“Being on stage doing what I love, with people I love, and my babies in the audience, this feels like a Christmas miracle,” Pink said in her speech. It remained jockless until May 26, 2015, when former MTV VJ Downtown Julie Brown, who also hosts the weekend's "Back in the Day Replay Countdown", began hosting the channel on a daily basis.P!nk and Kelly Clarkson perform onstage at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at The Dolby Theatre on Main Los Angeles, California. On February 3, 2014, the channel became jockless when both Jo Jo Morales and KT Harris were let go in a cost-cutting move. In addition, it also replaced the online-only Super Shuffle channel on Sirius, last heard on satellites in mid-2008. The old Pulse carried a 1990s & hot AC hybrid, whereas the new Pulse just carries modern AC music.
This is Sirius's first all-1990s channel since I-90 signed off on November 4, 2002. On November 12, 2008, it was added to Sirius, replacing the original Pulse on Sirius channel 9, whereas the new Pulse, formerly Flight 26 was added to channel 12 on the Sirius side. It was also heard on DirecTV until February 9, 2010. The service signed on September 25, 2001, and broadcasts on Sirius XM channel 9 and on Dish Network channel 6009.
The channel's logo features a compact disc in place of the zero, representing the popularity of CDs in the nineties. Occasionally, lesser-known '90s songs are played, preceded by the "five disc CD changer set on random" tagline. Many of the station IDs are spoofs of movies, TV characters, songs and TV commercials that were popular during the '90s. The channel focuses mostly on hit-driven R&B, Hip-Hop, Rock, Dance and Techno tracks from the 1990s. The '90s on 9 (or just The '90s) is the name of Sirius XM Radio's 1990s commercial-free music channel, heard on Sirius XM channel 9 and Dish Network channel 6009. Former XM logo as The '90s prior to Sirius/XM merger on November 12, 2008.