Octane (Sirius XM)
Octane is an Active Rock radio station on Sirius XM Satellite Radio channel 37[1] (previously 20) and Dish Network channel 6037. As a part of the Sirius XM Merger, Octane replaced the XM station SquiZZ on XM channel 48 (later moving to 37[2]) and DirecTV channel 835 (until February 9, 2010). The channel has pure explicit music content that isn't freely heard on most FM radio rock stations, and its musical focus is active rock, playing new and emerging artists alongside familiar active rock acts that are already popular. Octane's music directory consists of artists like Shinedown, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Alice in Chains, Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Nickelback, Saliva, Tool, System of a Down, Three Days Grace, Evanescence, Anthrax, Rammstein, Rage Against the Machine, 10 Years, Five Finger Death Punch, Down, Staind, Godsmack, Korn, Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, Static-X, Fear Factory, Audioslave, Seether, Slipknot, 12 Stones, Avenged Sevenfold, Otep, Bring Me the Horizon, Killswitch Engage, Limp Bizkit, Skillet, and Fuel. Octane plays a well developed new hard rock and alternative metal style of active rock radio music, similar to that played on most hard rock-leaning terrestrial radio stations in the United States, as well as the old Squizz on XM. Octane has the most fans of any Sirius XM Satellite Radio station on Facebook with nearly 340,000.
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| Broadcast area | United States, Canada |
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| Slogan | Pure New Hard Rock |
| Frequency | Sirius XM Radio 37 Dish Network 6037 |
| First air date | 2009 |
| Format | Active Rock |
| Class | Satellite radio station |
| Owner | Sirius XM Radio |
| Website | SiriusXM: Octane |
Octane is one of five hard rock and heavy metal channels offered by Sirius XM Radio (Ozzy's Boneyard, Hair Nation, Liquid Metal, and Turbo being the others). Faction was formerly associated with the hard rock category before becoming a more punk rock formatted channel.
Sirius XM Merger
As part of the Sirius XM Merger, DJs Bohdi and Grant Random were brought over from the now defunct XM station SquiZZ, as well as Big 'Uns, a countdown of the top 15 songs of the week on Saturdays at 3 pm, with repeats on Sundays at 12 pm, Mondays at 9 am and Wednesdays at 6 pm (all times Eastern). Octane, however, began taking on the playlist of Squizz after this, while still using the channel's S020-FM callsign on Mediabase.
References
- "Sirius Channel Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- "XM Channel Lineup" (PDF). 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
See also
- List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations