Megyn Kelly will lead her own Sirius XM channel in a new multi-year deal
Megyn Kelly led one show at a time on the Fox News Channel and then NBC schedule. She will soon lead many at SiriusXM.
The popular host, who has created a new content empire under her own production company Devil May Care Media, will helm her own SiriusXM channel starting November 4. Her “Megyn Kelly Channel” will air on Sirius’ channel 111, previously home to “Triumph,” a channel that featured Kelly along with shows from Glenn Beck, Nancy Grace and Dr. Laura Schelssinger. Some of those programs will move to channel 123 on Sirius.
The new channel will continue to air Kelly’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” which can first be heard on SiriusXM before becoming available in podcast form, and will also offer new programming, including the debut of an exclusive daily after-show program. More series, shows and specials are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
“Linear television news is dead. People can’t stomach those stilted, censored conversations anymore, and that’s exactly why this medium is thriving. I’m thrilled to bring our bold brand of no-BS news live on SiriusXM and to expand my relationship with such a great, premier brand and great partner,” Kelly said in a prepared statement. “Soon, our listeners will have the Megyn Kelly Channel to enjoy and rely on for the conversations and content they love.”
Kelly is one of several opinion personalities who have gained new attention in the audio and direct-to-consumer space in recent years following the death of Rush Limbaugh and the rise of conservative media outside the Fox News Channel umbrella. Many of these figures are former Fox News regulars who have gone on to find their own audiences. Bill O’Reilly has a subscription-based video feed. Glenn Beck is the co-founder of the conservative content channel Blaze Media. And Tucker Carlson has turned heads with his own programming, spread across social and digital media. Their audiences may be smaller and more diverse than those that come to mainstream news outlets, but in an age of cut-and-dried news, their niche power should not be ignored.
Kelly seems to like the situation. “I could never have a boss again. I don’t get along with bosses,” Kelly said Variety in 2023, in which she made a not-so-overt reference to the problems she had with senior executives at Fox News Channel and NBC News over the course of her career. “I’m much better off being my own boss and running my own show.”
During her tenure as audio host, Kelly interviewed President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shortly before his confirmation hearings. She has also interviewed Carlson, Piers Morgan, Bill Maher, Bari Weiss, Charlamagne tha God and Shawn Ryan, among others.
Kelly has launched podcasts in recent weeks, supported by other personalities. Offerings from her MK Media podcast network include “The Nerve with Maureen Callahan,” “Next Up with Mark Halperin,” “Spot On with Link Lauren” and “After Party with Emily Jashinsky.” She recently unveiled an ‘MK True Crime’ initiative, which offers legal analysis and live trial coverage with a range of expert contributors.
