Sean Hannity Presents 'Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio' To Air Exclusively On SIRIUS XM Radio

Sean Hannity Presents 'Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio' To Air Exclusively On SIRIUS XM Radio

Labor Day special commemorates 2009 Hannity Freedom Concerts for charity In-depth backstage discussions, live concert performances from Billy Ray Cyrus, The Charlie Daniels Band, Michael W. Smith, Lee Greenwood to air exclusively on SIRIUS XM

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) today announced Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio - a one-day broadcast special airing Labor Day, September 7 on SIRIUS Patriot channel 144 and XM America Right channel 166 - featuring the exclusive radio broadcast of live performances from the 2009 Hannity Freedom Concerts.

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Throughout the month of August, Sean Hannity presented "Freedom Concerts" across the country, raising money for The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund - which provides college scholarships to the children of U.S. military personnel members who have been killed or become permanently disabled in a combat mission or training accident. Lt. Colonel Oliver North, founder of Freedom Alliance, and musical artists Billy Ray Cyrus, The Charlie Daniels Band, Michael W. Smith, and Lee Greenwood accompanied Hannity in each city.

Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio will debut September 7 at 12:00 pm ET exclusively on SIRIUS Patriot 144 and XM America Right 166, SIRIUS XM's conservative talk channels that carry Sean Hannity's daily radio show, as well as daily shows from Andrew Wilkow, Mark Levin, Mike Church and Bill Bennett.

Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio will culminate September 7 at 8:00 pm ET with the radio-exclusive airing of live performances from Billy Ray Cyrus, The Charlie Daniels Band, Michael W. Smith, and Lee Greenwood recorded from the 2009 Hannity Freedom Concerts.

Before the concert broadcast, Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio will salute the charitable efforts of the Freedom Concerts and feature in-depth interviews with Hannity, Freedom Alliance President Tom Kilgannon, founder Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Charlie Daniels, and Mark Levin conducted by SIRIUS XM hosts Andrew Wilkow and Mike Church.

SIRIUS XM "roving microphones" will deliver a first-hand account of the patriotic feeling of the summer concert tour by hearing from concert attendees "in their own words." Listeners will also be introduced to recent Freedom Alliance scholarship recipients who pay tribute to their personal heroes and our men and women in uniform.

"I am grateful to SIRIUS XM for giving me the opportunity to share what's been a deeply rewarding summer," said Sean Hannity. "I've come back from each city more and more energized and proud of what we're doing for the families of the men and women who fight for our freedoms. With Sean Hannity's Freedom Radio, the experience we've had on the road with our Hannity Freedom Concerts can be shared with SIRIUS XM listeners coast to coast."

Billed as an evening of patriotism and music, the Sean Hannity Freedom Concert series began as a single event in 2003 and rapidly grew to a multi-city, nationwide event. In the years that followed, Hannity's charitable efforts have helped the Freedom Alliance award more than $2.5 million in scholarships in recent years to the sons and daughters of American heroes.

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