XM is adding a whole new slate of ESPN programs to its line up, and is rebranding XM channel 141 as a new ESPN Radio-dedicated channel, starting next Monday, February 4th.

XM's ESPNEWS (ch 141) will be getting a name change to "ESPN Xtra." The channel will grow its current schedule of ESPNEWS programming with new shows and specials, including three ESPN Radio talk programs from its stations in New York and Dallas.

Interestingly enough, it looks like ESPN is expanding its reach with satellite radio. In December, ESPN and Sirius announced that they would be adding SportsCenter and other ESPN programming to Sirius' lineup.

The ESPN Xtra channel will also air content produced by ESPN exclusively for XM throughout the year, live coverage of events ranging from the X Games to the ESPY Awards, and ESPN columnist Bill Simmons' popular podcast from ESPN.com.

Don't worry, XM will continue to offer ESPN Radio (ch 140).

Click the jump to see a rundown of the new shows making their way to ESPN Xtra...

The NHL All-Star Game will air this Sunday, January 27th on XM Satellite Radio.

The eastern and western conferences will face off at 6pm ET on the NHL play-by-play XM channel 205. Plus, the hockey talk radio channel NHL Home Ice (ch 204) will be live from the game site at Phillips Arena in Atlanta through the weekend, and XM’s Top 20 on 20 (ch 20) will provide the music for the pre-game festivities.

The starting line-up for the two teams was chosen by fan balloting sponsored by XM.

And for the fans who want to hear the best of hockey’s minor leagues, XM will have live coverage of the all-star games for the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League. The ECHL All-Star Game kicks iff tomorrow, January 23rd, at 10pm ET on XM channel 206, and the AHL All-Star game is Monday, January 28th, at 7pm ET on XM channel 204.

Tony Kornheiser, whose radio show returns to XM this Monday, stopped by the XM studios in Washington DC yesterday.

The ESPN analyst and Washington Post columnist is resuming his radio show after a seven-month hiatus to focus on his role on “Monday Night Football.”

Kornheiser does his radio show at terrestrial station WWWT-AM in Washington, and XM carries the show nationally on XM Sports Nation (ch 144) weekdays from 8:15am to 10am ET.

Kornheiser came to XM headquarters - lovingly referred to as "The Eck" - to do some production for the XM broadcast and tape an interview with Bob Edwards, who will air the interview on XM Public Radio (ch 133) this Monday at 8am ET.

Monday is Tony’s first day back on the air on both XM and WWWT. It’s also the first day that XM Sports Nation will start carrying Dan Patrick’s new show (which airs from 10am to 12 noon ET... right after Kornheiser).

Former ESPN personality Dan Patrick will have his show air on XM Satellite Radio starting on January 21st.

Patrick premiered his new syndicated radio show in October after leaving ESPN in August. In addition to the radio show, Patrick recently joined Sports Illustrated as a senior writer for the magazine and SI.com, and will re-launch DanPatrick.com in February 2008.

Prior to joining the Content Factory (a Chicago-based content distribution company which owns and produces the show) Patrick spent 18 years at ESPN, where he served as an anchor on "SportsCenter" and, for the past eight years, hosted his ESPN Radio show.

"The Dan Patrick Show" will broadcast on XM Sports Nation (ch 144) every weekday from 10am to 12 noon ET/7am - 9am PT.

[Press Release]
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