Caricia (XM)
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| Caricia | |
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| Branding | Caricia sp |
| Frequency | XM 93 DTV 875 |
| First air date | 2001-09-25 as Spanish AC 2008-01-01 as Spanish Oldies |
| Format | Spanish Oldies |
| Class | Satellite Radio Station |
| Owner | XM Satellite Radio |
| Website | Caricia |
Caricia is a radio station on XM Satellite Radio channel 93 and DirecTV channel 875. The channel had been removed from the satellite lineup on 2004-08-02 but was relaunched on 2008-01-01[1]. Caricia plays a mix of Spanish oldies from artists such as Julio Iglesias, Camilo Sesto, Jose Jose, Raphael, Dyango, & Los Yonics. In addition, the channel is available only to DirecTV subscribers who subscribe to the Spanish language programming package.
This channel was programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation until it merged with Univision Radio in 2002. Univision Radio programmed the channel until 2004 channel production turned in-house. In 2004, the channel was removed from satellite lineup in 2004 and only was on the DirecTV service. The format before the channel returned to the satellite service was Spanish AC. The channel returned to the satellite service on 2008-01-01.
[edit] References
- ^ PRNewswire via xmradio.com (2008-01-02). "XM'S New Caricia Channel Brings Back Memories From the Past With Latin Oldies From the 60s, 70s AND 80s". Press release. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
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