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What Song Is on the Bpm Satellite Radio Channel That Says Ill Be Back Again Ill Be Back Again?

American satellite radio station

Radio station

BPM
SiriusXM BPM Logo (as of Oct. 15, 2019).png
Broadcast surface area Due north America
Frequency Sirius XM Radio 51
Dish Network 6051
Programming
Format Trip the light fantastic toe Hits
Ownership
Owner Sirius XM Radio
History

Showtime air appointment

 September 25, 2001
Technical data
Class Satellite Radio Station
Links
Website SiriusXM: BPM

BPM ("Beats Per Minute") is a current-based electronic dance music channel offered by Sirius XM Radio, operating on XM channel 51[1] (previously 81), Sirius aqueduct 51[two] (previously 36, where it replaced The Beat on November 12, 2008) and Dish Network channel 6051. DirecTV carried this channel on aqueduct 859 until February ix, 2010. BPM can exist heard on channel 51 for both services and Dish Network 6051 (99-51 on hopper) BPM features Geronimo, the Programme Managing director, on weekdays 7-10am, Rida Naser on weekdays 10am-2pm, Ben Harvey on weekdays two-6pm, Danny Valentino on Saturdays 10am-3pm and Sundays 12-5pm, Mallory Lynne on Saturdays 3-6pm and Sundays 5-9pm and Liquid Todd on weeknights 6-11pm.[3]

BPM bills itself as the earth's EDM leader.[four]

Regular programming [edit]

Logo used from 2001 to Oct 2019.

Sirius XM currently describes the aqueduct as follows:

The earth's EDM leader! Spinning the EDM hits, remixes and club hits that bring the energy and passion of a weekend party into every twenty-four hours and dark. #bpm @sxmelectro

BPM is presented in a Peak 40 radio mode. Its original programme 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 electric current mainstream dance; in 2006 it fabricated a slight shift toward the pop mainstream. All the same, in March 2009, its accent changed dramatically to focus primarily on remixed superlative-twoscore music, 90's dance cuts and selected songs that appointment to the early on 1980s, a like format to the former Sirius channel, "The Beat". With the launch of the new retro Dance channel Utopia in 2010, BPM has phased out the recurrents and gold production in lodge to focus on current product. BPM is commercial-free and has on-air DJs.

Despite beingness electronic music in general, the cyberspace station tin be adapted to omit or strongly emphasize dubstep.

Onetime shows [edit]

  • 33 & 1/three This was the first dance music inaugural testify on BPM, which ran from 2001 to 2006. The program aired on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and counted down the top 33 & one/3 songs (really 34; 33 1⁄three is the RPM on a trip the light fantastic toe 12" single, hence the show's name). In betwixt the tracks, five new singles that were existence tested as feedback for listeners called "Wannabes" was featured, along with a flashback of a number 1 song that reached the top spot on the show a twelvemonth earlier. Originally hosted by Maxwell House (Blake Lawrence), then by Alan Freed.
  • The Spin Factor - A 2-hour dance music countdown, hosted by former PD Alan Freed, showcasing the top songs on BPM based entirely on requests and user input. It consisted of approximately 28 songs and the #i song from one year prior. This programme replaced 33 & 1/3 in January 2006. In 2006, The Spin Cistron aired every Sunday at 3pm ET, Monday at 6pm ET, and Monday nights at midnight ET. The Spin Cistron was discontinued in January 2007; Its last weekly produced inaugural program was December 24, 2006. No reason has even so been posted.
  • The BPM Projection - An hour-long plan that focused on new tracks and listeners were invited to reply with feedback on whether they want to hear them played regularly. Also hosted by Alan Freed, this program replaced the "Wannabes" segments that were part of 33 & i/3.
  • Bullet Points - Daily brusque-form dance music news and result listings by Alan Freed. Each week's reports were published on the BPM web site attached to the weekly countdown nautical chart.
  • Corsten's Inaugural (which moved to sister dance station Electric Expanse) An interactive monthly countdown show hosted by Ferry Corsten. This series features new trip the light fantastic tracks, club mix sets and the top club songs voted on past listeners online.
  • D.U.I. (Dancing Under the Influence) (discontinued after the Sirius XM merger) Six hours of DJ sets from BPM Resident DJs
    • Melle Mel (Detroit)
    • DJ Armando (Hartford)
    • DJ Scotty Boy (Las Vegas)
    • Lil Cee (New York)

In improver, Matt Darey's Nocturnal (a popular worldwide dance music show) aired as part of the "D.U.I." cake.

Melle Mel came aboard every bit a replacement for DJ Smooth. Prior to the DUI bear witness, DJ Smooth was 1 of the DJs who played the Rotation mix sets, from Oct 2002 to December 2005.

