The Sportscaster is a sleek, versatile XM receiver with a two-line display screen. The receiver has unique functions and portable options designed for sports fans.
The Sportscaster plays XM's full line-up of 160 radio channels, including the most live sports play-by-play on satellite radio, plus a wide variety of music, news, talk and entertainment programming.
The Sportscaster has 30 channel presets, including pre-programmed presets for XM sports channels such as the baseball talk radio channel MLB Home Plate and hockey talk channel Home Ice, as well as a special XM channel that provides continuously-updated text about when and where to find live sports broadcasts on XM.
XM broadcast more than 5000 live sports events in 2006. XM is the official satellite radio network of Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the PGA TOUR, IndyCar Series, World Cup Soccer, and the college sports conferences ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-10.
Hockey fans can tune into NHL games and the Home Ice talk channel on XM, which will become the exclusive satellite radio home of the NHL in 2007. XM has NBA games and a broad range of other live sports on ESPN Radio, and it has the 24-hour Spanish-language sports channel XM Deportivo.
XM delivers sports talk radio including shows hosted by Duke University basketball's Coach K Mike Krzyzewski and NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, as well as sports commentator Tony Kornheiser, ESPN Radio, ESPNews, Fox Sports Radio, and Sporting News Radio.
The Sportscaster satellite radio comes packaged with car accessories that wirelessly transmit XM Satellite Radio to any car's FM radio, so sports fans can hear their favorite teams as they travel from coast to coast. The receiver slips into an optional personal-wearable kit with headphones for listening to XM at the stadium or on the go. An optional accessory is a boombox that's tailor-made for tailgate parties.