SIRIUS XM Radio to Broadcast 25 Bowl Games This College Football Postseason

Coverage will include all five Bowl Championship Series games

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will broadcast an extensive lineup of college bowl games throughout the 2009-10 college football postseason.

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SIRIUS XM's coverage features live play-by-play of 25 games including the Rose Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl and the Citi BCS National Championship game.

The schedule will begin with the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday, December 19 (4:30pm ET, SIRIUS channel 120 and XM channel 140) and continues through Thursday, January 7, when #1 ranked Alabama faces off against #2 Texas in the Citi BCS National Championship Game (8:00pm ET on SIRIUS channel 120 and XM channel 140). A complete schedule of games and channels appears below.

Leading up to the national title game, SIRIUS XM's college sports talk show, Rivals Radio, will broadcast live from Southern California beginning Monday January 4th every weekday (SIRIUS channel 122 and XM channel 143). Hosts Bill King and Chris Childers will interview coaches and players competing in Bowl Championship Series games and discuss the latest news and biggest stories happening on the college football landscape.

Fans can also tune in to Mad Dog Radio (SIRIUS channel 123 and XM channel 144) for live two-way sports talk and the latest news throughout the college football postseason. Hosts Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Gary Williams, Andy Gresh, Bruce Murray, Bill Pidto, Dino Costa and others will discuss bowl matchups and results and look ahead to next year's contenders for the national title.

SIRIUS XM's College Bowl game schedule: (All times ET)

New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque, NM - Wyoming vs. Fresno St.

December 19, 4:30pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

St. Petersburg Bowl, St. Petersburg, FL - Central Florida vs. Rutgers

December 19, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans, LA - Middle Tennessee St. vs. So. Mississippi

December 20, 8:30pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, San Diego, CA - Utah vs. California

December 23, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Honolulu, HI - Nevada vs. Southern Methodist

December 24, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Little Caesars Bowl, Detroit, MI - Marshall vs. Ohio

December 26, 1:00pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

Meineke Car Care Bowl, Charlotte, NC - Pittsburgh vs. North Carolina

December 26, 4:30pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

Emerald Bowl, San Francisco, CA - Boston College vs. USC

December 26, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Nashville, TN - Kentucky vs. Clemson

December 27, 8:30pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

Roady's Humanitarian Bowl, Boise, ID - Bowling Green vs. Idaho

December 30, 4:30pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, San Diego, CA - Nebraska vs. Arizona

December 30, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, TX - Air Force vs. Houston

December 31, 12:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Texas Bowl, Houston, TX - Navy vs. Missouri

December 31, 3:30pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

Chick-fil-A Bowl, Atlanta, GA - Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee

December 31, 7:30pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Outback Bowl, Tampa, FL - Northwestern vs. Auburn

January 1, 11:00am, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA - Ohio State vs. Oregon

January 1, 4:30pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, LA - Cincinnati vs. Florida

January 1, 8:30pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

International Bowl, Toronto, Canada - South Florida vs. Northern Illinois

January 2, 12:00pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

PapaJohns.com Bowl, Birmingham, AL - Connecticut vs. South Carolina

January 2, 2:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN - Arkansas vs. E. Carolina

January 2, 5:30pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, TX - Michigan State vs. Texas Tech

January 2, 9:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, AZ - Boise State vs. TCU

January 4, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

FedEx Orange Bowl, Miami, FL - Georgia Tech vs. Iowa

January 5, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

GMAC Bowl, Mobile, AL - Central Michigan vs. Troy

January 6, 7:00pm, SIRIUS channel 122 / XM channel 143

Citi BCS National Championship Game, Pasadena, CA - Texas vs. Alabama

January 7, 8:00pm, SIRIUS channel 120 / XM channel 140

XM acquired the rights to broadcast the FedEx Orange Bowl, the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in a multi-year agreement with FOX Sports.

For game schedules and channel listings, please visit www.sirius.com or www.xmradio.com.

About SIRIUS XM Radio

SIRIUS XM Radio is America's satellite radio company delivering to subscribers commercial-free music channels, premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, and traffic and weather.

SIRIUS XM Radio has content relationships with an array of personalities and artists, including Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Jamie Foxx, Barbara Walters, Opie & Anthony, Bubba the Love Sponge®, Bob Edwards, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Jimmy Buffett, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. SIRIUS XM Radio is the leader in sports programming as the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, Major League Baseball®, NASCAR®, NBA, NHL®, and PGA TOUR® and major college sports.

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Released December 17, 2009