SiriusXM Offers Extensive Coverage of 2015 MLB Season
From Opening Day through World Series, subscribers get access to every regular season and postseason game on satellite radios and the SiriusXM app
MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM offers daily in-depth baseball talk and analysis
NEW YORK, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of Major League Baseball, will provide comprehensive coverage for the 2015 MLB season, offering subscribers the most extensive coverage available in radio. SiriusXM subscribers will have access to every regular season and postseason game on their satellite radios, as well as on their mobile devices and online.
MLB games are available on Sirius radios with either a Premier or All Access package and on all XM radios. Through SiriusXM's agreement with MLBAM, MLB play-by-play is also available to all subscribers on the SiriusXM app and online at SiriusXM.com.
SiriusXM subscribers listening to MLB games through the SiriusXM app or online have access to a suite of 30 play-by-play channels dedicated to streaming the official radio broadcasts of every MLB team. These channels give fans access to both the home and visiting team broadcasts for every MLB game, allowing them to hear their favorite team's announcers all season long.
Listeners also get access to multiple Spanish-language broadcasts each night of the regular season from a select number of teams. For a schedule of games in English and Spanish with their channel assignments visit www.SiriusXM.com/MLBschedule.
Listeners will continue to get the most in-depth radio coverage of the league 365 days a year with MLB Network Radio, SiriusXM's 24-hour baseball talk channel (XM channel 89, Sirius channel 209). The channel features the latest baseball news and daily baseball talk with a roster of expert hosts that includes former GMs Jim Bowden, Jim Duquette and Steve Phillips, former Rookie of the Year Todd Hollandsworth, former manager Kevin Kennedy, former All-Stars Brad Lidge, Steve Sax, Mike Stanton and Rico Petrocelli, national baseball writers Tyler Kepner, Scott Miller and Jon Paul Morosi, as well as Casey Stern, Mike Ferrin, Jim Memolo and others.
The channel will continue to feature a simulcast of Chris "Mad Dog" Russo's MLB Network show, High Heat with Christopher Russo, every weekday afternoon, as well as simulcasts of additional MLB Network television programming, including the flagship studio show MLB Tonight.
On Opening Day, April 6, MLB Network Radio will broadcast live from Nationals Park, where the Washington Nationals will host their division rival, the New York Mets. Casey Stern and Mike Ferrin will host live from the ballpark at 1:00 pm ET. Then on Friday, April 10, Jim Duquette and Ferrin will broadcast their show, Power Alley, from Camden Yards in Baltimore starting at 10:00 am ET before the Orioles open up their home schedule against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Follow the channel on Twitter @MLBNetworkRadio.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 27.3 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and on smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and at shop.siriusxm.com. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and information services for subscribers in cars, trucks, RVs, boats and aircraft through SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™, SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM Marine™, Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX Aviation™, and XMWX Marine™. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services to major automakers, 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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Released April 2, 2015