Caricia (XM)

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Caricia
Image:Caricia (XM).png
Broadcast area Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Canada Canada
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.

Former Logo for Caricia
Former Logo for Caricia

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.

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