Every half-hour The Pulse's Jim Ryan or Ron Ross reviews music news on tours, future albums, and other topics covered.

[1] In the United States, the newly commercialized channels were moved, whereas they were deleted outright from XM Canada.

XM described Flight 26 as "Modern Hits of the 90s & Now," although since it leaned toward Hot AC, the station played no urban music.

The music was targeted for the younger adult group, especially for those who were age 16 or older, and the station played music from such artists as John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Green Day, The Fray, Avril Lavigne, Uncle Kracker, Lisa Loeb, P!nk, Colbie Caillat, Counting Crows, and Nickelback.

After the launch of PopRocks, The Pulse further narrowed its playlist dropping most 2000s songs focusing on currents minus the rap playing a more adult top 40 approach focusing on current hits on the mainstream and hot adult contemporary music mixed with hits from 2010 to today.