Monday, October 1st 2007
FOX Sports Radio Programming To Stream Live On FOXSports.com On MSN
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FOX Sports Radio
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Dan Berger
FOXSports.com
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--One of the Nation's Leading Sports Talk Radio Networks Makes 24/7 Live Audio Programming Available on the Web Free to All Users--
LOS ANGELES, October 1, 2007 - FOX Sports Radio and FOXSports.com on MSN today announced that FOX Sports Radio's entire national programming schedule is now available via Internet streaming on FOXSports.com on MSN. The content is free to all users and includes the radio network's 24/7 lineup of nationally-syndicated shows. Since launching in 2000, FOX Sports Radio has provided sports fans new and innovative ways to listen to its industry-leading content. In addition to the new live streaming on FOXSports.com on MSN, FOX Sports Radio's 11 million weekly listeners continue to have the option of tuning in on terrestrial radio, XM Satellite Radio and cell phones with mSpot Radio, and can also interact with programming and contests through text messaging.
To access FOX Sports Radio content online, users can visit FOXSports.com on MSN
(http://msn.foxsports.com) and click on the FOX Sports Radio button just below the day's top story.
Andrew Ashwood, VP/General Manager FOX Sports Radio commented, "This partnership represents a major step toward not only exposing the network to FOXSports.com on MSN's 15 million plus monthly users, but also integrating its incredible online content and resources with our extensive on air assets."
"By bringing FOX Sports Radio to the Internet, we're giving sports fans another great reason to come to FOXSports.com on MSN," said Ed Bunnell, VP of Programming for FOXSports.com. "Along with our leading video content, FOX Sports Radio provides another great multi-media experience for our millions of users."
"FOX Sports Radio and FOXSports.com on MSN, both highly successful entities in their respective mediums, are two high-profile examples of how the FOX Sports brand has been developed and extended well beyond major event programming," said Gary Ehrlich, Executive Vice President, FOX Sports Enterprises. "This arrangement provides obvious organic advantages to each outlet, thus improving the fan’s overall experience."
The list of FOX Sports Radio shows now available on FOXSports.com on MSN includes
The Third Shift on FOX with Ben Maller, The First Team on FOX with Steve Czaban, Out of Bounds on FOX with Craig Shemon & James Washington, The Drive on FOX with Chris Myers & Sean Farnham, FOX GameTime Live with Andrew Siciliano & Krystal Fernandez, FOX GameTime React with JT "The Brick," and more.
In addition, Craig Shemon and James Washington are hosting a college football video segment on FOXSports.com on MSN in which they preview the biggest upcoming games and look back at some memorable ones from the previous week, plus a feature called the "Craig and J-Dub Top 10." The segment is available in the college football section under the videos tab at FOXSports.com on MSN.
About FOXSports.com on MSN
FOXSports.com on MSN is a leading sports Web site that delivers breaking news, real-time stats and fantasy games to more than 15 million unique visitors every month. FOXSports.com, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, is the exclusive provider of sports content for MSN in the US and it is the online extension of FOX Sports television coverage. Located at
http://msn.foxsports.com/, the site provides sports fans with a wealth of exclusive online video, and is the industry leader in the delivery of sports content to mobile devices via its Fox Sports Mobile products.
About FOX Sports Radio
The FOX Sports Radio Network, based in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is a division of Premiere Radio Networks in partnership with FOX Sports. All entities have combined their considerable resources to develop a turnkey personality driven and caller intensive programming opportunity for radio stations nationwide. With studios also in New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, Tampa, Phoenix, Seattle, and San Antonio, the FOX Sports Radio Network can be heard on more than 300 stations.
