XMX (or just X) Channel 2 was a commercial-free,

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station on

Sirius XM Radio Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting corporation headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. The company was formed by the 2008 merger ...

, formerly

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. Originally used to remind subscribers of overdue payments, the channel changed to a music format on August 1,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

and featured popular exclusive XM music programming played all day, every day. XMX was discontinued on November 12,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, as part of the merger of the SIRIUS and XM channel lineups. The channel was directed by Paul Bachmann, who was also regularly found in XM's Classical and Rock neighborhoods in the 2000s.

Programming lineup

* Mondays: Artist Confidential * Tuesdays: Bill Anderson Visits with the Legend * Wednesdays: Theme Time Radio Hour with

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

* Thursdays: Tom Petty's Buried Treasure * Fridays: XM All-Stars - Variety of XM's mini-series * Weekends: Studio 2 – Various XM homegrown shows and specials

List of live special events and rebroadcasts

Concert For Diana Concert for Diana was a benefit concert held at the then newly built Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday. 31 August that year brought the 10t ...

: The concert was rebroadcast on Friday, 2007-08-31 *

Live Earth Live Earth was an event developed to increase Environmentalism, environmental awareness through entertainment. Background Founded by producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Live Earth 2007 The 1st series ...

: The entire concert was rebroadcast Saturday, 2007-09-01 through Sunday, 2007-09-02 * Farm Aid 2007: A Homegrown Festival: The event was broadcast live Sunday, 2007-09-09, and was exclusive to the channel on XM * 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival: Music and interviews from the event were broadcast June 13–15, 2008.

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Programming lineup

List of live special events and rebroadcasts

See also

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