Sirius XM NFL Radio is a Sirius XM Radio channel on 88 completely dedicated to the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. Its personalities include Marty Schottenheimer

Marty Schottenheimer

Martin Edward "Marty" Schottenheimer is the current head coach of the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He has the most wins of any NFL coach...

, Shannon Sharpe

Shannon Sharpe

Shannon Sharpe is a former American Football tight end who played for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. Sharpe is known for his creative commentary and trash talking. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and inducted on August 6, 2011...

, Pat Kirwan

Pat Kirwan

Pat Kirwan is an American football coach. He began his NFL career in 1972 after coaching high school and college football.He was an area scout for the Phoenix Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

, Adam Schein

Adam Schein

Adam Schein co-hosts "Loud Mouths" with Chris Carlin on SNY weeknights at 6. Schein is also a member of the "Jets Post Game Live" and "Jets Nation" on-air team. He's been with SNY since 2006....

, Peter King

Peter King (sportswriter)

Peter King is an American sportswriter. He currently writes for Sports Illustrated and its Web site, including the weekly multiple-page column Monday Morning Quarterback. He is the author of five books, most notably Inside the Helmet, as well as a TV analyst and reporter...

, Randy Cross

Randy Cross

Randall "Randy" Laureat Cross , is a football analyst and former NFL offensive lineman. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in July 2011.-High school years:...

 and Bob Papa

Bob Papa

Bob Papa is an American sportscaster. Papa is employed by NFL Network, HBO, and the New York Giants.-Biography:Papa grew up in Dumont, New Jersey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in nearby Oradell...

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The station is sometimes referred to in promotions as Sirius XM Football Radio, in instances where use of the NFL name would be construed as an endorsement. The channel was previouslly known as "Sirius NFL Radio", however following the Sirius

Sirius

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...

 / XM merger, the channel name was changed. It was added to XM on 2008-09-30 as part of its "Best of Sirius" package and broadcasts on channel 88.

Programming

The programming on the Sirius XM NFL channel can often variate, even during the offseason, due to live coverage of the NFL Combine

NFL Combine

The National Invitational Camp or NFL Scouting Combine, as it is more widely known, is a week-long showcase, occurring every February in Indianapolis, Indiana's Lucas Oil Stadium , where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of National Football League coaches, general...

, the NFL Owner's Meetings, the NFL Draft

NFL Draft

The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...

, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...

 induction ceremonies. The current NFL radio lineup is as follows:

Weekdays

8 am ET - The Opening Drive with Bob Papa

Bob Papa

Bob Papa is an American sportscaster. Papa is employed by NFL Network, HBO, and the New York Giants.-Biography:Papa grew up in Dumont, New Jersey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in nearby Oradell...

, Peter King

Peter King (sportswriter)

Peter King is an American sportswriter. He currently writes for Sports Illustrated and its Web site, including the weekly multiple-page column Monday Morning Quarterback. He is the author of five books, most notably Inside the Helmet, as well as a TV analyst and reporter...

, and Randy Cross

Randy Cross

Randall "Randy" Laureat Cross , is a football analyst and former NFL offensive lineman. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in July 2011.-High school years:...

11 am ET - The Sirius XM Blitz with Adam Schein

Adam Schein

Adam Schein co-hosts "Loud Mouths" with Chris Carlin on SNY weeknights at 6. Schein is also a member of the "Jets Post Game Live" and "Jets Nation" on-air team. He's been with SNY since 2006....

 and Rich Gannon

Rich Gannon

Richard Joseph Gannon is a former football quarterback, who achieved most of his success late in his career with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League...

3 pm ET - Movin' the Chains with Pat Kirwan

Pat Kirwan

Pat Kirwan is an American football coach. He began his NFL career in 1972 after coaching high school and college football.He was an area scout for the Phoenix Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

 and Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan (American football)

Timothy Edward Ryan is a former National Football League defensive tackle. He is currently an NFL analyst on the NFL on Fox and the host of "Movin' the Chains" on Sirius XM NFL Radio.-College career:...

7 pm ET - NFL Network's Total Access - (Simulcast of NFL Network

NFL Network

NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...

