NEW YORK and WASHINGTON (XM Satellite Radio) - XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio service with more than 5 million subscribers, and ABC News, which reaches more than 215 million Americans each month, announced today the launch of "The Good Morning
America Radio Show," which will be broadcast exclusively on XM Satellite
Radio starting January 23. The launch was announced live today on "Good Morning America" by the GMA anchors and their guest Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio. "The Good Morning
America Radio Show," will feature
Diane Sawyer, Charles Gibson and
Robin Roberts along with radio personality Hilarie Barsky. The new four-hour radio program will air Monday through Saturday and combine news and interviews from "Good Morning America" and original content that expands upon segments and topics discussed on the popular morning news program.
"'Good Morning America' is one of the most popular and enduring morning news programs on television and we are proud to welcome ABC's Diane Sawyer, Charlie Gibson and Robin Roberts, three of the most respected names in journalism, to the XM family," said Hugh Panero, President and CEO, XM Satellite Radio. "'The Good Morning America Radio Show' will provide the near 5 million viewers who watch GMA each morning a way to enjoy the news and features from their favorite morning show outside of the home. XM offers the most diverse and highest quality programming on radio and 'The Good Morning America Radio Show' is a rich complement to our celebrated lineup of news, talk, entertainment and commercial-free music."
"The 'Good Morning America Radio Show' will bring the best of GMA to millions of XM subscribers nationwide - the news and features both from our television program and produced specifically for radio. We are pleased to join with XM to make GMA available to new radio audiences, as well as our regular audiences who want even more from the program each and every day," said David Westin, President, ABC News.
"The Good Morning America Radio Show" debuts on January 23 and will air Monday through Saturday from 8 am to 12 pm ET on Take Five (XM Channel 155), a talk and lifestyle channel for women launched by XM earlier this year. ABC's enormously popular "Good Morning America" offers an engaging mix of news, features, weather, and special interest stories with anchors Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts live and direct from its Times Square studios in New York City to loyal fans across the country.