  • Global Domination (which moved to sister dance station Electric Expanse) features two-hour sets from five different DJs across the world (the proper noun "Global Domination" comes from the far-flung nature of the DJs).
    • "Club Life" with DJ Tiësto of the Netherlands
    • "Nocturnal" with Matt Darey of London
    • "12 inches of Cox" with Chris Cox of Los Angeles
    • "Junior'south Globe" with Junior Vasquez of New York
    • Jonathan Peters of New York
    • DJ Tiësto (replay)
  • Backspins With Boesche - An hour of archetype dance music tracks from the 1990s and early 2000s mixed by BPM resident DJ Jon Boesche.
  • Air BPM (originally Air 81) - A three-hour cake of DJ sets by BPM Resident DJs on Friday nights presented in the format of an imaginary flight across America from due east to west. Each hour features a unlike DJ from a unlike city. Each hour the "flight" "touches downwards" in a new metropolis and the next DJ plays. The block featured Johnny Budz (New York), Cato K (Miami), and DJ Leony (Orlando).
  • Air BPM in Reverse - Discontinued equally of March fourteen, 2009. (Same as AIR BPM, but backwards with respect to programming schedule) An eight-hour block of DJ sets by BPM Resident DJs on Sabbatum nights presented in the format of an imaginary flight across America from east to due west. Each hour features a unlike DJ from a different metropolis. Each hour the "flight" "touches down" in a new city and the next DJ plays.
    • 9pm ET - Mike Rizzo (New York)
    • 10pm ET - DJ Theo (New York)
    • 11pm ET - Joe Bermudez (Boston)
    • Midnight ET - DJ Leony (Orlando)
    • oneam ET - Scotty Boy (Las Vegas)
    • 2am ET - Cato Chiliad. (Miami)
    • 3am ET - Nathan Scott (Chicago)
    • fouram ET - Johnny Budz (New York)
  • Addiction w/ DJ Armando Used to air weeknights at elevenpm ET/ 8pm PT, Sun mornings at midnight ET/9pm PT. DJ Armando previously aired a alive Habit show at 5pm ET & 8pm ET. Many fans were disappointed by the movement to 11pm.

The BEAT Morning Show was added on January 15, 2009, after the merger of BPM on Nov 12, 2008, with many subscribers upset nearly the new channel and music programming. The show was removed from the line-upwards merely three months later, with no reason.

Criticism [edit]

As noted to a higher place, in March 2009, the emphasis inverse dramatically to focus on remixed summit-xl music, taking the playlist from the now-defunct Sirius 36 The Shell. Near of the older trip the light fantastic toe content is now on The Strobe. Immediately afterward, there was major public backlash, notably on the station'south Facebook page and other fan pages on the web. Many hardcore dance/club fans were alienated by the music favored by the small-scale minority to whom the channel was trying to entreatment. Subsequently many months of BPM "crying wolf" well-nigh changes coming, on June 16, 2009, the channel'southward pure trip the light fantastic origins temporarily returned. The station announced that it had expanded the playlist to include the entire channel library from 2001 to the present. Presently subsequently on June 30, 2009, programme director Skyy left the company. Direction of the station shifted to Mike Abrams (who has been with XM since 2004) and Geronimo, former program director of the defunct pre-acquisition Sirius trip the light fantastic toe channel, "The Vanquish", known for its heavy focus on mainstream height-40 remixes and tracks from the 90s and 80s.

On January fifteen, 2009, "The Beat Morn Show with Geronimo" fabricated its debut. Geronimo was heard on The Crush during its run on Sirius, and the show feature music that was heard on The Trounce previous to the combination of the 2 services. As of June 13, 2009, "The Shell Morning Show" is no longer used on air or listed in the programme guide.

Many subscribers had expressed their displeasure with the "Bagatelle Brunch" that aired on Saturday afternoons from 3 pm to 6 pm. An overwhelming number of comments on the station'southward Facebook fan page have complained that the allegedly live circulate from a nightclub is poorly mixed, with excessive crowd noise and a heavy dose of non-electronic dance music (i.eastward. classic rock and R&B). Equally of October 12, 2009, BPM dropped the weekday 1pm "Best of Bagatelle Brunch" from the schedule. Equally of Feb v, 2011, due to subscriber backfire, the show has been canceled.

Awards [edit]

BPM was twice the recipient of the almanac International Dance Music Awards' "Best Satellite Trip the light fantastic toe Channel" award (for agenda years 2004 and 2005). This is notable for the fact that the award was presented only twice and because the public votes on the awards. BPM was the favorite of the other XM trip the light fantastic cluster channels nominated - "The Move" and "The System" - as well every bit the dance channels on former competitor Sirius.

BPM has been nominated for a radio laurels in each of the subsequent IDMAs but has not won since 2005.

In 2015, program director, Geronimo, was named #21 on Billboard'due south listing of meridian EDM Power Players [5]

Other broadcast platforms [edit]

BPM was included in virtually every XM cross-promotion previous to the 2008 acquisition and was heard by subscribers to DirecTV Satellite Television set (ch. 859), and on two United States airlines: JetBlue and AirTran Airways, and on supported devices by users of AT&T Mobility, Sprint (for Sirius users) and Alltel wireless.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "XM Aqueduct Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04 . [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ^ "Sirius Channel Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04 . [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ^ "SiriusXm". Sirius XM . Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ Canada, SiriusXM. "BPM | SiriusXM Canada". SiriusXM . Retrieved 2018-06-08 .
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/manufactures/news/dance/6597674/billboard-edm-power-players-list-dance-2015?folio=0%2C2 [ dead link ]

External links [edit]

  • BPM website
  • Dance/Mix Bear witness Airplay Chart - BPM is a reporter to the Billboard Dance Radio Airplay nautical chart
  • BPM Spin Factor Chart Archive - An archive of "33 & 1/3" and "Spin Cistron" charts including DJ prepare lists and music news
  • Alan Freed at Myspace including dance/club music news
  • ShoutDRIVE Radio Old XM BPM Programme Director Alan Freed'south dance site/station
  • International Dance Music Awards

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPM_%28Sirius_XM%29