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"Radio format" refers to the content that a radio station broadcasts, such as "news" or "pop music."
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| x News | WAMU 88.5 FM |
News is the communication of information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.
One theory is that news was developed as a special use of the plural form of new in the...
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| CKPC | |||
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| x American Music | WAMU 88.5 FM | ||
| x Community radio | WMXP-LP |
Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups.
The term has somewhat different meanings in the...
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| WOJB-FM | |||
| KDEE | |||
| WBAI | |||
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| x Pirate radio | Free Radio Santa Cruz |
The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmissions. Its etymology can be traced to the unlicensed nature of the transmission, but historically there has been occasional but notable use of sea vessels – fitting the...
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| x Talk radio | WCKG |
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener...
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| WWNC | |||
| WMAL | |||
| KZRG | |||
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| x Public broadcasting |
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Chicago Public Radio |
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public. Public broadcasters may receive their funding from individuals through voluntary donations, a specific tax...
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| WBLV | |||
| KUAZ-FM | |||
| KUVO | |||
| KCMP | |||
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| x Urban contemporary | KDAY |
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B;, and, on occasion,...
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| WVEE | |||
| WPGC-FM | |||
| WHPR | |||
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| x Classic rock |
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WAXQ |
Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. In the United States, this rock music format now features a large playlist of songs ranging from...
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| BBC 6 Music | |||
| KZEP | |||
| CKCK-FM | |||
| WLVQ | |||
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| x Rock music |
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WDHA |
Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz, and classical music.
The sound of rock often...
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| Triple M | |||
| Nova 96.9 | |||
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| x Pop music |
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Fly 104.9 |
Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and a conventional structure. The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" (see popular music), but...
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| WSTW | |||
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| x Top 40 Mainstream | Fly 104.9 |
Top 40 Mainstream Chart (often also called Mainstream Top 40 or Top 40/CHR) is an airplay chart from Billboard Magazine and is featured in both sister publications Billboard and R&R.; It is often mistaken for and confused with the Pop 100 Airplay...
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| KHKS-FM | |||
| KLYV | |||
| WEEM-FM | |||
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| x European Classical music |
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WQXR-FM |
Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times. The central norms of...
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| Classic FM | |||
| KCSN | |||
| RTÉ Lyric FM | |||
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| x Low-power broadcasting | The Radiator |
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. These stations tend to serve small towns, or communities within large cities in the United States. There are close to 3,000 LPTV stations in...
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| x Adult contemporary music | WGMT |
Adult contemporary music (frequently abbreviated AC) refers to a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1960s, vocal-based music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence". AC radio plays mainstream music...
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| WEZF | |||
| WVNR | |||
| WBTN | |||
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| x Adult album alternative | WRSY |
Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 1960s from what was called freeform...
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| The Point | |||
| WZGC | |||
| KZEL-FM | |||
| KCMP | |||
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| x Album-oriented rock | CFBR-FM |
Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.
The roots of the Album Oriented Rock (AOR) radio format began with programming concepts rooted in 1960s idealism. The Freeform or...
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| KDXL | |||
| WHQG | |||
| WONC | |||
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| x Sports radio | WTSA |
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often...
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| WNHV | |||
| WFAD | |||
| WCAT | |||
| WSKI | |||
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| x Contemporary Christian music | WCMD-FM |
Contemporary Christian music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term "inspirational music") is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The term is typically used to refer to the...
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| WFSH-FM | |||
| WVFJ-FM | |||
| WCVO | |||
| WRBS | |||
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| x Contemporary hit radio | 96.4 FM The Wave |
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, Contemporary Hits, Current Hits or Top 40) is a radio format that is common in the United States and Canada that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music...
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| WZRT | |||
| WXXX | |||
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| Capital Radio | |||
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| x Adult standards | WJOY |
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.
Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia format) is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, and often...
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| WSTJ | |||
| WSB-FM | |||
| WMNI | |||
| KIXI | |||
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| x Alternative rock |
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KROX-FM |
Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. Alternative rock consists of various...
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| BBC 6 Music | |||
| KPCC | |||
| KEXP | |||
| KRBZ | |||
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| x Variety | 96.4 FM The Wave |
Variety is a radio format which is associated with a wide range of programming including talk, sports, and music from a wide spectrum. This format is usually found on smaller, non-commercial stations such as college radio or high school radio or...
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| KSJS | |||
| KQAL | |||
| WMHD | |||
| WKUF-LP | |||
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| x pop standards | CJCY-FM | ||
| CJOC-FM | |||
| x Classical music |
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Rai Radio3 | |
| WNYC2 Classical | |||
| CFMX-FM | |||
| WHIL-FM | |||
| x Country |
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CHAT-FM |
Country music (or country and western) is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and...
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| WLTM | |||
| WKHX-FM | |||
| WAZU | |||
| WHOK-FM | |||
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| x Active rock | KQRC-FM |
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across Canada and the United States. Active rock plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs.
An active rock station may include songs by known and popular artists...
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| WNOR-FM | |||
| WKLS | |||
| WBZX | |||
| CHOI-FM | |||
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| x Modern rock | WBCN |
Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a rock music format found on American commercial radio. Generally beginning with late 1970s punk but referring especially to rock music since the 1980s, the phrase "modern rock" is used to...
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| CFNY-FM | |||
| KROQ-FM | |||
| CFPL-FM | |||
| Xfm London | |||
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| x Commercial broadcasting | KNBR |
Private television (as called in all neolatin countries) or commercial broadcasting is the United States first model of television born in 1920 decade, antithetical to the "public television" model born in Europe in 1930, 1940 and 1950 decads and...
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| WNEW | |||
| WGVX | |||
| WHTZ | |||
| WRKS-FM | |||
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| x Progressive talk radio | KPOJ |
Progressive talk (or liberal talk) is a talk radio format in the United States devoted to expressing progressive/liberal viewpoints of issues. The format has become more widely implemented since the 2004 launch of The Ed Schultz Show, The Stephanie...
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| WWKB | |||
| WCPT | |||
| KPTQ | |||
| KQKE | |||
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| x Smile Radio 98.3 |
DWSE 98.3 MHz Balanga City) is a music FM radio station owned by Smile Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines, under the brand Smile Radio 98.3. The station's studio is located in Barangay Bagum Bayan, Balanga, Bataan.
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| x Music |
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Vatican Radio |
Music is an art form whose medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and...
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| The Rock | |||
| BBC Radio Ulster | |||
| KFAI | |||
| BBC Radio Cymru | |||
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