BPM (XM)
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| Broadcast area | United States Canada |
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| Slogan | America's Dance Hits |
| Frequency | XM 81 DirecTV 859 AOL Radio |
| First air date | September 2001 |
| Format | Dance Hits |
| Class | Satellite Radio Station |
| Owner | XM Satellite Radio |
| Website | XM BPM |
BPM is one of five channels in the Dance/Electronic cluster offered by XM Satellite Radio, on channel 81. It concentrates primarily on contemporary hit-driven Dance music product, which includes pop Club, House and Trance tracks. BPM, like all of the XM music channels, is entirely commercial-free.
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[edit] Regular Programming
BPM is presented in a typical Top 40 radio style.
[edit] Programming Blocks
The Spin Factor - A two hour Dance music countdown, hosted by Alan Freed (who is no longer with BPM), showcasing the top songs on BPM based entirely on requests and user input. It consists of approximately 28 songs and the #1 song from one year prior. This program replaced "The 33 & 1/3" in January 2006. In 2006, "The Spin Factor" aired every Sunday at 3pm ET, Monday at 6pm ET, and Monday nights at Midnight ET. The Spin Factor was discontinued in January 2007; Its last weekly produced countdown program was December 24, 2006. No reason has yet been posted.
The BPM Project - An hour-long program that spotlights new tracks and listeners are invited to respond 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 & 1/3".
D.U.I. (Dancing Under the Influence) 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 addition, "Matt Darey's Nocturnal" (A popular world-wide Dance Music show) airs as part of the "D.U.I." block.
Air 81 - A nine hour block of DJ sets by BPM Resident DJs on Friday nights presented in the format of an imaginary flight across America from east to west. Each hour features a different DJ from a different city. Each hour the "flight" "touches down" in a new city and the next DJ plays.
- Johnny Budz (New York)
- DJ KJ of K5 (Orlando)
- Cato K (Miami)
- Joe Bermudez (Boston)
- Kill Tha DJ (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Brian Howe (Denver)
- Mark D (Houston)
- Marcus McBride (Phoenix)
- Jamie J Sanchez (San Francisco)
Global Domination features two hour sets from five different DJ's across the world (the name "Global Domination" comes from the far-flung nature of the DJ's.
- "Club Nouveau" with DJ Tiësto of the Netherlands
- "Nocturnal" with Matt Darey of London
- "12 inches of Cox" with Chris Cox of Los Angeles
- "Junior's World" with Junior Vasquez of New York
- Jonathan Peters of New York
- DJ Tiësto (replay)
Backspins With Boesche - An hour of Classic Dance music tracks from the 1990s and early 2000s mixed by BPM Resident DJ, Jon Boesche.
[edit] Awards
BPM has twice been the recipient of the annual International Dance Music Awards' "Best Satellite Dance Channel" award (2004 and 2005). This is notable for the fact that the award has been offered only twice and the award is voted on by the general public. BPM was the favorite of the other XM Dance Cluster channels nominated - "The Move" and "The System" - as well as the dance channels on competitor Sirius.
BPM was nominated as a contender for the 22nd Annual International Dance Music Awards' "Best Radio Station" award for 2006 (all radio awards were combined into one category) but did not win.
[edit] Popularity
Though no ratings are offered for XM channels, it is hinted at that BPM is among the top XM channels in popularity.[citation needed] This is evidenced by the fact that BPM has been included in almost every XM cross-promotion. For example, BPM can also be heard by subscribers of DirecTV Satellite TV (ch. 859), on AOL Radio, online at listen.xmradio.com, on three U.S. airlines: JetBlue, AirTran Airways and United Airlines, and with supported devices for users of AT&T and Alltel wireless.
[edit] External links
- BPM XM web site
- BPM at MySpace
- Alan Freed at MySpace including dance/club music news
- BPM Spin Factor Chart Archive - A growing collection of past "33 & 1/3" and "Spin Factor" charts.
- Dance Radio Airplay Chart - BPM is a reporter to the Billboard/R&R Dance Radio Airplay chart
