyama's historic victory at Augusta
National last year. Listeners will hear commentary from
Masters champions Ben Crenshaw and
Fred Couples, broadcaster
Jim Nantz and others.
For more information, visit masters.com or follow @TheMasters on
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
entertainment company in North
America, and the premier programmer and platform for
subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products.
SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million
listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free
tiers in North America, and
deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and
podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest
ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S.
SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make
it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics
and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media,
leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech
capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers.
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. For more about SiriusXM, please go to:
www.siriusxm.com.
Source: SiriusXM
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