UGA inks deal with XM Satellite Radio - Orbitcast

UGA inks deal with XM Satellite Radio

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Georgia Bulldogs on XMAll University of Georgia football games, and most of their men's and women's basketball games, will be carried on XM Satellite Radio as part of a 5-year agreement.

The UGA Athletic Association made the announcement yesterday, which is expected to give Georgia an average of $150,000 per year as part of the deal. Georgia also said that while all of its regular-season football games will air on XM this fall, at least eight will feature the call of the UGA broadcast crew of Larry Munson, Scott Howard and Loran Smith.

It's unclear whether this deal is part of, or in addition to, XM's 5-year deal with the SEC. But seeing as it was announced several months after the SEC deal, I'm willing to guess that this is a separate deal. XM also has a Georgia Bulldogs promotion running ($99 for radio + 6 months of service).

[AJC.com]
Thanks Josh!

UPDATE: After some research, it looks like this is just a duplicate, UGA-specific, announcement in advance of the football season. Blah.

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While this might be a duplicate it does have some news in it. It has been speculated that Larry Munson was going to retire for health reasons. Maybe this means that some sort of arrangement has been made to keep Larry Munson comfortable. He's 84 years old and his health is beginning to fail.

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