Monday, April 23, 2007

NFL Draft Gets Sirius

April 23, 2007

Sirius Satellite Radio to Provide Comprehensive Live Coverage of the 2007 NFL Draft

SIRIUS NFL Radio channel to broadcast live April 28-29 from NFL Draft Headquarters at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

Listeners will hear complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of all seven rounds with expert analysis from SIRIUS' Draft experts Gil Brandt, Pat Kirwan and others

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI - News), the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, will provide the most comprehensive radio coverage available of the 2007 NFL Draft live on SIRIUS NFL Radio, channel 124, the only 24/7 year-round radio channel devoted to the NFL.

Source: SIRIUS Satellite Radio

On Saturday, April 28, SIRIUS NFL Radio will broadcast live from 11:00 am- 11:00 pm ET from NFL Draft headquarters at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. On Sunday, April 29, SIRIUS' on-site coverage continues from 11:00 am ET through the final selection. In all, with SIRIUS covering every pick of both days, 20 hours of live NFL Draft coverage will be presented.
SIRIUS will feature the live announcements of all 32 teams' selections; analysis by SIRIUS' lineup of NFL experts including Randy Cross, Gil Brandt, Pat Kirwan, Tim Ryan, Jim Miller, Adam Schein and Bryan McGovern; interviews with top draft picks and players around the country; and team reactions from coaches and general managers.

Subscribers can also listen to all of SIRIUS' live NFL Draft coverage online by tuning in channel 124 of SIRIUS Internet Radio (http://www.sirius.com/sir), the CD-quality, Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service.

On Thursday, April 26, SIRIUS NFL Radio's midday show, Movin' The Chains, hosted by Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwan, will air live (11 am-3 pm ET) from the Draft media luncheon at Chelsea Piers in New York City. Ryan, a third-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in 1990, and Kirwan, a former front-office executive of the New York Jets, will be on-site conducting interviews with some of the top prospects in this year's draft while providing SIRIUS listeners with all the latest pre-Draft news.

As the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, SIRIUS broadcasts live nationwide every pre-, regular, and post-season game of the NFL season, plus the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl. Listeners can hear home and visiting team broadcasts, national radio broadcasts and Spanish-language broadcasts for select games. SIRIUS NFL Radio, channel 124, airs year-round providing NFL fans with the only 24/7 radio channel dedicated entirely to professional football, with live games, news and analysis daily, coverage of the NFL Draft and other NFL events, a fantasy football show and more.

SIRIUS is also the Official Satellite Radio Partner and of the NASCAR, the NBA and the NHL, and carries live NCAA football and basketball from over 150 of the nation's colleges and universities. SIRIUS also carries live English Premier League Soccer, UEFA Champions League Soccer, Arena Football League, Canadian Football League, and National Lacrosse League games, plus live coverage of Wimbledon and a variety of other sports coverage. For more information visit http://www.sirius.com.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Tiki Barber Joins NBC's Today Show

Tiki Barber joins NBC to work at 'Today' show, analyze football
By DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer

NEW YORK Former NFL running back and new "Today" show correspondent Tiki Barber said his offseason work at Fox News Channel made him recognize he had a passion for a career outside of sports.Barber also said his problems with New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin had "started to take its toll on me."The just-retired NFL running back was formally introduced as an NBC Universal employee Tuesday. He'll contribute news and human interest stories to "Today," and he'll be an analyst on NBC's Sunday highlight show "Football Night in America" in the fall.
He spurned offers from Fox and ABC/Disney to take the NBC job."My dream has always been to be on the `Today' show," Barber said.Barber, 31, retired as a Pro Bowl running back, scoring a touchdown in the NFL all-star game last weekend. Barber and his disciplinarian coach had their rough patches, particularly when Barber said the Giants were outcoached after a playoff loss a season ago.Barber laid the groundwork for a broadcasting career while still active in the NFL. He was a correspondent for the Fox News Channel morning program "Fox & Friends," and has two programs on Sirius Satellite Radio, one on general topics and another on football that he does with his twin brother, Ronde Barber of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....read more: here

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Sirius is Satellite radio Home of Super Bowl XLI

January 29, 2007

Press Release

Source: SIRIUS Satellite Radio

SIRIUS is the Satellite Radio Home of Super Bowl XLIMonday

January 29, 8:00 am ET

SIRIUS to air ten game broadcasts in seven languages SIRIUS NFL Radio ch. 124 to broadcast live from Miami Beach Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts home radio feeds to air nationally

SIRIUS Satellite Radio, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, will provide the most comprehensive radio coverage of Super Bowl XLI, with multiple live game broadcasts, live day-long news and analysis every day of Super Bowl Week.

