ESPN Deportes Radio Broadcasts on SIRIUS Satellite Radio

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESPN and SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that ESPN Deportes Radio, the new 24-hour Spanish-language sports radio network, is now available to SIRIUS subscribers on channel 181.

ESPN Deportes Radio offers Latino listeners a variety of sports talk programming, news, information, and live events and features a premier talent line-up anchored by Jorge Ramos, one of the country's most respected Spanish-language sportscasters. SIRIUS Satellite Radio is the exclusive satellite radio provider of all of the talk and news programs available on ESPN Deportes Radio.

"We're pleased that we have reached this agreement with SIRIUS Satellite Radio," said Traug Keller, senior vice president, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio. "This will benefit both parties by giving ESPN Deportes Radio immediate national distribution and giving SIRIUS the opportunity to tap into the growing Hispanic market via ESPN Deportes, the leading Spanish-language, multi-media sports brand, which is supported by radio, print, online, television and mobile platforms."

"As part of our expansion of the best Spanish-language programming in satellite radio today, SIRIUS is proud to launch ESPN Deportes Radio," said Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS' President, Entertainment and Sports. "With SIRIUS, listeners can hear ESPN Deportes Radio's quality sports talk from anywhere in the country."

  ESPN Deportes Radio programming highlights on SIRIUS include:
  -- Jorge Ramos y 10 mas: Weekdays 4 - 7 p.m. ET. Features interviews with
     newsmakers in the world of soccer, appearances by ESPN Deportes
     commentators and analysts, and a breakdown of the day's hot topic.
  -- Atacando con tres: Weekdays 2 - 4 p.m. ET.  Soccer talk show hosted by
     Rolando "El Veloz" Gonzalez, long-time radio personality and official
     radio voice of the Chivas.  Gonzalez is joined by co-hosts Hernan
     Pereyra and Noe Vasquez.
  -- ESPN al despertar: Weekdays 6 -10 a.m. ET. Fast-paced, informative
     morning drive for the sports enthusiast. The show mixes sports news,
     analysis, entertainment, and interviews with the biggest newsmakers.
  -- A los golpes:  Weekdays 10 -11 p.m. ET.   A one-hour, fast-paced
     weeknight program that features all the news and information from the
     world of boxing.
  -- SportsCenter:  Updates every 20 minutes throughout the day, featuring
     breaking sports news and sports highlights.
  -- MLS una pasion que crece:  Weekdays 11p.m. -12 a.m. ET.  One-hour
     weeknight program that features the latest scores, updates and
     highlights of Major League Soccer.
  -- America, Chivas cara a cara: Weekdays 1 - 2 p.m. Daily afternoon show
     that features news and information about Club America and Chivas
     Rayadas de Guadalajara - historic archrivals in Mexican League soccer.
  -- Gol a Gol en ESPN: Saturdays and Sundays 4 p.m. - 12 a.m. ESPN Deportes
     Radio commentators cover every soccer game and every goal as it
     happens.  With up-to-the-minute coverage, analysis and opinion on all
     the issues and soccer games underway in Latin America and the rest of
     the world.

ESPN Deportes Radio joins a variety of Spanish-language programming currently available on SIRIUS including: NFL Futbol Americano, CBS Radio Sports/Westwood One's 31-game Spanish language package of NFL games airing on channel 181; EWTN Radio Catolica Mundial (channel 180); BBC Mundo (channel 182); plus several commercial-free Latin and international music channels.

About ESPN Deportes

ESPN Deportes is the brand under which ESPN Inc. has been serving U.S. Hispanic sports fans since 2000. In addition to ESPN Deportes Radio, the roster of branded initiatives now includes ESPN Deportes, a 24-hour Spanish-language sports television network; ESPNdeportes.com, a fully integrated Spanish-language website ESPN Deportes La Revista, a Spanish-language version of the popular ESPN The Magazine; and ESPN Deportes Wireless, which offers mobile phone subscribers images of their favorite Latino sports stars.

About ESPN Radio

ESPN Radio is the nation's largest sports radio network, providing more than 9,000 hours of talk and event content to more than 300 full-time affiliates and 750 stations overall. It is also the exclusive terrestrial national radio network of the NBA, Major League Baseball and Bowl Championship Series.

About SIRIUS

SIRIUS delivers more than 125 channels of the best commercial-free music, compelling talk shows, news and information, and the most extensive sports programming to listeners across the country in digital quality sound. SIRIUS offers 68 channels of 100% commercial-free music, and features over 55 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NBA and NHL and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NBA and NHL.

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   ESPN
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   SIRIUS
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   afitzpatrick@siriusradio.com

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