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A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve.
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List of radio formats
- 80s Hits
- Active Rock
- Adult contemporary (AC)
- Adult standards / Middle of the road (MOR)
- Album adult alternative (or just Adult alternative) (AAA)
- Album oriented rock (or Adult oriented rock) (AOR)
- Alternative rock (or just Alternative)
- Beautiful music
- Big band
- Black gospel
- Blues
- Canto-pop ( Cantonese pop music)
- Caribbean ( reggae, soca, merengue, cumbia, salsaSalsa may have one of the following meanings. Salsa is the Spanish word for sauce. Salsa is a style of music of Caribbean origin. Salsa is a style of dance of Caribbean origin., etc.)
- Children's Radio
- ChristianCommercial Christian radio is a radio format that plays popular music styles with a focus on the Christian message and associated politically-motivated topics. Many Christian radio stations are commercial in nature, and select music in a manner intended t
- Classic country
- Classic hits
- Classic rockGenre Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station broadcasting format and although loosely defined, it generally includes the music from rock bands formed between the early 1960's and 1990. The most common classic rock band line-up is a, lead
- Classical
- Comedey
- Contemporary Christian
- Contemporary inspirational
- Contemporary hit radio (CHR)
- Country
- Dance
- Easy listeningEasy listening is a term used to describe a certain style of popular music which emerged in the mid 20th century. The term has usually been applied negatively in the years since this style went out of fashion. More neutral terms used by adherents of this
- Educational
- ElectronicaElectronica is a rather vague term (which appears to have originated in the United States) that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. The term has been defined by some to mean modern electronic music that is not necessarily des
- Ethnic
- European Hit Radio (EHR)
- General service
- Gospel
- Hindi film music
- Hot adult contemporary (Hot AC)
- Hurban /CHR (bilingual Hispanic youth format)
- Jazz
- Modern adult contemporary (Modern AC)
- Modern rock
- New adult contemporary / Smooth Jazz (NAC)
- New Country / Young country
- Nostalgia
- Oldies
- Polka
- R&B ("rhythm and blues")
- Ranchera
- Rap/ Hip-hop
- Regional Mexican ( banda, corridos , ranchera, conjunto, mariachi, norteño, etc.)
- Religious
- Rhythmic CHR
- Rhythmic oldies
- Rock
- Rock en español
- Romántica ( Spanish AC)
- Soft adult contemporary (Soft AC)
- Soft rock
- Soul music
- Sports (Sports/Talk)
- Standards
- Talk (News/Talk)
- Tejano ( Texas/ Mexican music)
- Top 40
- Tropical (salsa, merengue, cumbia, etc.)
- Urban contemporary (mostly black rap, hip-hop, soul, and R&B artists)
- Urban adult contemporary (Urban AC) (black R&B, soul and sometimes gospel music, without rap)
- Urban oldies
- Variety
- World music
The following are less formats that programming philosophies that govern the approach taken to serving the listening audience. They may have any programming format or a mix of formats.
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