BPM ("Beats Per Minute") is one of four Dance/Electronic music satellite channels offered by Sirius XM Radio, operating on XM channel 81 and Sirius channel 36 (Where it replaced The Beat on November 12, 2008).
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...
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BPM ("Beats Per Minute") is one of four Dance/Electronic music satellite channels offered by Sirius XM Radio, operating on XM channel 81 and Sirius channel 36 (Where it replaced The Beat on November 12, 2008).
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 select songs that date to the early 1980s, a similar format to the former Sirius channel, "The Beat". BPM is commercial-free and has on-air DJs.
As noted above, in March 2009, the emphasis changed dramatically to focus on remixed top-40 music. Immediately afterward, there was public backlash, notably on the station's Facebook page and...
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