Sports Talk Personality Damon Amendolara Joins SiriusXM

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Damon Amendolara

SiriusXM signs national sports radio personality Damon Amendolara to be the new morning host on its 24/7 all-sports channel, Mad Dog Sports Radio. Starting Monday, October 2, Amendolara will host "The D.A. Show with Babchik," alongside longtime SiriusXM personality Mike Babchik, every weekday morning from 6-9am ET. Mad Dog Sports Radio is available to SiriusXM listeners nationwide in their cars and on the SiriusXM app.

"I'm absolutely thrilled to join SiriusXM and Mad Dog Sports Radio," said Amendolara. "This is such an incredibly talented team to be part of. I can't wait for the 'D.A.-liens' and Mad Dog listeners to unite as I join Babs in the mornings. Let's get the laughs and energy rolling."

"D.A. is one of the brightest stars in sports radio today," said , SiriusXM Vice President of Sports Programming Eric Spitz. "He delivers a terrific blend of informative and thoughtful sports talk with creative, entertaining humor, which is what our listeners are looking for as they start their day. He and Babs will make a dynamic team as they lead off our programming each morning."

Since 2017, Amendolara has been the lead host of The D.A. Show, the morning show on the CBS Sports Radio Network. Prior to CBS he hosted shows on local stations in Boston, Miami, Kansas City and Fort Myers, FL. He also served as the sideline reporter for Major League Soccer telecasts of the New England Revolution and he has been a contributor to the NFL Network, MLB Network, NFL Films, SNY and NBC Sports Boston.

Babchik has been with SiriusXM since 2008 and has been a co-host on the channel's previous morning show, Morning Men, since 2011.