IF YOU STRIKE ME DOWN, I SHALL BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE:Megyn Kelly to Lead Her Own SiriusXM Channel in New Multi-Year Deal.
Megyn Kelly led one show at a time on the schedule of Fox News Channel and, subsequently, NBC. Soon, she’s going to spearhead many at SiriusXM.
The popular talk host, who has created a new content empire under her own Devil May Care Media production company, will lead her own SiriusXM channel starting November 4. Her “Megyn Kelly Channel” will transmit on Sirius’ channel 111, formerly the home of “Triumph,” a channel that featured Kelly along with shows from Glenn Beck, Nancy Grace and Dr. Laura Schelssinger, among others. Some of those programs will move to Sirius’ channel 123.
The new channel will continue to air Kelly’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” which is heard first on SiriusXM before becoming available in podcast form, and will also feature new programming, including the debut of an exclusive daily after-show program. Additional series, shows, and specials are expected to be announced in coming weeks.
“Linear television news is dead. People can’t stand those stilted, censored conversations anymore, which is exactly why this medium is thriving. I’m thrilled to deliver our bold brand of no-B.S. news live on SiriusXM and to be expanding my relationship with such a stellar, blue-chip brand and great partner,” said Kelly, in a prepared statement. “Soon our listeners will have the Megyn Kelly Channel to enjoy and trust for the conversations and content they love.”
As Kelly mentioned last week in an interview with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the L.A. Times, the rushed format of television news meant that she had to prep for a couple of hours for a segment, but the person she interviewed was reduced to largely generating soundbites to fill the limited time available between commercials. Satellite radio allows for much more in-depth conversations:
Classical allusion in headline: Megyn Kelly is being fired because she shone too much light on NBC’s #MeToo problem. “Kelly has made it clear that she will not welcome back abusers. When asked about Matt Lauer, NBC’s lovely, $20 million anchor who had a door lock on his desk to more easily prey on female subordinates, Kelly minced as few words as she could without condemning her employers for their complicity in Lauer’s persistent harassment.”