''The Foxxhole'' was an uncensored

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channel on

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channel 96. Presented by actor/comedian/musician

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, the network broadcasts a variety of comedy and

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such as hip-hop and R&B in addition to live talk shows broadcast during the weekdays. The channel originally debuted on Sirius 106 on May 17, 2007, and began broadcasting simultaneously on XM 149 on November 12, 2008, until both services moved The Foxxhole to channel 96 on May 4, 2011. Original programming on The Foxxhole includes talk shows such as ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' and ''Speedy's Comedy Corner''; former programs on the network have included ''The

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Show'', ''The

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5150 Show'', ''The

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Show'', and other programs. Between programs, The Foxxhole broadcasts a nonstop stream of unedited and uncensored stand-up comedy clips from urban comedians, as well as urban contemporary, hip-hop and R&B songs.

Controversies

On the April 17, 2009 episode of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', Foxx and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding teenaged singer

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, in response to a caller's comment on a recent altercation between Cyrus and rock band

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. Cyrus, who was a minor at the time, was advised by Foxx and his co-hosts to "go make a sex tape" and take drugs "like Lindsay Lohan". Foxx issued a public apology on ''

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'' several days later in response to growing public outcry as well as televised criticism by Cyrus's father, country singer

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Controversies

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