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MLB Network Radio
MLB Network Radio (formerly MLB Home Plate, Channel 89) is an American sports talk radio station on Sirius XM Radio that features Major League Baseball related talk shows, as well as archives and live reports about live game action, along with other baseball leagues and teams worldwide.
The network also simulcasts live national play-by-play from games broadcast by Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio, along with occasional highlight coverage from other team radio networks.
MLB Home Plate launched in February 2005 to retain listeners with programs related to baseball when games were not occurring, and especially to provide continuing content during the hot stove season. MLB Network Radio is carried on XM channel 89, and was added to the "Best of XM" package on Sirius Satellite Radio on December 10, 2008, airing on channel 209.
MLB Home Plate launched at the start of the Major League Baseball season in 2005 with the league's deal to bring game broadcasts to XM. It launched with a full lineup, and on its first day attracted immediate attention, when former player José Canseco claimed towards his former manager/co-host Kevin Kennedy that Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire took steroids during the 1998 home run record chase. Around launch time, XM announced that they had signed Cal Ripken Jr. to do a Saturday mid-morning show on Home Plate. The channel was aided throughout the season as XM's subscriber growth prediction exceeded what they expected, with retailers claiming that 15-17% of people who signed up for XM did it for baseball.
The end of the 2005 season was especially active as the satellite company carried both feeds of both teams during the post-season games, along with the national, home, road and Spanish calls of each World Series game, typing into a promotional giveaway where all adults in attendance at U.S. Cellular Field for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series received a free Roady XT satellite radio unit and subscription.
At the beginning of MLB's second season on XM Radio, XM Radio Canada decided to add all 14 MLB Play-by-Play channels to their platform. Canada already carried Home Plate, and now they would carry the complete Major League Baseball package barring XM 174 (Spanish broadcasts). In exchange, they would produce channel 179 with some select exclusive content, and make that channel the home for all the Toronto Blue Jays home games. XM Canada also produced interviews for play on the other play-by-play channels when no games were being aired.
In late April 2006, DirecTV removed MLB Home Plate from their audio-only channel offerings, along with all other talk-based product from XM outside a few select channels. On March 29, 2008, Home Plate was added to XM Radio Online.
MLB Home Plate would be rebranded to MLB Network Radio on April 4, 2010 to take advantage of the TV network's recently established brand in time for the new season. Joining the lineup of the channel was MLB Network audio simulcasts of their own talk programming, along with broadcasts of MLB Tonight and other network shows such as Hot Stove. Their programming was also changed with the rebranding.
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MLB Network Radio
MLB Network Radio (formerly MLB Home Plate, Channel 89) is an American sports talk radio station on Sirius XM Radio that features Major League Baseball related talk shows, as well as archives and live reports about live game action, along with other baseball leagues and teams worldwide.
The network also simulcasts live national play-by-play from games broadcast by Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio, along with occasional highlight coverage from other team radio networks.
MLB Home Plate launched in February 2005 to retain listeners with programs related to baseball when games were not occurring, and especially to provide continuing content during the hot stove season. MLB Network Radio is carried on XM channel 89, and was added to the "Best of XM" package on Sirius Satellite Radio on December 10, 2008, airing on channel 209.
MLB Home Plate launched at the start of the Major League Baseball season in 2005 with the league's deal to bring game broadcasts to XM. It launched with a full lineup, and on its first day attracted immediate attention, when former player José Canseco claimed towards his former manager/co-host Kevin Kennedy that Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire took steroids during the 1998 home run record chase. Around launch time, XM announced that they had signed Cal Ripken Jr. to do a Saturday mid-morning show on Home Plate. The channel was aided throughout the season as XM's subscriber growth prediction exceeded what they expected, with retailers claiming that 15-17% of people who signed up for XM did it for baseball.
The end of the 2005 season was especially active as the satellite company carried both feeds of both teams during the post-season games, along with the national, home, road and Spanish calls of each World Series game, typing into a promotional giveaway where all adults in attendance at U.S. Cellular Field for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series received a free Roady XT satellite radio unit and subscription.
At the beginning of MLB's second season on XM Radio, XM Radio Canada decided to add all 14 MLB Play-by-Play channels to their platform. Canada already carried Home Plate, and now they would carry the complete Major League Baseball package barring XM 174 (Spanish broadcasts). In exchange, they would produce channel 179 with some select exclusive content, and make that channel the home for all the Toronto Blue Jays home games. XM Canada also produced interviews for play on the other play-by-play channels when no games were being aired.
In late April 2006, DirecTV removed MLB Home Plate from their audio-only channel offerings, along with all other talk-based product from XM outside a few select channels. On March 29, 2008, Home Plate was added to XM Radio Online.
MLB Home Plate would be rebranded to MLB Network Radio on April 4, 2010 to take advantage of the TV network's recently established brand in time for the new season. Joining the lineup of the channel was MLB Network audio simulcasts of their own talk programming, along with broadcasts of MLB Tonight and other network shows such as Hot Stove. Their programming was also changed with the rebranding.