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===SiriusXM cancellation in North America=== At midnight on 9 August 2011, [[Sirius XM Radio|Sirius XM]] ceased carrying BBC Radio 1 programming with no prior warning. On 10 August 2011 the BBC issued the following statement: <blockquote>The BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide has been in partnership with SIRIUS Satellite Radio to broadcast Radio 1 on their main network, since 2005. This agreement has now unfortunately come to an end and BBC Worldwide are in current discussions with the satellite radio station to find ways to continue to bring popular music channel, BBC Radio 1, to the US audience. We will keep you posted.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2011/08_august/r1_sirius.shtml | title=Radio 1 β Sirius | work=BBC Worldwide Press Releases | publisher=BBC | date=10 August 2011 | access-date=12 October 2013 | archive-date=25 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525024231/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2011/08_august/r1_sirius.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref></blockquote> Thousands of angry Sirius XM customers began a campaign on Facebook and other social media to reinstate BBC Radio 1 on Sirius XM Radio.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/SaveRadio1inNorthAmerica | title=Get BBC Radio 1 Back on Sirius XM | via=Facebook | access-date=12 October 2013}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=May 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}} One week later, Sirius and the BBC agreed on a new carriage agreement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusxm.com/bbcradio1 |title=BBC Radio 1 β British Pop hits from U.K. Charts β SiriusXM Radio |publisher=Siriusxm.com |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516153430/http://www.siriusxm.com/bbcradio1 |archive-date=16 May 2014 }}</ref> that saw Radio 1 broadcast on a time-shifted format on the Sirius XM Internet Radio platform only, on channel 815. Starting on 15 January 2012, ''The Official Chart Show'' began broadcasting on SiriusXM ''20on20'' channel 3, at 4{{nbsp}}pm and 9{{nbsp}}pm [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Standard Time]].<ref name="Bowman">{{cite web |last1=Bowman |first1=Samantha |title=Weekly countdown of the UK's top 40 songs to air on SiriusXM's 20 on 20 channel |url=http://investor.siriusxm.com/investor-overview/press-releases/press-release-details/2012/BBC-Radio-1s-The-Official-Chart-with-Reggie-Yates-to-Air-on-SiriusXM/default.aspx |website=SiriusXM |publisher=SiriusXM Radio |access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>
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