XM will broadcast extensive coverage of the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25th live from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway."The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" will be heard on the IndyCar Series Racing channel (ch 145) starting at 1pm ET, with the pre-race show at noon ET. This is the first running of the Indy 500 since the unification of the IndyCar Series and CART/Champ Car.
Andretti Green Racing drivers Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan, Marco Andretti, and Hideki Mutoh will join team co-owner Michael Andretti at the speedway for a special edition of their weekly XM radio show "Andretti Green Racing Hour," which will air on May 21st, 7pm - 8pm ET, on XM Sports Nation (ch 144).
XM Sports Nation will also include daily coverage of the Indy 500, led by the motorsports show "Powershift" hosted by Joe Castello. Castello will host his show (which airs 8-10pm ET on weeknights) live from the speedway on May 22nd and 23rd, and he will host special editions of the show from the track on May 24th at noon ET and May 25th at 11am ET.
XM's IndyCar channel will also be carrying Indy 500 qualifying on May 17-18, Carb Day events and the Firestone Freedom 100 race May 23rd, and the IMS Radio Network show "Indy Live." A full list of dates and times is available here.
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How very exciting.
How very exciting.
How very exciting
Hey, at least you can hear the cars going around the track at amazing speeds with the sound of the cars reaching a high pitch as they pass the braodcast station. With golf, all you can hear is the club swing and then a long pause before a possble golf clap.
Peoplel listen to Golf? I would rather listen to Indy I think.......
You should read Orbitcast more...
"According to the PGA Tour, the channel draws an audience in the range of 460,000 to 2 million listeners, for an average of about 1 million."
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/xm-renews-with-the-pga-tour-surprised-i-was.html
Does anybody even care about this crap anymore? NASCAR is completely devestating them. The only way they get any press is because of that no talent whore Danica Patrick.
XM can keep wasting their time with this shit. They let the best get away from them when NASCAR went to the best radio on radio.
i listen to the xm broadcast while at the speedway through my headset...instead of craning your neck to see a video board, its really the only way to know whats going on.
got a promo xm at the US Open last year, too...that was even more useful while on-site.
i actually prefer the audio broadcast of golf or indy over the tv broadcasts....tv broadcasters manage to speak alot but not really say anything. audio broadcasters are much more informative.
"Does anybody even care about this crap anymore? NASCAR is completely devestating them. The only way they get any press is because of that no talent whore Danica Patrick.
XM can keep wasting their time with this shit. They let the best get away from them when NASCAR went to the best radio on radio."
as far as i am concerned, listening to ANYBODY drive around in an oval for a few hours is just as boring (probably more so) than watching it on TV.
"XM can keep wasting their time with this shit. They let the best get away from them when NASCAR went to the best radio on radio."
as far as i am concerned, listening to ANYBODY drive around in an oval for a few hours is just as boring (probably more so) than watching it on TV. "
Indy racing usually inst an oval, its more like a street. Nascar is boring. Indy is mildly entertaining.
Sirius paid way too much for Nascar. Typical.
Auto racing on the radio, fascinating.
"Auto racing on the radio, fascinating."
unless its NASCAR racing on Sirius, huh? then it is exciting?
Did XM finally get rid of the sponsorship of a car? I never understood why they were wasting that much money when trying to become profitable sponsoring a race car.
Makes me happy to hear the 500 on radio. It was a real drag not having a local radio station broadcasting. Dull is listening to the audio on TV. Been listening to the 500 since about 1955 and have missed only a handful when I couldn't find a station even with a great antenna.