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U-Pop was a
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channel programmed by Washington, DC based
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. U-Pop could originally be heard globally on WorldSpace's Afristar and Asiastar satellites. The channel features hit music from around the globe including hits from Europe, Japan, Africa, America and Latin America. It is available on
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radio only.


XM Hiatus and elimination of U-Pop on XM

XM Satellite Radio carried U-Pop on channel 29 and on Channel 824 on DirecTV. The company has placed U-Pop on hiatus several times over the life of the channel and eliminated it from the lineup on November 12,
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. It was replaced in XM's lineup by BBC Radio 1, a similarly-formatted Europop channel on Sirius channel 11. U-Pop continued on XM Radio Online channel 31 and DirecTV until Sirius XM Radio ended its contract with
1worldspace 1worldspace, known for most of its existence simply as WorldSpace, is a defunct satellite radio network that in its heyday provided service to over 170,000 subscribers in eastern, southern and northern Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia wi ...
in February
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. U-Pop was also the last XM Satellite Radio channel to be carried on satellites before the channel merger.


Former featured shows

These shows aired on U-Pop before
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filed for bankruptcy. * Ted Kelly's World Party * New Music Friday * The Daley Planet with Mark Daley * The IT List * The UPOP Chart Countdown * Upick The UPOP * '' hit40uk'' * Aural Fixation w/ Pogo * Basement Bhangra * Buzzine * Casbah After Dark with Mike Copeland * Gravity with Zach Overking * Shibuya Airwaves


References

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See also

* XM Satellite Radio channel history Defunct radio stations in the United States