SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio (formerly PGA Tour Network) is a satellite radio channel on Sirius XM dedicated to coverage of
golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
—and in particular, the
PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...
. The channel carries talk programming related to golf, including analysis, equipment reviews, education, as well as live hole-by-hole coverage of PGA Tour events, majors (in cooperation with terrestrial rightsholders such as Fox Sports Radio for the U.S. Open, and
Westwood One Westwood One is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The compan ...
for the
PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four men's major championships ...
), and other events. It is carried on XM channel 92, and Sirius channel 208. The channel was established as part of a 2005 deal with its predecessor,
XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio ( SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable television. Its se ...
. The deal also included the rental and sale of
XM2go XM2go is XM Satellite Radio's line of portable "walkman-like" receivers. All first generation XM2go models have identical internal components designed by XM Satellite Radio and are manufactured by Flextronics. Each branded manufacturer has a chassi ...
receivers at PGA Tour events so that spectators could listen to the channel's coverage on-site. In 2018, Sirius XM extended its contract for PGA Tour radio rights through 2021. In December 2013, it partnered with
Golf Channel Golf Channel (also verbally referred to as simply Golf) is an American sports television network owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, it is currently based out of NBC S ...
to feature audio simulcasts of its programming on the service, including its news programs ''Morning Drive'' and ''
Golf Central ''Golf Central'' is Golf Channel's news program. It was launched in 1995, in the same year as the network it airs on. A nightly half-hour show, ''Golf Central'' features news and highlights from the major golf tours and events of the world, in add ...
''.


References


External links


SirusXM PGA Tour Radio
XM Satellite Radio channels Sirius Satellite Radio channels Sports radio in the United States Sirius XM Radio channels Golf mass media {{US-radio-station-stub