The Beat (Sirius)

Infobox Radio Station
name = The Beat


area = United States, Canada
airdate = February 14, 2002
frequency = SIRIUS 36
DISH Network 6036
format = Rhythmic Top 40 / Dance music
owner = Sirius XM Radio ("Through SIRIUS Satellite Radio")
website = [http://www.sirius.com/thebeat www.sirius.com/thebeat]

"The Beat" is a Dance Music radio station, one of ten Dance/Electronic music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio, which in turn operates as part of SIRIUS Satellite Radio's five Dance formatted offerings, broadcasting on channel 36 and DISH Network channel 6036.

The Beat offers a hybrid of current-based and mostly remixes of Rhythmic Top 40 and Dance music product, as well as Club classics from the 1990s and early 2000s. All of which is presented in a Top 40-like direction.

Like XM Satellite Radio's BPM, this channel also features guest and house DJs. Also, like XM, the content is delivered commercial-free. There is speculation that with the merger of XM and Sirius now being official, The Beat and BPM could merge into one channel due to both channels airing the same format.

The Beat signed on the same day as Sirius Satellite Radio in 2002. In the fall of 2005, after eliminating several channels to incorporate new ones such as the Howard Stern and Martha Stewart channels, the Beat moved from Channel 66 to Channel 36, along with the other dance-oriented channels (with the exception of Remix, which was eliminated).

ee also

* List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
* List of Dish Network channels

External links

* [http://www.sirius.com/thebeat Sirius The Beat]