List of music radio formats
- List of music radio formats
Music radio formats constantly evolve and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats. Many of the following radio formats are available only regionally or through specialized venues such as satellite radio or Internet radio.
List of music radio speciality formats
* Active rock
* Adult contemporary music (AC)
* Adult standards/Nostalgia - pre rock
* Adult album alternative (or just Adult alternative) (AAA or Triple-A)
* Adult hits
* Album rock
* Alternative rock/Modern rock
* Big band
* Bluegrass
* Caribbean (reggae, soca, merengue, cumbia, salsa, etc.)
* contemporary rock
* Classic hits
* Classic rock
* College radio
* Comedy
* Contemporary hit radio (CHR), occasionally still informally known as Top 40
* Contemporary Christian (which is also known as CCM)
* Country Music
** New country/Young country
* Dance (Dance Top 40)
* Educational
* Full Service
* Radio format (Disc jockey-selected)
* General service
* Hot adult contemporary (Hot AC)
* Hot hits (a form of Hot 100; Top 40; Top 30; Top 20; Top 10.
* Hispanic Rhythmic
* Indian Music
* Mainstream rock
* Middle of the road (MOR)
* Modern adult contemporary (Modern AC)
* Music radio
* New adult contemporary/Smooth Jazz (New AC)
* Oldies - Primarily 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s
* Progressive rock
* Psychedelic rock
* Quiet Storm (most often a "day-part" format at Urban Stations, i.e. 7p-12 midnight,)
* Radio documentary
* Ranchera
* Regional Mexican (Banda, corridos, ranchera, conjunto, mariachi, norteño, etc.)
* Revolution CHR
* Rhythmic adult contemporary
* Rhythmic contemporary (Rhythmic Top 40)
* Rock
* Rock en español
* Romántica (Spanish AC)
* Smooth jazz
* Soft adult contemporary (Soft AC)
* Soft rock
* Soul music
* Space music
* Tejano (Texas/Mexican music)
* Top 40
* Traditional pop music
* Tropical (salsa, merengue, cumbia, etc.)
* Urban contemporary (mostly rap, hip hop, soul, and R&B artists)
* Urban adult contemporary (Urban AC) (R&B, soul and sometimes gospel music, without rap)
* Variety
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