SiriusXM College Sports Nation channel will broadcast from 13 college football pre-season camps in August
Hosts on tour include Eddie George, Houston Nutt, Rick Neuheisel, Gino Torretta, Randy Cross & Gil Brandt
Fans get an expert, in-depth look at many of the top teams in the country; Will hear interviews with coaches and players
NEW YORK – August 1, 2012 – Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that it will launch its inaugural SiriusXM College Sports Nation Camp Tour on August 2, during which it will broadcast on location from the training camps of many of the top college football programs in the country and give fans an early, in-depth look at the teams as they prepare for the 2012 season.
The SiriusXM College Sports Nation Camp Tour kicks off Thursday, August 2, from the campus of perennial national title contender LSU and will visit 13 camps over 16 days. Each broadcast will feature an in-depth analysis of the team by SiriusXM’s expert hosts, as well as interviews with coaches and players.
All shows will air on SiriusXM College Sports Nation, SiriusXM’s exclusive channel dedicated 24/7 to covering college sports. The channel is available to listeners nationwide on channel 91 on satellite radios, on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com.
“This college football camp tour typifies the kind of in-depth coverage that makes SiriusXM’s College Sports Nation channel truly one of a kind,” said Steve Cohen, SiriusXM’s SVP of Sports Programming. “Our college sports experts, many of whom played and coached at the highest levels of the game, will be on air for three hours from each location, watching practice and talking at length with the coaches and players who will be taking the field every Saturday this fall. Fans won’t find a more thorough analysis of their team.”
SiriusXM College Sports Nation hosts on tour include Heisman Trophy winners Eddie George and Gino Torretta; former college coaches Rick Neuheisel and Houston Nutt; College Football Hall of Famer and three-time San Francisco 49ers Pro Bowl center Randy Cross; longtime Dallas Cowboys pro personnel executive Gil Brandt; plus Jack Arute and Mark Packer.
For more info on the tour and other programming on SiriusXM College Sports Nation visit www.siriusxm.com/collegesports
2012 SiriusXM College Sports Nation Camp Tour Schedule: (All times ET)
Thu, Aug. 2: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
12-3pm, Hosts: Jack Arute & Gino Torretta
Fri, Aug. 3: University of Georgia, Athens, GA
7-10pm, Hosts: Jack Arute & Houston Nutt
Mon, Aug. 6: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
7-10pm, Hosts: Mark Packer & Rick Neuheisel
Wed, Aug. 8: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
12-3pm, Hosts: Mark Packer & Rick Neuheisel
Thu, Aug. 9: University of Texas, Austin, TX
12-3pm, Hosts: Mark Packer & Gil Brandt
Fri, Aug. 10: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
9am-12pm, Host: Mark Packer
Mon, Aug. 13: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
12-3pm, Hosts: Jack Arute & Randy Cross
Mon, Aug. 13: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
7-10pm, Hosts: Mark Packer & Eddie George
Tue, Aug. 14: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
12-3pm Host: Jack Arute
Wed, Aug. 15: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
12-3pm, Host: Mark Packer
Thu, Aug. 16: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
12-3pm, Hosts: Jack Arute & Randy Cross
Fri, Aug. 17: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
12-3pm, Host: Jack Arute
Fri, Aug 17: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
7-10pm, Hosts: Chris Childers & Rick Neuheisel
Schedule is subject to change.
SiriusXM College Sports Nation, channel 91, showcases the best college games and a daily lineup of college sports talk programming that offers news, highlights and season-long analysis of the nation’s teams and conferences. SiriusXM College Sports Nation listeners nationwide get live play-by-play of some of the season’s most anticipated matchups, expert analysis, interviews with many of the biggest names in the college game, plus live broadcasts from some of the biggest events in college sports.
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