The Move was one of ten Dance/Electronic music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio, which in turn operated as part of XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio

XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...

's five Dance/Electronic formatted offerings, broadcasting on channel 80.

Station history

The station played Pure Club and House music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

, mostly from the deeper and more underground aspects of the genre, along with extended remixes that wouldn't be appropriate on conventional, mainstream Dance radio. The channel featured club DJs and artists performing extended sets from time to time, including weekly shows from John Digweed

John Digweed

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, Louie Vega, Carl Cox

Carl Cox

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, Paul Dailey

Paul Dailey

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 and Charles Feelgood. Until 2006, the channel included a Drum 'N Bass show.

The Move was removed from the XM satellite service on July 29, 2008

2008 in radio

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 but continued to be available through XM Radio Online web streaming and on DirecTV channel 858. At the time, XM explained the suspension of the channel's over the air presence as temporary (to make room on the service for various specialty programming.) This was communicated by an audio loop heard on The Move's channel in place of normal programming and with text on the XM Radio web site; that the company "anticipate[d]" bringing back The Move in early 2009. However, The Move did not return to the satellites and there was speculation at the time of removal among subscribers and observers that XM programming executives had no intention of reinstating the channel despite the statement made in the announcements on-air and on the web site.

The final day for The Move, along with a number of other XM channels, was November 11, 2008. On November 12, 2008, the XM channel lineup was modified, with Sirius'

Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...

 Area occupying channel 80 on the XM lineup.

Artists: Barbara Tucker

Barbara Tucker

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, Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx

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, David Morales

David Morales

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, Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles

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, Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden

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, Axwell

Axwell

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, Tiga

Tiga (musician)

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, Bob Sinclar

Bob Sinclar

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, Full Intention

Full Intention

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, Everything But The Girl

Everything but the Girl

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, Kaskade

Kaskade

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, Mark Farina

Mark Farina

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, Louie Vega, Charles Webster

Charles Webster (musician)

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