Gospel and R&B Music Star BeBe Winans to Launch Weekly Show on SIRIUS XM Radio
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will launch a new weekly show, The BeBe Experience, hosted by gospel and R&B great BeBe Winans on Praise, SIRIUS channel 68 and XM channel 33, on Sunday, October 31 at 2:00 pm ET.
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The BeBe Experience, which will air every Sunday at 2:00 pm ET and rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm ET, will feature Winans playing his favorite current and classic gospel music and sharing personal stories about various artists. Listeners will also hear artist interviews and features with some of BeBe's talented and renowned friends in the music and entertainment world.
"I have found that music has a way of helping me through the journey of life," said Winans. "And I am glad to be joining the SIRIUS XM family to reach out to millions through their journey with the music that I love."
BeBe Winans is a Grammy® Award winner, Dove Award winner, and Stellar Award winner, as well as an accomplished performer, writer, producer and songwriter. As part of the legendary Grammy winning brother and sister duo BeBe and CeCe Winans, BeBe is in the midst of ongoing promotion for the current chart topping CD, Still, the siblings' first album together in 15 years. The duo has performed for President and Mrs. Obama and recently appeared on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Fox Good Day New York and will receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011, along with Winfrey, Penelope Cruz, Simon Fuller and the late Buddy Holly. BeBe and CeCe lead the number of Stellar Award nominations for 2011 with a total of eleven nominations for Still.
Praise plays uplifting sounds of today's gospel superstars, including Hezekiah Walker, Shirley Caesar, Kirk Franklin, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond and Marvin Sapp.
For more information, visit www.sirius.com/praise or www.xmradio.com/praise.
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Contact for SIRIUS XM Radio: Samantha Bowman SIRIUS XM Radio 212 901 6644 samantha.bowman@siriusxm.com Contacts for BeBe Winans: Patti Conte Plan A Media, LLC 212-337-1406, ext 16 PattiConte@nyc.rr.com Amanda Charney Plan A Media, LLC 212-337-1406, ext 15 AmandaCharney@planamedia.com Melani Rogers Plan A Media, LLC 212-337-2034, ext 18 MelaniRogersny@aol.com
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Released October 26, 2010