List of radio formats
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This is a list of radio formats. Formats constantly evolve and each format can often be sub-divided into many specialty formats. Many of the following formats are available only regionally or through specialized venues such as satellite radio or Internet radio.[1]
- Active rock[1]
- Adult album alternative (or just adult alternative) (AAA or Triple-A)[1]
- Adult contemporary music (AC)[1]
- Adult standards / nostalgia (pre-rock)[1]
- Adult hits / variety hits
- Album rock / album-oriented rock (AOR)[1]
- Alternative rock[1]
- Americana[1]
- Beautiful music
- Big band[1]
- Bluegrass
- Blues
- Caribbean (reggae, soca, merengue, cumbia, salsa, etc.)
- Children's
- Christmas music (usually seasonal, mainly December)
- Classic hits
- Classic rock[1]
- Classical[1]
- College radio
- Comedy
- Contemporary Christian (which is also known as CCM)
- Contemporary hit radio (CHR), occasionally still informally known as top-40 / hot hits[1])[1]
- Contemporary classical music
- Country music: [1]
- New country/Young country
- Classic country
- Dance (dance top-40)[1]
- Eclectic
- Ethnic/International[1]
- Educational
- Experimental
- Folk music
- Full-service (talk and variety music)
- freeform radio (DJ-selected)
- Hot adult contemporary (Hot AC)[1]
- Hispanic rhythmic
- Indian music
- Jazz[1]
- Lite adult contemporary (Lite AC)[1]
- Mainstream rock
- middle of the road (MOR)
- Modern adult contemporary (Modern AC)
- Modern rock[1]
- All-news radio
- Oldies - Primarily 1955-early '80s pop music[1]
- Progressive rock
- Psychedelic rock
- Quiet Storm (most often a "day-part" format at Urban Stations, i.e. 7p-12 midnight,)
- Radio documentary
- Radio drama
- Ranchera
- Regional Mexican (Banda, corridos, ranchera, conjunto, mariachi, norteño, etc.)
- Rhythmic adult contemporary
- Rhythmic contemporary (Rhythmic Top 40)
- Rhythmic oldies
- Rock[1]
- Rock en español
- Romántica (Spanish AC)
- Smooth jazz[1]
- Soft adult contemporary (soft AC)
- Soft rock
- Soul music
- Space music
- Sports
- Spanish sub-formats: [1]
- Tejano music (Texas/Mexican music)
- Also see: Ranchera, Regional Mexican, Romántica, and Tropical
- Talk radio
- Traditional pop music
- Tropical (salsa, merengue, cumbia, etc.)
- Urban: [1]
- Urban contemporary (mostly rap, hip hop, soul, and R&B artists)
- Urban adult contemporary (Urban AC)[1] - R&B, soul and sometimes gospel music, without rap
- Variety
- World music[1]
[edit] Notes
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The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2009) |
[edit] References
- "New York Radio Guide: Radio Format Guide", NYRadioGuide.com, 2009-01-12, webpage: NYRadio-formats.
