On November 12,2008, The Strobe went on hiatus, however, on 2008-12-16, due to subscriber demand, Sirius XM Radio announced that this channel and BackSpin will return to the service on 2009-01-15.
On November 12,2008, The Strobe went on hiatus, however, mainly due to the Christmas music channels. On 2008-12-16, due to subscriber demand, Sirius XM Radio announced that this channel and BackSpin will return to the service on 2009-01-15.