SiriusXM to Air 35 College Football Bowl Games This Postseason

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer listeners live broadcasts of 35 bowl games this college football postseason including all three games of the inaugural College Football Playoff featuring Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State.

The schedule begins this Saturday, December 20, with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at 11:00 am ET.  Subscribers will get both College Football Playoff Semifinal games on January 1 – The Rose Bowl Presented by Northwestern Mutual Life featuring #2 Oregon vs. #3 Florida State at 5:00 pm ET and The Allstate Sugar Bowl featuring #1 Alabama vs. #4 Ohio State at 8:30 pm ET.  Listeners can also tune in when the winners of those two games face off for the College Football Playoff National Championship at AT&T Stadium in Texas on January 12 at 8:30 pm ET.

A complete schedule of games and their SiriusXM channel assignments can be found at www.SiriusXM.com/bowlschedule.

Additionally, throughout the postseason, fans around the country can stay informed on everything happening across the college football landscape with SiriusXM College Sports Nation, channel 91, SiriusXM's 24/7 college sports channel.  

SiriusXM College Sports Nation is available to subscribers on satellite radios, on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com and features a team of expert hosts that includes Heisman Trophy winners, National Championship winners, and former coaches and players.  Listeners will hear analysis from Tim Brown, Eddie George, Gino Torretta, Gene Chizik, Greg McElroy, Gary Barnett, Dan Hawkins, Rick Neuheisel, Houston Nutt and Phil Savage; as well as Tim Brando, Jack Arute, Mark Packer, Bill King, Chris Childers and Taylor Zarzour.  

Listeners can also hear The Paul Finebaum Show, hosted by one of the leading voices in college football, weekdays at 3:00 pm ET on ESPN Xtra, SiriusXM channel 84.

Thirty of the bowl game broadcasts – including the College Football Playoff Semifinals and College Football Playoff National Championship – are produced and provided by ESPN Radio.  Other broadcast providers include RedVoice LLC, Touchdown Radio, and College Football Radio Network.

About SiriusXM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 26.7 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. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services to major automotive manufacturers, giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.

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