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9/13/2005
XM Satellite Radio to Offer Multiple Play-By-Play Broadcasts for MLB League Championship Series and World SeriesXM Satellite Radio |
XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 4.4 million subscribers, announced today that it will offer multiple play-by-play broadcasts for each game during its comprehensive coverage of the 2005 Major League Baseball (MLB) League Championship Series and World Series.
XM will carry the home and visiting teams' broadcasts for every game of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), National League Championship Series (NLCS), and the 2005 World Series, in addition to the national ESPN Radio feed for all these games. A complete listing of MLB play-by-play channel assignments (XM Channels 176-189) for the 2005 MLB post-season will soon be available at http://www.xmradio.com.
"During the League Championship Series and World Series XM subscribers will have the choice of hearing three different play-by-play feeds, making XM's coverage of the 2005 LCS and World Series a complete experience for baseball fans," said Eric Logan, executive vice president of programming for XM Satellite Radio.
In addition to the game broadcasts, MLB Home Plate (XM Channel 175) will offer thorough coverage of the 2005 Pennant Races, Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series including the latest team news, game updates, interviews, highlights and more. XM's MLB en Espanol (XM Channel 190) will provide Spanish language coverage of the 2005 League Championship Series and World Series with national feeds from ESPN Deportes Radio.
XM is the leading provider of live play-by-play sports in satellite radio. XM is the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the PGA TOUR, the Indy Racing League, FIFA World Cup Soccer 2006, the US Open Series, and the college sports conferences Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten, and Pac-10. XM recently announced a long-term relationship with the National Hockey League (NHL). XM will begin broadcasting play-by-play of NHL games in October 2005 and will become the exclusive satellite radio network of the NHL in 2007.
XM also carries ESPN Radio, ESPNews Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio and XM Deportivo, XM's 24-hour Spanish language sports channel.
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