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- Studio 54 Radio is a disco and freestyle music radio station, one of four dance-Electronic music channels operated by Sirius XM Radio. The channel was originally known as The Strobe from 2002 to 2011, when it was relaunched under its current incarnation, a homage to the New York City discotheque Studio 54. On November 12, 2008, The Strobe was eliminated from the Sirius lineup as a result of the Sirius/XM channel lineup reorganization. On December 16, due to subscriber demand, Sirius XM Radio announced that the channel would be reactivated on January 15, 2009. On January 15, 2009, The Strobe returned to the Sirius lineup and made its debut on XM (on XM83, where the similarly-formatted Chrome had been prior to the November 2008 channel realignment). On May 28, 2010 through noon on June 1, 2010, Beach Party Radio replaced The Strobe for the Memorial Day Weekend. On July 1, 2010 though July 7, 2010 at 3 AM ET, Beach Party Radio again replaced The Strobe for the July 4th weekend. On September 3, 2010 at 9 AM, Beach Party Radio replaced The Strobe until Tuesday, September 7, 2010. Many subscribers were very unhappy with this change, based on comments on The Strobe's own Facebook page. On October 22, 2010 at 6 PM ET, "The Strobe" was removed from satellite broadcasts and will now only be heard online. It was replaced with Pearl Jam Radio, a channel playing the music of the band Pearl Jam. The last song on "The Strobe" before the change took effect was "Last Dance" by Donna Summer. On May 4, 2011, The Strobe was moved to online channel 803 for both services. At Midnight, August 15, 2011, The Strobe went off the air, due to a new channel starting at 5 pm, Studio 54 Radio, on S/XM channel 15. The channel, which unlike its predecessor, focuses on mostly deeper disco tracks and club classics, based around the "Studio 54" sound and era, along with featuring the nightclub's original DJs and employee testimonials. On October 18, 2011, Studio 54 Radio paid tribute to its namesake by holding an event titled "One Night Only at Studio 54!" which was broadcast live on the channel. Sirius XM Canada still uses The Strobe's logo as channel 15 on its French-language Sirius brochures.
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