December 20, 2007

College football fans go bowling on XM starting tonight

Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 12:20 PM

2008 BCS on XM

To cap its first season of broadcasting college football games for all six conferences in the Bowl Championship Series, XM will air 30 bowl games, starting tonight with the Poinsettia Bowl and ending with the BCS National Championship Game on January 7th.

For the first time, XM sportscasters will provide the play-by-play coverage for four of the biggest games: XM’s T.J. Rives and Don McPherson will call the Sugar Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl will be announced by Gino Torretta and Bill Rosinski, and Dave Sims and Gary Danielson will cover the Orange Bowl and the national championship.

For the Rose Bowl, XM will carry the ESPN Radio feed with "Monday Night Football” host Mike Tirico and former coach Bob Davie.

Plus, ESPN is producing a special on the BCS which will air only on XM on ESPN Radio (ch 140). The show, hosted by ESPN’s Colin Cowherd, will air on December 29th at 8am ET and replay at 2pm ET, with encores on Dec. 30th at 6am and 5pm ET, Dec. 31st at 7pm ET and Jan. 1st at 8am ET.

The full schedule of bowl games with dates, times and channels can be found here.

December 3, 2007

XM to air 2008 BCS games

Monday, December 3, 2007 at 10:19 AM

2008 BCS on XM

XM Satellite Radio will air all five Bowl Championship Series (BCS) football games in January 2008.

The Allstate BCS National Championship, FedEx Orange Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and AllState Sugar Bowl are all broadcast by XM thanks to a multi-year agreement with FOX Sports. These will air on XM Sports Nation. And XM will air the Rose Bowl as part of their partnership with ESPN, so it will air on... wait for it... ESPN Radio.

According to Eric (E-Lo) Logan, EVP of programming at XM, over 1.3 million listeners are tuning in to XM every Saturday to hear the games. That's a pretty big turn out.

"XM is now the satellite radio home for all five BCS games, which bolsters our standing as the ultimate destination for college sports fans." added Logan.

College Football Hall of Famer Barry Switzer noted, "I can listen to all the BCS games on my radio wherever I am, anywhere across the country. That's what makes college football on XM so powerful. You can listen to hundreds of games from all over the place, wherever you are."

Check out see the full BCS games schedule after the jump...

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