Fuego (XM)
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Fuego was a channel on the XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...

 network that specializes in playing Reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

 and Hispanic Rhythmic
Hispanic rhythmic
Hispanic rhythmic, also known as Hispanic urban or "Hurban", is an American radio and format genre that features a Spanish-language musical mix of Latin hip-hop, Mexican hip-hop, reggaeton, dancehall, Latin pop, dance, tropical and salsa hits, all geared towards a bilingual audience, most of them...

. It was available on channel 90 on XM Radio Online and channel 870 on DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

.

This channel was programmed by Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation under the name Alegria with a Latin Pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

 format, until it merged with Univision Radio in 2002. Univision Radio programmed the channel until 2004, where the channel was programmed by XM Radio. XM Radio changed the format 2005-08-14 and changed the name of the channel on 2006-04-17. Latin Pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

 can be on Viva
Viva (XM)
Viva is a channel on the Sirius XM Radio network that specialized in playing Latin Pop music from the 90s and Today. It was retired from the XM line-up on November 12, 2008 as part of the combined channel restructure resulting from the Sirius-XM merger...

 (now online-only), XM 91. XM Radio Canada
XM Radio Canada
XM Radio Canada was the operating name of Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. , a Canadian communications and media company, which was incorporated in 2002 to broadcast satellite radio in Canada...

 added the channel on April 1, 2007.

On 2007-11-19, Fuego was removed for the holiday channels. The channel did not return to the satellites and was replaced with Caricia
Caricia (XM)
Caricia was 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. Caricia plays a mix of Spanish oldies from artists such as Julio Iglesias, Camilo Sesto, José José, Raphael,...

on 2008-01-01.

This channel was removed from XM Online and DirecTV on 2008-07-15.

This format is now heard on Caliente SiriusXM channel 150
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