Caliente is the name of an Sirius XM Radio's Tropical music channel, and is Sirius XM's only Spanish music channel. It is available on 150 (previously channel 83 on 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...

, where it replaced Rumbon

Rumbon

Rumbon was a Spanish speaking Tropical and Reggaeton radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 83 and DISH Network channel 6092. The station was titled "Tropical" until September 29, 2005. The channel was added to Sirius Canada in June 2008. Rumbon was retired on November 12, 2008 in result...

 on November 12, 2008

2008 in radio

Several events occurred in radio in 2008.- Events :* January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for Adult contemporary music branded as "Warm."...

), and previously channel 85 on XM

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...

) and on Dish Network

Dish Network

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 channel 6083. Until February 9, 2010, it was heard on Direct TVchannel 872, but all of the Sirius XM music channels were dropped in favor of SonicTap. Prior to the Sirius/XM merger, Caliente was on XM channel 94. The channel has three live personalities, Laura Stylez, Johnny "El Picoso", and Bryant Pino. Latin Pop and Regional Mexican music is now played on Caliente after XM Viva and XM Agulia retired in the SIRIUS XM merger.

This channel was programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation until it merged with Univision Radio

Univision Radio

Univision Radio is the radio division of media giant Univision Communications, Inc., which also ownsthe Univision television network. The company was formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. It is the eighth largest radio company in the United States, and the largest Hispanic radio...

in 2002. Univision Radio programmed the channel until 2004 channel production turned in-house. XM returned the channel to the satellites on 2004-08-02.

Programming

• Universol Latino
• La Vieja Escuela
• La Gozadera con DJ Kito
• Mexico Lindo
• Sabados de Gozadera con DJ Kito