BlogTalkRadio, the world’s largest online radio network, today announced the launch of its Fantasy Sports Channel. The channel will feature 52 hours of live, original, call-in programming, making it the most comprehensive fantasy-sports broadcast offering in the world.
NEW YORK (Business Wire EON) August 27, 2008 --
BlogTalkRadio,
the world’s largest online radio network,
today announced the launch of its Fantasy Sports Channel. The channel
will feature 52 hours of live, original, call-in programming, making it
the most comprehensive fantasy-sports broadcast offering in the world.
Going live on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 4:00 p.m. ET, the channel is timed to
coincide with the start of the 2008-2009 NFL football season.
The schedule features 28 shows hosted by 20 expert fantasy
sportscasters, including Craig Davis (“Two
Feet in Bounds”), Cecil Lammey (“The
Audible Drive Block”), and Lyle Konkeil and
Kevin Moore (“The Fantasy Football Guys”).
Each weekday brings seven hours of live, continuous programming (aka “Power
Blocks”), with an additional one and a half
hours on “Super-sized Tuesday”
and “Super-sized Thursday.”
The channel also features a live, two-hour morning warm-up show on
Tuesdays, as well as eight hours of live “Fantasy
Frenzy” programming on Sundays.
“BlogTalkRadio’s
Fantasy Sports Channel will no doubt be quickly embraced by the 30
million North Americans who are fantasy-sports enthusiasts –
and spend more than $3.8 billion annually on this fast-growing pastime,”
said Philip Recchia, BlogTalkRadio’s director
of programming. “This is a market that’s
thirsting for live, expert commentary and interactivity.”
In addition to football, the Channel will also feature baseball, hockey
and tennis programming, with basketball, golf, car racing and other
sports joining the lineup in the coming months.
About BlogTalkRadio
Launched in August 2006, BlogTalkRadio is a free, web-based
radio talk show platform that allows any user with a phone and a
computer to host a live, interactive radio show -- no downloads or extra
equipment needed. Hosts call into the service by phone to broadcast.
Each show can accommodate unlimited live listeners. Upon completion of
the live broadcast, it is automatically archived as a podcast.
Since the company’s launch, thousands of
hosts have broadcast more than 100,000 shows. Notable guests on
BlogTalkRadio, such as Yoko Ono, Brad Pitt, John McCain, Brian DePalma
and more, appear on the Best
of BlogTalkRadio page.
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