BPM (Sirius XM)
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| Broadcast area |
United States Canada |
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| Slogan | Today's Dance Hits And Remixes |
| Frequency |
Sirius XM Radio 51 Dish Network 6051 |
| First air date | September 25, 2001 |
| Format | Dance Hits |
| Class | Satellite Radio Station |
| Owner | Sirius XM Radio |
| Website | SiriusXM: BPM |
BPM ("Beats Per Minute") is one of four Dance/Electronic music satellite channels offered by Sirius XM Radio, operating on XM channel 51 (previously 81), Sirius channel 51 (previously 36, where it replaced The Beat on November 12, 2008) and Dish Network channel 6051. DirecTV carried this channel on channel 859 until February 9, 2010. As of May 5, 2011, BPM can now be heard on channel 51 for both services and Dish Network 6051.
BPM is presented in a Top 40 radio style. Its original program director was Blake Lawrence (known on-air as "Maxwell House"), who headed the channel until he left XM for New York's WQCD in 2004. BPM's original format, from 2001 through 2005, was current mainstream dance; in 2006 it made a slight shift toward the pop mainstream. However, in March 2009, its emphasis changed dramatically to focus primarily on remixed top-40 music, 90's dance cuts and selected songs that date to the early 1980s, a similar format to the former Sirius channel, "The Beat". With the launch of the new retro Dance channel Utopia, BPM has phased out the recurrents and gold product in order to focus on current product. BPM is commercial-free and has on-air DJs.
Despite being electronic music in general, the internet station can be adjusted to omit or strongly emphasize dubstep.
Saturday nights feature a block of programming, branded The Saturday Night Bounce which features hour-long mix shows from Danny Howard, 3lau, DJ Vice and Martin Garrix. The programming block launched on January 9, 2016.
In addition, Matt Darey's Nocturnal (a popular worldwide dance music show) aired as part of the "D.U.I." block.
Melle Mel came aboard as a replacement for DJ Smooth. Prior to the DUI show, DJ Smooth was one of the DJs who played the Rotation mix sets, from October 2002 to December 2005.
The BEAT Morning Show was added on January 15, 2009, after the merger of BPM on November 12, 2008, with many subscribers upset about the new channel and music programming. The show was removed from the line-up just three months later, with no reason.
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