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 of a Rhythmic Top 40 like it was prior to the merger, because of Sirius removing Pop2K (now exclusively on XM channel 30, and many Pop2K artists are played on The Heat.
It also shifted its direction to Urban after the changes were made, to replace XM's former Urban Contemporary channel, 67 The City. On NovemThe Heat replaced Sirius' Hot Jamz on channel 50. Prior to its debut as "The Heat" in 2006, it was originally called "The Eye" (XM26) and it was only available online and on DirecTV from Novemto April 16, 2006.
The service signed on April 17, 2006.Īt 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. The Heat is the name of Sirius XM Radio's urban-leaning rhythmic contemporary channel, on Sirius channel 46 (previously 50) and XM channel 46 (previously 68) and as well as on Dish Network channel 6046/099-46 (Dish Hopper) (previously 6047), Until February 9, 2010, it was on DirecTV channel 825, due to all of the Sirius XM programming being dropped.
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