This is a list of former channels on

XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable television. Its s ...

, in addition to information on format changes of existing channels. Also included is information on temporary channels and seasonal channels.

Before the Sirius and XM channel lineup merger

These actions took place before 2008-11-12, the merger of the Sirius and XM channel lineups.

Format changes

Most of these XM channels still exist on the lineup, but have made changes to its presentation method or playlist: *

ESPN Xtra ESPN Xtra is a satellite radio station that carries sports talk programming produced by ESPN. The channel was originally on XM 141, but is now broadcast on Sirius XM Radio channel 81. In February 2008, three shows from local ESPN Radio owned-a ...

- Was

24/7 In commerce and industry, 24/7 or 24-7 service (usually pronounced "twenty-four seven") is service that is available at any time and usually, every day. An alternate orthography for the numerical part includes 24×7 (usually pronounced "twenty ...

ESPNEWS TV audio rebroadcast until 2008-02-04. * XM Café - Was formerly titled Starbucks XM Café from 2007-07-31 until 2008-09-30. On November 12, 2008 the name was changed to The Spectrum. *

Quoi de Neuf Quoi de Neuf ("What's New") is a Canadian 24-hour news and information radio station, which airs on XM Satellite Radio channel 125. The station is primarily a loop of news programming, much of which was originally sourced from Corus Quebec's terre ...

- Was

Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

and

Entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...

news and information until 2007-04-09. *

Radio Parallèle Radio Parallèle was XM Satellite Radio's French-language men's talk radio channel, located on XM channel 156. The channel was produced by XM Radio Canada, though the programming, as well as the near-totality of the shows aired, were done from th ...

- Was Men's Lifestyle and Sports Talk until 2007-04-06. This channel titled SportPlus until 2007-04-06 and Franc Parler from 2005-11-17 to 2006-04-17. * Fuego - Was

Latin Pop Latin pop (in Spanish and in Portuguese: Pop latino) is a pop music subgenre that is a fusion of US–style music production with Latin music genres from anywhere in Latin America and Spain. Originating in Spanish-speaking musicians, Latin po ...

until August 14, 2005. This channel titled Alegria until April 17, 2006. It was later dropped from the line-up altogether. *

The Pink Channel The Music Summit was a channel on XM Satellite Radio located on channel 13 (previously 24). The channel was programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio, and sold to advertisers by Premiere Radio Networks. The terrestrial version is still free to air for HD ...

- Was a simulcast WLTW in

New York City, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

until December 1, 2003, and formerly titled Lite. Following the format flip, the channel was titled Sunny. This title remained until 2008-08-18. Among the formats for Sunny were Beautiful Music until May 1, 2006, Nostalgic Music until June 2006, AM Gold music, and finally Early AC. *

Highway 16 Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to: International * Asian Highway 16 * European route E16 * European route E016 Australia - Thompsons Road (Victoria) - South Australia Canada ;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway: * Yellowhead ...

- Was 1990s and 2000s (decade) Country on channel 15 until December 1, 2003. Formerly titled Highway 15. It is now known as simply The Highway. * KISS 104.1 - Simulcast KIIS-FM/

KVVS KVVS (105.5 FM) is a simulcast radio station in Rosamond, California owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station carries the Top 40 (CHR) format of KIIS-FM (102.7) from Los Angeles for listeners in northern Los Angeles County and southeastern Kern ...

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

until December 1, 2003. Flipped to "hits of the 90s and today" in June 2006. * MIX - Simulcast KHMX in

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

until December 1, 2003. Changed again May 1, 2006 to play wider array of hit music from 1970s onward. *

Nashville! Nashville! was a commercial radio channel on XM Satellite Radio. It was located on XM 57(previously 11) and plays a wide range of country music hits from the early 1990s through today. The channel was programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Advertisin ...

