Rumbon
Encyclopedia
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 of the SIRIUS XM merger. The station that took over is Caliente
, Sirius 83 and XM 85.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
speaking Tropical
Tropical music
Musica tropical or tropical music is a broad term for vocal and instrumental music with "tropical" flavor usually associated with the Afro-Caribbean music. It is part of an even broader category of Latin music. Usually it is an upbeat dance music, but also includes ballads. It features complex,...
and Reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio
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...
channel 83 and DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
channel 6092. The station was titled "Tropical" until September 29, 2005. The channel was added to Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada is a Canadian company, a partnership between Slaight Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio, which was one of three services licensed by the CRTC on June 16, 2005 to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.On November 24, 2010, following...
in June 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."...
. Rumbon was retired on November 12, 2008 in result of the SIRIUS XM merger. The station that took over is Caliente
Caliente (XM)
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 , and previously channel 85 on XM) and on Dish Network channel 6083...
, Sirius 83 and XM 85.