SIRIUS Satellite Radio Devotes Entire Channel to Maria Shriver's Women's Conference 2007
SIRIUS Satellite Radio Devotes Entire Channel to Maria Shriver's Women's Conference 2007
'The Women's Conference Channel', presented by Maria Shriver, to broadcast key speeches and panels in their entirety, plus interviews with speakers and attendees
'The Women's Conference Channel' brings the message of the conference to a nationwide audience - 'Remarkable Lives. Remarkable Legacies. What's Yours?'
In addition to hosts Shriver, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, kaleidoscope of speakers currently includes Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Tony Blair, Elizabeth Edwards, Michelle Obama, Cindy Hensley McCain, Ann Romney, Jeri Thompson, Nora Ephron, Joan Baez, Willow Bay, Laila Ali, Vanessa Williams, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Von Furstenberg, and many others
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) today announced that it is a national radio partner of The Women's Conference 2007, hosted by California First Lady Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and will devote an entire channel - SIRIUS' Women's Conference Channel 119 - for two days to bring the conference and its message to a national audience.
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The Women's Conference 2007 will take place on Tuesday, October 23 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. SIRIUS' Women's Conference Channel 119 will air its two-day special broadcast event all day Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26.
This first-of-its-kind channel will provide audio of the conference to listeners nationwide, including key speeches and panels in their entirety, as well as interviews with speakers and attendees, plus introductions and perspectives from Shriver.
The channel will also be streamed worldwide online on SIRIUS Internet Radio, SIR, SIRIUS' CD-quality Internet only service. Visit www.sirius.com for the complete programming lineup.
The Women's Conference, a non-partisan event, has grown into the largest one-day conference for women in the nation and become an iconic destination for important and lively discussions. Shriver, in her fourth year hosting the annual event, shaped this year's conference theme "Remarkable Lives. Remarkable Legacies. What's Yours?" to encourage women to think about their own legacies. This extraordinary event features a diverse line-up of world- renowned speakers who address the issues and concerns important to women today including family, work-life balance, spirituality, health, aging and financial planning.
In addition to Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, this year's celebrated speakers from all walks of life and ages are expected to include Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Laila Ali, Joan Baez, Willow Bay, Tony Blair, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elizabeth Edwards, Linda Ellerbee, Nora Ephron, Thomas Friedman, Diane Von Furstenberg, Susan Saint James, Cindy Hensley McCain, Dee Dee Myers, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Deborah Norville, Michelle Obama, Raven-Symone, Deborah Roberts, Ann Romney, Christine Todd Whitman, Vanessa Williams and others.
This year's conference will also feature a dynamic conversation between the 2008 presidential candidates' spouses featuring Elizabeth Edwards, Cindy Hensley McCain, Michelle Obama, Ann Romney and Jeri Thompson, moderated by Shriver.
SIRIUS is home to a variety of exclusive and powerful programming for women, including Martha Stewart Living Radio, Barbara Walters' Barbara Live!, Jane Pratt's Jane Radio and Candace Bushnell's Sex, Success & Sensibility.
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