The Heat is the name of Sirius XM Radio's Urban Contemporary channel, on Sirius channel 50 and XM channel 68, as well as on Dish Network channel 6050 and DirecTV channel 825. The service signed on April 17, 2006.
At the start The Heat was a Rhythmic Top 40 outlet and had played Rhythmic hits, but during the Sirius XM Merger on November 12, 2008, it changed to a more hit-driven R&B;, urban pop, and melodic Hip-Hop channel.
Prior to its debut as "T...
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The Heat is the name of Sirius XM Radio's Urban Contemporary channel, on Sirius channel 50 and XM channel 68, as well as on Dish Network channel 6050 and DirecTV channel 825. The service signed on April 17, 2006.
At the start The Heat was a Rhythmic Top 40 outlet and had played Rhythmic hits, but during the Sirius XM Merger on November 12, 2008, it changed to a more hit-driven R&B;, urban pop, and melodic Hip-Hop channel.
Prior to its debut as "The Heat" in 2006, it was originally called "The Eye" (XM26) and it was only available online from November 11, 2004 to April 16, 2006. On November 12, 2008 The Heat replaced Sirius' Hot Jamz on channel 50. It also shifted its direction to Urban after the changes were made, to replace XM's former Urban Contemporary channel, 67 The City. Due to the failure of their urban contemporary experiment, in March 2009, the channel's playlist became more Rhythmic once again, however, this time, it seems to be more of a Rhythmic Contemporary, not as much...
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