- Simulcast WSIX in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...

until December 1, 2003. Formerly titled WSIX. *

The Verge ''The Verge'' is an American technology news website operated by Vox Media, publishing news, feature stories, guidebooks, product reviews, consumer electronics news, and podcasts. The website launched on November 1, 2011, and uses Vox Media' ...

- Was Unsigned Artists until November 17, 2005. It is now a channel programmed by

Canadian Satellite Radio Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc. (commonly referred to as Sirius XM Canada) is a Canadian radio broadcasting company, which operates as a Canadian affiliate of Sirius XM Radio. The company received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and T ...

. Its original name was Unsigned, and after that, (un)Signed. * Top Tracks - Played

Classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

until shifting to early classic rock on March 1, 2006. Later classic rock was spun off into Big Tracks. After the merger with Sirius, the channels became Classic Vinyl and Classic Rewind respectively. * Top 20 on 20 - Played

pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...

and Contemporary hits, was available online and repositioned to a "pop music discovery" outlet, on July 17, 2014, the channel was replaced with Venus

Defunct channels

These channels are no longer part of the XM platform: * BET Uptown (XM62) - Adult R&B Hits and Urban Adult Contemporary station from BET. Brought in-house and changed to Suite 62. * CNET Radio (XM130) - A simulcast of

KNEW KNEW may refer to: * The ICAO code for New Orleans Lakefront Airport, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States * KNEW (AM), a radio station on 960 kHz, licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, that carries the KNEW call s ...

in San Francisco. The station was about news and information regarding technology. It changed formats due to financial losses. (Removed on 2/1/04) * C-Wave (XM105) - Outsourced Chinese language music channel. Was deleted when XM decided to move more programming in-house. (Removed on 8/26/02.) *

CNNfn CNNfn (fn = financial news) was an American cable television news network operated by the CNN subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner from December 29, 1995, and of AOL Time Warner until December 15, 2004. The network was dedicated to co ...

(XM128) - Complete coverage of business news. The network was shut down in 2004. (Removed on 12/2/02.) * CNN Sports Illustrated (XM141) - Sports News and In-Depth Features. The network was shut down on May 15, 2002. (Removed around 5/12/02) *

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...

(XM121) - News from USA Today and its staff in collaboration with XM. (Removed on 12/2/02.) * Discovery Channel Radio (XM161) - Discovery Channel programming. Originally programmed 24/7, then during nights and weekends. (Was removed on 9/1/05) * Babble On (XM168) - Talk channel geared towards teenage audience, deleted for low listenership. One of the first programming casualties of XM. (Removed on 12/2/02.) * Playboy Radio (XM205) - Premium channel provided by Playboy for an extra $4.99 a month. Was deleted due to low subscription turnout. (Added to lineup on 8/26/02. Removed on 9/1/05.) It has now resurfaced on Sirius Satellite Radio. It is available without an additional fee, but subscribers must "opt in" to receive the channel. *

MTV Radio MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

(XM155) - MTV audio simulcasts and pop hits. Also included Headbangers Ball and various MTV award shows. (Original channel that was on 25. Moved to 155 on 2/1/04. Removed from satellite lineup on 9/30/05.) * VH1 Radio (XM156) - VH1 audio simulcasts and pop hits. Also included Behind the Music. (Original channel that was on 24. Moved to 156 on 2/1/04. Removed from satellite lineup on 9/30/05.) * Buzz XM (XM166) - Hot Talk station provided for Clear Channel terrestrial talk shows, renamed "America Right" to complement Air America (originally called "America Left" but changed when Air America signed an exclusive deal with XM) (Was removed on 4/5/04) * XM News (XM120) - In-house news service. Third party channels defeated its purpose. (Was removed on 8/26/02.) * Tejano (XM93) - Tejano music channel owned and produced by

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...

