Octane (Sirius XM)

Octane

Broadcast area	United States, Canada
Frequency	Sirius XM Radio 37 Dish Network 6037
Format	(Newer)Active Rock
Class	Satellite Radio Station
Owner	Sirius XM Radio
Website	SiriusXM: Octane

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 is uncensored, and its musical focus is active rock in current development on. Core artists include Shinedown, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Alice in Chains, Drowning Pool, Pantera, 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, Lamb of God, Avenged Sevenfold, OTEP, Bullet for My Valentine, Killswitch Engage, Limp Bizkit, Skillet, and Metallica. Octane is a newer active rock music similar to that played on most hard rock-leaning terrestrial radio stations in the United States, similar to the old Squizz on XM. Octane had the most fans of any Sirius XM Satellite Radio station on Facebook with over 200,000.

Octane is one of four hard rock channels offered by Sirius XM Radio (Hair Nation, Boneyard and Liquid Metal being the others). Faction also is associated with the hard rock category.

SiriusXM was inducted to the Rock Radio Hall of Fame in 2014 in the "Industry Leader Allstars" category.

Weekday On-Air Schedule

all times are Eastern

Time	DJ
6:00 am – 12:00 pm	Grant Random
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Kayla Riley
6:00 pm – 12:00 am	Steve Covino

Saturday

Time	DJ
12:00 am – 3:00 am	Shannon Gunz
9:00 am – 3:00 pm	Jose Mangin
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Biguns Top 15 Countdown
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Kayla Riley
9:00 pm – 12:00 am	Shannon Gunz

Sunday

Time	DJ
12:00 am – 3:00 am	Shannon Gunz
9:00 am – 12:00 pm	Jose Mangin
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Replay of Biguns Top 15 Countdown
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Jose Mangin
3:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Kayla Riley
9:00 pm – 12:00 am	Shannon Gunz

Fill-in DJs

Shannon Gunz

Scotty (normally on SiriusXM Liquid Metal)
Luc Carl (normally on SiriusXM Ozzy's Boneyard)

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 2 pm, Sundays at 12 pm, 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.

Sirius XM Satellite Radio music channels

Channels	Siriusxm the Groove Siriusxm Hollys Siriusxm Love Siriusxm Spa Siriusxm Escape 1st Wave Alt Nation B.B. King's Bluesville BackSpin BBC Radio 1 SiriusXM Fly Bluegrass Junction Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour BPM The Bridge Caliente (Spanish) Cinemagic Classic College Radio Classic Rewind Classic Vinyl The Coffee House Deep Tracks E Street Radio Doctor Radio Bloomberg Radio Fox Business radio Faction The Grateful Dead Channel Fox News radio Hair Nation The Heat Siriusxm R&B Holiday Classic The Highway Hip-Hop Nation Jam On The Joint KIIS-FM Krishna Das Yoga Radio Liquid Metal Lithium Neil Diamond Radio Octane On Broadway Outlaw Country Ozzy's Boneyard Pearl Jam Radio Pink Floyd Channel Pitbull's Globalization Radio The Loft The Coffee House Prime Country The Pulse CNN Radio and HLN Radio Radio Margaritaville Red, White & Booze Real Jazz The Roadhouse Road Trip Radio Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum RockBar Shade 45 Sirius XM Bootlegs Sirius XM Chill Sirius XM Comes Alive SiriusXM Hits 1 Sirius XM Limited Engagements Pop2K Sirius XM Music Showcase Sirius XMU NPR Holiday Soul ABC Radio and CBS Radio The Spectrum Studio 54 Radio Symphony Hall CNBC ESPNEWS Weather & Traffic Venus The Village Viva Volume Watercolors WLTW Willie's Roadhouse Y2Kountry No Shoes Radio

Discontinued	Sirius XM Pops (discontinued July 16, 2014) Sirius XM Holiday Pops (discontinued July 16, 2014)

XM exclusives	Air Musique Bollywood & Beyond MIX Sur La Route The Music Summit The Verge

Sirius exclusives	Bande à part CBC Radio 3 Iceberg Radio L'Oasis francophone Latitude franco

See also: XM Satellite Radio channel history

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