Alabama Athletics on XM Radio Starting with 2008 Season
7/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Crimson Tide football fans throughout the nation will be able to hear University of Alabama athletics starting this fall on XM Satellite Radio. The network today announced that Alabama, Auburn University, the University of Florida, and Vanderbilt University will join XM's line-up of SEC sports starting in fall of 2008.
SEC games can be heard live and nationwide on XM Radio's SEC channels (XM channels 199 through 201). XM has a special offer on XM radios for SEC fans at http://www.xmradio.com/sec. The addition of these four schools completes a deal making XM the exclusive satellite radio provider of all 12 SEC institutions. Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Tennessee joined XM in 2007. At the time, XM announced that South Carolina would come aboard in fall 2008. Florida was originally scheduled to join XM in fall 2009, but the Gators will come to XM one year earlier than announced.
As the official satellite radio provider of the SEC, XM plans to carry every football game for all 12 SEC teams, as well as the majority of men's regular season basketball games. XM will also carry key women's basketball and baseball games during the regular season. XM is also the exclusive satellite radio home of SEC championship football, men's basketball, baseball and women's basketball games.
