| Broadcast area | United States Canada |
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| Frequency | SiriusXM 84 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports Talk and Play-by-Play |
| Affiliations | College Football Playoff |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sirius XM Radio |
| History | |
First air date | August 28, 2006 |
| Technical information | |
| Class | Satellite Radio Station |
| Links | |
| Website | SiriusXM College Sports Radio |
SiriusXM College Sports Radio is a channel onSirius XM Radio focused on collegiatesports talk and play by play broadcasts.
The channel assumed its current form in 2010, mainly as a result of a merging of Sirius Sports Central and XM Sports Nation, and a couple programming changes with sister channelMad Dog Radio.
Sirius XM College Sports Radio has a 24-hour available channel on Sirius XM Radio on channel 84 and includes original programsTim Brando Show, College Football Playbook,Basketball and Beyond with Coach K, College Sports Coast to Coast, and others.
Before XMSN, channel 143 was a complete simulcast ofSporting News Radio, aUnited States–based national sports radio network, of which XM had an exclusivity contract with. It was complemented on XM by its competitors, the long runningESPN Radio (channel 140), controlled byHearst Corporation andDisney, and the recently formedFox Sports Radio (channel 142), controlled byPremiere Radio Networks. The three sports networks remained in co-existence on the XM platform for several years. In 2005, the exclusivity contract with XM expired, and the satrad company renewed it under non-exclusivity, which allows XM competitorSirius Satellite Radio to pick up the network as well. With the arrival of thePGA Tour Network, channel 143 ended up being pre-empted on the weekends due to bandwidth considerations. It was assumed that the channel was one of the platform's lower performers because of this, as no other third party sports networks on XM were being pre-empted. Despite negative feedback from fans, this practice did not stop until the channel underwent a renovation.
On August 28, 2006, Sporting News Radio becameXM 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 ofXM 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 onXM Canada.
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, includingClaire B. Lang's afternoon show, bothJimmie Johnson andDale Earnhardt Jr.'s live half-hour shows, and Joe Castello andThommy Noodlez remained onPowershift from 8 to 10 pm ET. XMSN also added the Andretti-Green Racing Hour in March 2007,[1] as part of expandedIndy 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 isTony Bruno show.
In addition, XMSN began airingTony Kornheiser's radio show, which broadcasts fromWTWP, on March 5, 2007.[2] In August 2007, XMSN addedBarry Switzer[3] as a part of the channel's expanded college sports coverage. On January 21, 2008, XMSN addedThe Dan Patrick Show[4] 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.[5] 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 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.
On August 31, 2017, as part of a renewal ofESPN's programming agreements with Sirius XM, College Sports Nation was re-launched asESPNU Radio—a radio counterpart to theESPNU television service. It continues to carry college sports programming, but now sourced from ESPN Radio, ESPN's college sports studio programming on television, and podcasts.[6][7]
On February 3, 2023, SiriusXM rebranded ESPNU Radio asSiriusXM College Sports Radio; while retaining most of its previous content, a simulcast of ESPN'sCollege GameDay would move toESPN Xtra.[8][9]
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