On Super Bowl Sunday, February 4, SIRIUS will air an expanded lineup of live play-by-play broadcasts of Super Bowl XLI to its growing subscriber base. SIRIUS will offer ten different game calls in seven languages, including both teams' local radio broadcasts and the national Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports broadcast. SIRIUS subscribers can choose from:

* Indianapolis Colts team broadcast - channel 125
* Chicago Bears team broadcast - channel 123
* Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports broadcast - channel 124
* Westwood One Spanish broadcast (Spanish-Latin America) - channel 181
* Canal + Spain broadcast (Spanish-Spain) - channel 147
* NTV + Russia broadcast (Russian) - channel 143
* France 2 broadcast (French) - channel 110
* NHK Japan broadcast (Japanese) - channel 107
* SMG broadcast (Mandarin Chinese) - channel 119
* ARD broadcast (German) - channel 130

From Monday, January 29 through Super Bowl Sunday, SIRIUS NFL Radio ch. 124, SIRIUS' 24/7 year-round NFL talk radio channel, will broadcast live every day from Radio Row at the Miami Beach Convention Center and will be streamed live and free of charge on the NFL's official game site www.superbowl.com.

Source: SIRIUS Satellite Radio

SIRIUS NFL Radio will provide up-to-the-minute news and analysis from a panel of expert hosts that includes Jerry Rice, Cris Carter, Tim Ryan, Pat Kirwan, Gil Brandt, Jim Miller, Carl Banks, Bob Papa and Adam Schein. SIRIUS NFL Radio will broadcast live from Dolphin Stadium on Media Day, Tuesday, January 30, from 10am to 3pm ET. Media Day shows will feature one-on-one interviews with players and coaches from the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears.
On Saturday, Feb. 3 from 2pm to 6pm ET, SIRIUS will have live coverage as the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 is announced at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Coverage will be hosted by Gil Brandt and Bryan McGovern and will feature the live announcement and one-on-one interviews with newly elected Hall of Famers.

SIRIUS NFL Radio Daily Schedule:

Monday - Friday
* 8 am - 10 am ET: The Opening Drive with Bob Papa, Cris Carter, Carl
Banks, Daryl Johnston and Gil Brandt.

* 10 am - 1 pm ET: Movin' The Chains with Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwan.

* 1 pm - 3 pm ET: The Red Zone with Bruce Murray, Cris Carter and Gil
Brandt.

* 3 pm - 7 pm ET: The Afternoon Blitz with Jerry Rice, Adam Schein and Jim
Miller.

* 7 pm - 8 pm ET: NFL Network's Total Access.
Saturday

* 8 am - 11 am ET: The Weekend Kickoff with Paul Allen and Jeff Dubay.

* 11 am - 2 pm ET: Press Coverage with Vic Carucci and Dan Leberfeld.

* 2 pm - 6 pm ET: Live Hall of Fame Election Coverage hosted by Gil Brandt
and Bryan McGovern and featuring interviews with newly elected Hall of
Famers.

* 6 pm - 8 pm ET: Chalk Talk. Highlights from Super Bowl Week on SIRIUS
NFL Radio.

Super Bowl Sunday

* 9 am - noon ET: The SIRIUS Tailgate Show with Adam Schein, John Madden,
Gil Brandt and Steve Cohen.

* Noon - 4 pm ET: The End Zone with Bryan McGovern.

* 4 pm ET: Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports Super Bowl XLI coverage
* Postgame coverage live from Dolphin Stadium with Pat Kirwan and Jack
Arute.

SIRIUS listeners in the Miami area during Super Bowl Week can also monitor traffic and weather conditions by tuning in to SIRIUS First Traffic and Weather for Miami on channel 153.
As the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, SIRIUS broadcasts live nationwide every pre-, regular, and post-season game of the NFL season, plus the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl. Listeners can hear Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports' broadcasts and Spanish-language broadcasts for select games. Fans can also tune into SIRIUS NFL Radio, channel 124, for the only 24/7/365 radio channel dedicated entirely to pro football talk.

In addition to being the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR, NBA, NHL, CFL, Wimbledon Championships and Barclays English Premier League soccer, SIRIUS broadcasts play-by-play for more than 150 colleges, including the entire NCAA® Division I Men's Basketball Championship (March 13 - April 2, 2007), plus several of the year's top thoroughbred horse races.

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