JOSE CANSECO ADDED TO LIST OF GUESTS FOR DEBUT OF XM SATELLITE RADIO'S "MLB HOME PLATE" CHANNEL; CANSECO SCHEDULED TO APPEAR LIVE, TAKE CALLS ON FEBURARY 15 AT 4:00 PM ET
Washington D.C., February 14, 2005 -- Jose Canseco, baseball veteran and author of the new book "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big," is scheduled to appear live on XM Satellite Radio's MLB Home Plate channel (XM Channel 175) on Tuesday, February 15, at 4:00 pm ET
Canseco is scheduled to appear on the XM program "The Show" hosted by Canseco's former manager, Kevin Kennedy, and will take listener phone calls. Kennedy co-hosts "The Show" with fellow MLB veteran Rob Dibble.
Tuesday marks the first day of broadcasting for MLB Home Plate, the nation's first 24-hour radio channel devoted to Major League Baseball. The MLB Home Plate channel will feature news, listener call-in shows, interviews, and rebroadcasts of classic games.
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