2020 PGA Championship Set to Air Live on SiriusXM

RADIO ONLINE | Monday, August 3, 2020

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SiriusXM will deliver play-by-play and talk coverage of the 2020 PGA Championship, taking place August 6-9 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. It will be golf's first major championship played in 2020 due to schedule adjustments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SiriusXM will bring listeners inside the ropes with a team of broadcasters calling the action both from remote studio locations and on site at TPC Harding Park.

Live hole-by-hole coverage, which SiriusXM will co-produce with Westwood One, will air begin at 4pm ET/1pm PT on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, live coverage will begin at 3pm ET/noon PT. PGA Championship programming will air nationwide on the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel (channel 208 or 92).

For this year's event, with the safety of the production team a top priority, SiriusXM will be employing a unique broadcasting set-up that will limit the number of personnel on site at the event while maintaining a high level of coverage. SiriusXM golf play-by-play voice Brian Katrek will broadcast with analysts Mark Carnevale and Carl Paulson from remote studios in Orlando using a bank of video feeds that will enable them to call action happening around the course.

SiriusXM's Dennis Paulson and Westwood One's Kevin Kugler will be on the course at TPC Harding Park as roving reporters, following key playing groups during the Championship. SiriusXM's Fred Albers and John Maginnes, broadcasting from their home studios in Texas and North Carolina, respectively, will also serve as reporters on the broadcast, using special video feeds to call shots.

SiriusXM host and leading swing coach Jim McLean, broadcasting from his home in Miami, will have a special video feed of the practice range at TPC Harding Park and will provide live updates and commentary as key players are warming up before their rounds. SiriusXM's Taylor Zarzour and Jason Sobel will remotely conduct post-round interviews with players coming off the course via video conference.

"It has been a long wait for major championship golf this year and we are very pleased to be bringing our listeners The PGA Championship live," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "The safety of our talent and staff is our top priority and so we are making some important adjustments to our coverage amid these unique circumstances. I am very proud of our team, and by virtue of their skill and hard work, and with excellent collaboration with the PGA of America, we will deliver our listeners the extensive, unparalleled coverage they expect from SiriusXM."