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8 pm ET - Late Hits with Bryan McGovern, Jim Miller

Jim Miller (quarterback)

James Donald Miller is a former NFL quarterback, last under contract with the New York Giants. He was drafted in the 6th round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, 178th overall. Miller attended Waterford Kettering High School and graduated in 1989...

, Gil Brandt

Gil Brandt

Gil Brandt was a Vice President of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988.Brandt served as the Cowboys' chief talent scout since the club's birth in 1960. He had served as a part-time scout for the Los Angeles Rams under General Manager Tex Schramm in the 1950s...

, and Ross Tucker

Ross Tucker

Ross Finch Tucker is a former American football offensive lineman, and currently an online journalist for ESPN....

Saturday

The Weekend Kickoff Saturday 8 am - 11 am ET - Ralph Vacchiano and Dean Dalton

Press Coverage Saturday 11 am - 2 pm ET - Vic Carucci and Dan Leberfeld

The End Zone Saturday 2 pm - 6 pm ET - Howard Balzer

Howard Balzer

Howard Balzer is a long-time sportscaster who started his career at ESPN. He was one of the first anchors. He started in 1981. He worked for Pro Football Weekly, where he wrote articles about the NFL. He now writes for USA Today Sports Weekly, and was a columnist for now-defunct British American...

 and Ross Tucker

Ross Tucker

Ross Finch Tucker is a former American football offensive lineman, and currently an online journalist for ESPN....

Late Hits Saturday 6 pm - 9 pm ET - Zig Fracassi and Jim Miller

Jim Miller (quarterback)

James Donald Miller is a former NFL quarterback, last under contract with the New York Giants. He was drafted in the 6th round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, 178th overall. Miller attended Waterford Kettering High School and graduated in 1989...

Chalk Talk Saturday 9 pm - 11 pm ET - Andrew Bogusch

Sunday

Press Pass Sunday 8 am - 12 pm ET - Howard David

Howard David

-Biography:Over the years, David has been the radio play-by-play man for several pro sports teams including the NBA's New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Boston Celtics, and the NFL's New York Jets and Miami Dolphins...

 and Vic Carucci

The End Zone Sunday 12 pm - 4 pm ET - Alex Marvez and Jim Miller

NFL Rewind Sunday 4 pm - 8 pm ET - Howard Balzer & Dan Leberfeld

NFL season

The Sirius XM NFL Radio channel does not actually air games on Sunday afternoons. Instead, it airs The Sunday Drive, which recaps all games being played on Sunday afternoon, while breaking into radio broadcasts of any games where pertinent action is taking place. The games themselves are aired on the reserved play-by-play channels and other channels not being used. The channel instead carries national radio broadcasts produced by the NFL on Westwood One

NFL on Westwood One

The NFL on Westwood One is the brand name given to weekly National Football League games carried on the radio over the Dial Global Radio Network...

for Sunday Night Football

NBC Sunday Night Football

NBC Sunday Night Football is a weekly television broadcast of Sunday evening National Football League games on NBC that began airing on Sunday, August 6, 2006 with the pre-season opening Hall of Fame Game. Al Michaels serves as the play-by-play announcer, with Cris Collinsworth as the color...

, Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...

, and the Run to the Playoffs

Run to the Playoffs

Thursday Night Football is the brand name used by NFL Network for its schedule of live regular season telecasts of National Football League games on Thursday nights. Also included in the package are some Saturday specials....

. Through the 2010 season

2010 NFL season

The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League.The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikings 14–9.Tom Brady,...

, when games were carried on this channel, the internet simulcast would carry alternative content due to the NFL's Field Pass exclusivity.

When Sirius XM renewed their contract to carry NFL games through the 2015 season, they gained the rights to stream games online to satellite radio subscribers, starting with the 2011 season

2011 NFL season

The 2011 NFL season, the 92nd regular season of the National Football League, began on Thursday, September 8, 2011 with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers defeating the New Orleans Saints 42–34 at Lambeau Field and will end with Super Bowl XLVI, the league's championship game, on...

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