The Beat

The Beat was 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 offered 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 featured guest and house DJs. Also, like XM, the content was delivered commercial-free. 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. There was 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. On November 12, 2008, it was confirmed that Sirius XM would merge The Beat and BPM.