'SIRIUS Convention Radio' and 'SIRIUS Convention Radio En Espanol' will debut at Democratic National Convention

In addition live broadcasts from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions hosted by SIRIUS personalities

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that its convention coverage on SIRIUS will kick off on Monday, August 25 from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. The coverage will include two dedicated channels with live gavel-to-gavel coverage of all the days' speeches in English and Spanish translation. In addition, SIRIUS hosts Mark Thompson and Michelangelo Signorile will broadcast their daily shows live from inside the convention.

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On Monday, September 1, SIRIUS will continue its extensive convention coverage from the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul. In addition to the convention radio channels, SIRIUS hosts Andrew Wilkow, Michelangelo Signorile and Cam & Company will broadcast their radio shows live from the convention.

Programming details for both the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention are as follows:

    Democratic National Convention -- August 25 through August 28
    SIRIUS Convention Radio -- channel 113
    August 25 beginning at 12 am ET through August 28

The channel will carry live uninterrupted gavel-to-gavel coverage of convention speeches. In addition the channel will broadcast great moments in convention history as well as convention news and schedules.

SIRIUS Convention Radio En Espanol -- channel 119

August 25 beginning at 12 am ET through August 28

The channel will carry live real-time Spanish-language translation of all convention speeches.

Make it Plain with Mark Thompson on SIRIUS Left -- channel 146

August 25 through 28, 5 pm - 11 pm ET

SIRIUS host and Civil rights activist Mark Thompson will broadcast live daily from inside the convention with special guests and discussions about each day's news and convention speeches. The primetime broadcast will also feature major speeches live as they happen.

Michelangelo Signorile show on SIRIUS OutQ -- channel 109

August 25 through 28, 2 pm - 6 pm ET

Activist, author and SIRIUS host Michelangelo Signorile will broadcast live daily from the convention with special guest interviews and discussions about each day's news and convention speeches.