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Category: FFA

Exclusive: FFA Takes a Place on the Olympic Podium

  • February 25, 2017
  • by RURAL RADIO 147 on SiriusXM
  • · Channel 147 · FFA · Interview · People · SiriusXM

Olympic bronze-medalist and former FFA member Clayton Murphy talks with “FFA Today” contributor Matt Brechwald about FFA, Olympic glory, and how chasing pigs around the farm can make for great training.

“FFA Today” airs on Rural Radio, Channel 147 on SiriusXM at 7:30 AM Eastern on Saturdays, 6:30 PM Eastern on Sundays, and is available on Sirius on Demand.

Exclusive: “FFA Today” Welcomes Bill Stagg

  • February 11, 2017
  • by RURAL RADIO 147 on SiriusXM
  • · Channel 147 · FFA · Interview · People · SiriusXM · Uncategorized

For almost 40 years, Bill Stagg has shared the story of agricultural education and FFA throughout the country. Recently, the longtime director of strategic communications for National FFA announced his retirement, but not before sitting down with Janet Adkison on “FFA Today” to reflect on his time with the organization, and what comes next.

Get Rural Radio FREE on SiriusXM Radio – Now thru the 29th

  • November 14, 2016
  • by RURAL RADIO 147 on SiriusXM
  • · Ag PhD · Canada · Channel 147 · Discount · FFA · Free Listening Period · PResets · Programming · Rodeo · Rural America Live · SiriusXM · Uncategorized · Western Sports

Get Access to America’s First and Only National Rural Radio Network
Rural Radio Channel 147 is proud to partner with SiriusXM for their free listening period. Starting Wednesday, November 16th and running through November 29th, SiriusXM will be turning on all inactive radios for a 14-day trial as part of a free listening preview. SiriusXM radio owners can reactivate their devices simply by turning on their radio. Enjoy 60-plus channels of SiriusXM with no strings attached! The free listening period means listeners can tune in from anywhere at any time, whether in their cars, pickups, tractors or combines throughout North America and Canada.

During the free trial, listeners can enjoy live rodeo coverage of the rodeo and western sports events on “Western Sports Round-Up” and “Outside the Barrel” with Flint Rasmussen. In addition, you’ll get the latest agricultural news, equine programming, and fan favorites such as “FFA Today” and “Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.

Rural Radio has a strong programming line-up of rural content providing five hours of live agribusiness news on the award-winning “Market Day Report,” plus agricultural programs such as “Commodity Wrap,” with Marlin Bohling, “AgPhD,” “RealAg Radio,” “AgDay,” and “AgriTalk,” giving farmers and ranchers up to the minute news, when they need it most.

New listeners can get their first six months for only $50 and free activation ($15), when they sign up for the service, (58% off). (Note some older Sirius satellite radios may not be capable of receiving the free listening preview channels).

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About SiriusXM

Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world’s largest radio company measured by revenue and has more than 30 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and on smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and information services for subscribers through SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers weather, data and information services to aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM Marine™, Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX Aviation™, XMWX Weather, and XMWX Marine™. In addition, SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.7 million subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services to major automakers, giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.

To download SiriusXM logos and artwork, visit http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.

About Rural Media Group, Inc. (RMG):

Rural Media Group, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of multimedia content dedicated to the rural and Western lifestyle. With a mission of 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, AT&T U-Verse, Mediacom, Charter Spectrum, Suddenlink, Cox, and more than 600 independent rural cable systems. Corporate headquarters and broadcast operations are in Nashville, Tennessee.

RURAL RADIO:

Found exclusively on SiriusXM channel 147, this is 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 around rural America. Broadcast operations for the station are located in Nashville, Tennessee. The channel airs multiple exclusive series including “MARKET DAY REPORT,” “RURAL EVENING NEWS,” “RURAL AMERICA LIVE,” and “WESTERN SPORTS ROUND-UP,” as well as “Outside the Barrel,” with Flint Rasmussen, “Commodity Wrap,” with Marlin Bohling, “AgPhD,” “RealAg Radio,” “AgDay,” “FFA Today,” and “Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.”  RURAL RADIO also carries live broadcasts of Western sports competitions such as the PBR, PRCA rodeos, and WPCA Chuckwagon races.

 

National FFA Pre-Convention Show

  • October 19, 2016
  • by RURAL RADIO 147 on SiriusXM
  • · Channel 147 · FFA · Interview · Music & Entertainment · People · Programming · RFD-TV Programming · Schedule · Shows · SiriusXM

Want to keep up with the National FFA Convention & Expo?

Get LIVE coverage on RFD-TV and RURAL RADIO throughout the rest of the week (Oct 19th-21st)! Over the last few days, FFA Today has met with important FFA specialists to get an inside look on the exciting things to look forward to throughout the convention.

Hear about all things FFA related on our weekly broadcast, “FFA Today”.  The show airs on Saturdays at 7:30am ET and again on Sundays at 5pm ET.  Tune in LIVE, online, or via the Sirius XM app to Channel 147.

 


Cindy Hefner, program manager for the National Officer Management Team at the National FFA Organization joins us on “FFA Today.”  Each year, everyone looks forward to the grand reveal of convention’s theme song to set the energy and tone in the arena for the next four days.  This year’s song is based on the convention’s theme, “Transform,” decided by the officers, who had to describe what that word meant to them in the context of developing agriculture.


“FFA Today” contributor and host of the Off-Farm Income Podcast, Matt Brechwald interviews Scott Jacobs, Career Development Events (CDE) education specialist, who manages the CDE competition process at the National FFA Convention.  Over 3,000 FFA members participate in 25 different CDEs throughout the convention.


“FFA Today” correspondent Micheal Clements catches up with Keisto Lucero, Education Specialist for National FFA, who gives a behind-the-scenes look into the officer selection process during the National Convention.  A selection committee is created through nominations of current National FFA participants, followed by a series of interviews and practice speeches.

88th ANNUAL NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION & EXPO October 28-31, 2015 in Louisville, KY

  • October 27, 2015
  • by RURAL RADIO 147 on SiriusXM
  • · Channel 147 · FFA · Programming · Schedule

FFA Convention & Expo

The 2015 national FFA Convention and Expo will be held Wednesday, October 28 through Saturday, October 31 in Louisville, KY. During the four-day event, over 60,000 FFA members from all 50 states are expected to attend. Throughout the week, students will attend more than 70 leadership and personal growth workshops.

The convention will kick off with keynote speaker, Rick Rigsby. Friday morning, past state officer Amberley Snyder will share her inspiring message. Brad Montague, who developed the idea of Kid President, will share his story on Friday evening.

Check Out the Full RFD-TV and RURAL RADIO FFA Broadcast Schedule Here.

PLEASE NOTE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING WILL BE PREEMPTED DURING THIS TIME.

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