Sports Media Report
SiriusXM will offer listeners nationwide coverage of Major League Baseball’s 2026 All-Star Week, with live broadcasts of the 96th All-Star Game Presented by Mastercard, the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, the MLB Draft Presented by Nippon Express, and more special programming from Philadelphia.
On Saturday, July 11, starting at 1 pm ET, SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio channel will offer live coverage of the first round of the MLB Draft Presented by Nippon Express. SiriusXM listeners will hear the live selections of every team in the first round. SiriusXM’s Dani Wexelman and Grant Paulsen will host alongside former MLB general managers Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette, two longtime pro personnel experts who will react to the selections and what they will bring to their respective teams.
For Monday’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby, SiriusXM’s on-site programming from Citizens Bank Park will begin at 2 pm ET with a Media Day show hosted by Dani Wexelman. At 5 pm ET Grant Paulsen, Jim Duquette and former Phillies infielder Kevin Frandsen will be on the field to host SiriusXM’s pre-game programming and interview many of the All-Stars in attendance. The MLB Network Radio channel will air ESPN Radio’s broadcast of the Home Run Derby starting at 8 pm ET.
On Tuesday, July 14, MLB Network Radio’s coverage of the MLB All-Star Game Presented by Mastercard begins at 5 pm ET with an MLB All-Star Pregame Show hosted by Wexelman, Frandsen and Duquette. The pre-game show will lead into ESPN Radio’s play-by-play broadcast of the All-Star Game starting at 8 pm ET. After the game, Wexelman and Frandsen will be back on the air from Citizens Bank Park for a live post-game show.
Beyond the special coverage of these All-Star Week events, MLB Network Radio offers baseball fans a daily lineup of MLB talk 365 days a year, featuring shows hosted by former players, managers, front office executives and other baseball insiders. The exclusive 24/7 channel is available to listeners nationwide in their cars on channel 89 and on the SiriusXM app
