History
Sporting News Radio (2001-2006)
Before XMSN, channel 143 was a complete simulcast of Sporting News Radio, a United States based national sports radio network, of which XM had an exclusivity contract with. It was complemented on XM by its competitors, the long runningXM Sports Nation (2006-2010)
On August 28, 2006, Sporting News Radio became XM Sports Nation, and featured several new shows exclusive to XM. XM had already used the XM Sports Nation name to brand their sportscasts, often ending the games with a soundbyte saying "This has been a presentation of XM Sports Nation". New programs included XMSN This Morning, Power Shift, Rotowire Fantasy Football Hour, and College Football Coast to Coast. XMSN also acted as a replay channel for select NASCAR Radio shows, and became the new home of XM Live's weekly show, 60/20 Sports. To accommodate these shows, the Sporting News Radio lineup was carved up selectively. Some shows survived the transition, while others were truncated, or bounced from the platform completely. As of the change to XM Sports Nation, weekends were no longer pre-empted for the PGA Tour Network, and the channel became available on XM Canada.XM143 to XM144, NASCAR Radio merger, and beyond
On January 1, 2007, XMSN moved to XM 144 from XM 143. Programming from XM's NASCAR Radio channel was merged into XM Sports Nation, including Claire B. Lang's afternoon show, both Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s live half-hour shows, and Joe Castello and Thommy Noodlez remained on Powershift from 8 to 10pm ET. XMSN also added the Andretti-Green Racing Hour in March 2007, as part of expanded Indy Racing League coverage. More content from Sporting News Radio was sacrificed to make these changes, which included more replays of XMSN originals. As of February 2007, the only weekday host from Sporting News Radio that continue to air on XMSN is Tony Bruno show. In addition, XMSN began airing Tony Kornheiser's radio show, which broadcasts from WTWP, on 2007-03-05. In August 2007, XMSN added Barry Switzer as a part of the channel's expanded college sports coverage. On 2008-01-21, XMSN added The Dan Patrick Show to its lineup as well as return Kornheiser to the lineup. Only one week into "The New XM Sports Nation," Sporting News Radio announced that Tony Bruno was going to be cut from the network lineup. Technically, Bruno's last show was on January 18, and was followed up by a week of fill-ins, but it wasn't announced that it would be his last broadcast. On July 14, 2008, XMSN was added to XM Radio Online.Sirius XM College Sports Nation (2010-2017)
Sirius XM College Sports Nation launched in 2010 and talks college sports year round. It airs both college football and college basketball as well as shows related to college sports throughout the year.ESPNU Radio (2017-2023)
On August 31, 2017, as part of a renewal of ESPN's programming agreements with Sirius XM, College Sports Nation was re-launched as ESPNU Radio—a radio counterpart to theSiriusXM College Sports Radio (2023-present)
On February 3, 2023, SiriusXM rebranded ESPNU Radio as SiriusXM College Sports Radio; while retaining most of its previous content, a simulcast of ESPN's ''College GameDay'' would move to ESPN Xtra.References
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