ESPN's Stephen A. Smith to Host New National Radio Show Exclusively on SiriusXM; ESPN Radio to Produce the Daily Program

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ESPN and SiriusXM have reached an agreement for ESPN to produce The Stephen A. Smith Show exclusively for SiriusXM's Mad Dog Sports Radio, channel 85.  The two-hour daily program will debut on satellite radio on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 1 p.m. ET.  The show will be produced and broadcast from ESPN Audio's headquarters in Bristol.

"Words can't express how excited I am to be going to SiriusXM," said Smith. "I've waited a long time for this. All I'm going to say is Sept. 2 can't arrive soon enough. So Buckle Up!  Because I'm coming."

Traug Keller, ESPN senior vice president, production, business divisions, added, "This is an exciting new business opportunity for ESPN Audio. By creating outstanding exclusive audio content for SiriusXM, in this case The Stephen A. Smith Show, we are maximizing our presence on a variety of platforms that expand our reach and options for sports fans."

"Stephen A. is an exceptional talent," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer.  "We are thrilled he has chosen SiriusXM to be the exclusive home of The Stephen A. Smith Show and we're excited to collaborate with ESPN to provide him with a platform that delivers his commentary to listeners across the U.S. and Canada."

The Stephen A. Smith Show will lead in each day to Mad Dog Unleashed, hosted by the channel's headline personality, Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo.  The daily weekday lineup on Mad Dog Sports Radio will now feature:

Evan and Phillips in the Morning with Evan Cohen and Steve Phillips (6:00-10:00 am ET)
Schein on Sports with Adam Schein (10:00 am-1:00 pm ET)
The Stephen A. Smith Show (1:00 – 3:00 pm ET)
Mad Dog Unleashed with Christopher Russo (3:00 – 6:00 pm ET)
Dog Bites with Steve Torre (6:00 – 7:00 pm ET)
Mad Dog Sports Radio Tonight with Dan Graca (7:00 – 11:00 pm ET)
The Wrap with Patrick Meagher (11:00 pm – 2:00 am ET)

Smith will continue to make newsworthy guest appearances on ESPN New York 98.7FM and other ESPN Radio affiliates. He will remain a featured commentator on ESPN2's First Take and make appearances on SportsCenter and other ESPN television shows.  He had hosted a local radio show on ESPN New York since 2011. 

About ESPN Audio

ESPN Radio, the country's largest sports radio network, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNRadio.com, and ESPN Podcasts comprise ESPN Audio.

ESPN Radio, which launched January 1, 1992, provides more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content annually, reaching 24 million listeners a week on 450 nationwide stations, including more than 360 full-time affiliates and clearance in the top 25 markets.  ESPN owns and/or operates stations in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.  ESPN Radio programming is also available on SiriusXM and via digital distributors iTunes Radio, Slacker Radio and TuneIn.

ESPN Digital Audio includes one of the most listened to live streams of any terrestrial broadcaster in the world – reaching more than 714,000 listeners per month who logged more than six billion total listening minutes in 2013, with 15.4 million session starts per month (source: Ando Media). Additionally, ESPN Digital On Demand Content logged 216 million completed downloads in 2013 via the ESPN PodCenter and iTunes.

About SiriusXM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. SIRI is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has more than 26.3 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 from retailers nationwide as well as at shop.siriusxm.com. SiriusXM programming is available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at 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.

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Contacts:
Diane Lamb, ESPN, diane.lamb@espn.com
Andrew FitzPatrick, SiriusXM, 212-901-6693, andrew.fitzpatrick@siriusxm.com

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