. When XM went to commercial free music, Univision pulled out. * Radio Taj (XM104) - Outsourced Indian language music channel. Was deleted when XM decided to move more programming in-house. (Removed on 8/26/02.) * Red Cross Radio (XM248) - A temporary channel used to aid victims of the Hurricane Katrina crisis. * NASCAR 2 (XM145) - Second NASCAR channel for pit crew audio. Added on 9/4/04. This station ended after the 2005 racing season and has not returned. *

Sporting News Radio SportsMap is a sports radio Radio network, network that is distributed by Gow Media. The SportsMap Radio Network supplies its network affiliates with a 24-hour schedule of sports programming, including call-in shows and sports updates. Over its h ...

(XM143) - This channel simulcasted the entire Sporting News Radio lineup until 8/28/06, when it was replaced with XM's in-house sports channel XM Sports Nation. The new channel still plays select SNR shows, especially on weekends. *

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...

(XM130) - TV audio rebroadcast. Was removed on 9/4/06 due to scheduling changes across the XM platform. Returned to SiriusXM 4/12/10. *NASCAR Radio (XM144) -

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Racing and Talk. Was removed on 1/1/07 as the NASCAR contract expired and NASCAR's new deal with Sirius started. XM Produced shows were merged into XM Sports Nation, which now occupies the channel number. * Hear Music (XM 75) - The Voice of Music at

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. Was removed on 2007-07-31, as bandwidth was used for

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. This channel merged with XM Café to create Starbucks XM Café. *

ABC News & Talk ABC News & Talk was a news/talk and entertainment radio channel programmed and distributed by ABC Radio Networks for satellite radio services. It aired on XM Satellite Radio channel 124, and Sirius Satellite Radio channel 143 both in the United S ...

(XM 124) - News/talk and entertainment. Was removed on 2007-09-24, as Citadel Broadcasting shut down operations of, or sold off, its satellite networks as a cost-cutting measure. * The Flow (XM61) - Neo-soul music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only. Removed on 2008-07-15. * The Torch (XM31) - Christian rock music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, and was also on DirecTV. Removed on 2008-07-15. * Luna (XM530) - Latin Jazz music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, then returned to the air as a SiriusXM Xtra Channel. * On the Rocks (XM79) -

Lounge music Lounge music is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It may be meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place, usually with a tranquil theme, such as a jungle, an island paradise or outer space. The rang ...

. This channel moved from the satellites to online only. Removed on 2008-07-15. * XM Music Lab (XM51) - Progressive rock and jam bands. This channel moved from the satellites to online only. Removed on 2008-07-15. * Fuego (XM90) - Reggaeton, Latin Hip-hop & Hispanic Rhythmic. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, and was also on DirecTV. Removed on 2008-07-15. *

Special X Special X was a Commercial-Free channel on XM Satellite Radio that played Novelty music with a "weirdness" theme. the Special X channel was on Channel 30 on XM Radio and on Channel 848 on DirecTV. In its early days, the channel was hosted by a cha ...

(XM154) - Freeform novelty music. This channel moved from the satellites to online only, and was also on DirecTV. Removed on 2008-07-15. * WSIX (XM161) - Simulcast of Nashville, TN-based Country music station. Removed on 2008-08-08. * xL

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(XM53) Uncensored punk, Hardcore and Ska music. - Removed on 2008-09-15 *

(XM2) - XM Featured Shows. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. *

X Country X Country was a Commercial-free Music channel on XM Satellite Radio devoted to progressive country music. It was available on channel 12 on XM Radio and channel 810 on DirecTV. Artists on the playlist included Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, John ...

(XM12) - Progressive Country Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. * xL

The Rhyme This is a list of former channels on XM Satellite Radio, in addition to information on format changes of existing channels. Also included is information on temporary channels and seasonal channels. Before the Sirius and XM channel lineup merger Th ...

(XM65) - Uncensored

Classic Hip-Hop Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after ...

. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. * Beyond Jazz (XM72) - Progressive Jazz and Modern Jazz music. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. *

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(XM76) - Eclectic. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. * Chrome (XM83) - Classic Dance and

Disco Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...

. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. Returned as The Strobe in January 2009 on channel 83. * Aguila (XM92) -

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. * Caricia (XM93) - Spanish Oldies. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. * The Weather Channel (XM125) - 24/7 Weather Radio Network. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. Content is now aired on

Sirius XM Weather & Emergency Sirius XM Weather & Emergency was a free satellite radio channel dedicated to providing critical, updated information before, during and after natural disasters, weather emergencies and other hazardous incidents as well as AMBER Alerts to listen ...

channel 247. * XM Sports Nation (XM144) - Sports Talk and Play-by-Play. Removed on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. Returned in 2009 on channel 143. *

E! Entertainment Radio E! Entertainment Radio was an XM satellite radio channel, which ran audio from shows produced for the E! television network. In September 2005, Sirius moved E! Entertainment Radio from Channel 136 to Channel 107. Effective August 3, 2007 ...

(XM162) - Entertainment News and Celebrity Gossip. Removed on 2008-11-08 prior to the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. * Vibra - Rock en Español. Removed from DirecTV on 2008-11-12 after the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups.

Channels which changed ownership

The Roadhouse ''The Roadhouse'' was a Classic Country radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 62, XM Satellite Radio channel 10 and DISH Network channel 6062. As of February 9, 2010, Direct TV dropped Sirius XM programming in favor of SonicTap. Origin ...

- Programmed by XM Radio until 2011. This station is not present on XM anymore. *The Torch - Programmed by Salem Communications until 2006, then programmed by XM Radio. This station is not present on XM anymore. * The Message - Programmed by Salem Communications until 2006 under Salem's trademark brand The Fish, now programmed by XM Radio. *Spirit - Programmed by

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until 2004, now programmed by XM Radio. *

- Programmed by XM Radio until November 2005 as Unsigned, now programmed by

XM Radio Canada XM Radio Canada was the operating name of Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (or CSR), a Canadian communications and media company, which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast satellite radio in Canada. Following the merger of Sirius XM Radio ...

. *The Flow - Programmed by

until 2004, now programmed by XM Radio. This station is not present on XM anymore. *

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- Programmed by

until 2004, then programmed by XM Radio. This station is not present on XM anymore. * The City - Programmed by

until 2004, then programmed by XM Radio. This station is not present on XM anymore. * Top 20 on 20 - Programmed by XM Radio until 2008, then programmed by Sirius XM Radio until 2014. This station is not present on XM anymore. *Fuego - Programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation under the name Alegria with a

format, until it merged with

Univision Radio Uforia Audio Network () is the radio broadcasting and music events division of TelevisaUnivision USA. Formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and Univision Radio, it is the eighth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States, and ...

in 2002.

programmed the channel until 2004. It was then programmed by XM Radio, who changed its name and format. This station is not present on XM anymore. * Caliente - Programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, until it merged with

in 2002.

programmed the channel until 2004. Now programmed by XM Radio. *Aguila - Programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, until it merged with

in 2002.

programmed the channel until 2004. It was then programmed by XM Radio. This station is not present on XM anymore. *Vibra - Programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, until it merged with

in 2002.

programmed the channel until 2004. It was then programmed by XM Radio, and was a

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exclusive. This station is not present on XM anymore. * Caricia - Programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, until it merged with

in 2002.

programmed the channel until 2004. It's now programmed by XM Radio. On 2008-01-01, this channel returned to the satellite broadcasting with a Spanish Oldies format. This station is not present on XM anymore. *

America Right SiriusXM Patriot is a conservative talk radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 125 and XM Satellite Radio channel 12 The channel features exclusive hosts such as Cam & Company froNRANews(until June 2018), David Webb, and Andrew Wilkow. It ...

- Programmed by

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until May 2006. Now programmed by XM Radio. *

- Programmed by ABC Radio until 2007-06-12. Programming was turned over to Citadel Broadcasting as part of the merger between Citadel and ABC Radio. This station is not present on XM anymore. *