(NASHVILLE, TENN. — Feb. 2, 2016) Effective immediately, Rural Radio Channel 147 is reactivated on SiriusXM Canada and broadcasting across the country. The move came after Sirius was inundated with calls, letters, and social posts from listeners dismayed at the sudden removal of the rural-lifestyle channel in October from the Sirius side of the SiriusXM Canada lineup.
The re-launch currently covers about 90 percent of Sirius radio devices in Canada. Older receivers may take up to 90 days to begin receiving the signal.
“We are pleased that Canadians will once again have the opportunity to hear all of the great programming on Rural Radio,” said Patrick Gottsch, the network’s founder and president. “From our live coverage of the Calgary Stampede and the Canadian Finals Rodeo to our other lifestyle and agribusiness programs, we’ll continue to expand coverage and have content that Canadians enjoy for years to come.”
As the only national and rural focused North American radio network Rural Radio is devoted to live agribusiness news, real-time market info, weather, commodity markets, stock quotes, western sports, equine, and rural lifestyle programming. Rural Radio reaches most of Canada’s farmers and ranchers, who collectively make up the $51 billion Canadian agriculture industry, according to the 2011 census report. In addition, Rural Radio devotes evening and weekend programming to Western sports including professional rodeo, bull-riding and Chuckwagon racing.
For more information, visit ruralradio147.com.
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Found exclusively on SiriusXM channel 147, it’s the agribusiness and western lifestyle channel for the U.S. and Canada. RURAL RADIO’s program schedule revolves around original productions focused on agriculture, equine, hunting, fishing, Western sports, and living the country life in small towns and ranches. Broadcast operations for the station are located in Nashville, Tennessee. The channel airs multiple exclusive series including Market Day Report, Rural Evening News, Western Sports Round Up, Outside the Barrel, and reports from CME on Commodity Wrap. RURAL RADIO also carries live western sports including PBR bull-riding and PRCA rodeo events every weekend.
ABOUT RURAL MEDIA GROUP:
Rural Media Group, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of multimedia content dedicated to the rural and Western lifestyle. Reconnecting city with country, RMG is the parent company of RFD-TV, RURAL RADIO, FamilyNet, RFD-TV The Magazine, and RFD-TV The Theatre. RMG networks are distributed to more than 100-million homes worldwide by DBS, telco and cable systems including DISH Network, DIRECTV®, Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, AT&T U-Verse, Mediacom, Charter, Optimum, Brighthouse, Suddenlink, Time Warner, Cox, and more than 600 independent rural cable systems. Corporate headquarters and broadcast operations are in Nashville, Tennessee.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Julie Mankin, VP of Public Relations, O: (615) 296-9384; m: (307) 760-7099, e: juliem@rfdtv.com
Heather Huston, VP of Marketing, o: (615) 296-9332, m: (802)345-5262, e: heather@rfdtvcom