Radio Basics- Introduction to radio formats

Broadcasting by radio takes several forms.
These include AM and FM stations.
There are several subtypes, namely commercial broadcasting, non-commercial educational (NCE) public broadcasting and non-profit varieties as well as community/campus radio stations can be found throughout the world

Radio Formats:-
Here's a list of radio formats that I could gather from the internet-

Active rock
Adult album alternative (or just adult alternative) (AAA or Triple-A)
Adult contemporary music (AC)
Adult standards / nostalgia (pre-rock)
Adult hits / variety hits
Album rock / album-oriented rock (AOR)
Alternative rock
Americana
Beautiful music
Big band
Bluegrass
Blues
Caribbean (reggae, soca, merengue, cumbia, salsa, etc.)
Children's
Christmas music (usually seasonal, mainly December)
Classic hits
Classic rock
Classical
College radio
Comedy
Contemporary Christian (which is also known as CCM)
Contemporary hit radio (CHR), occasionally still informally known as top-40 / hot hits
Contemporary classical music
Country music
New country/Young country
Classic country
Dance (dance top-40)
Eclectic
Ethnic/International
Educational
Experimental
Folk music
Full-service (talk and variety music)
freeform radio (DJ-selected)
Hot adult contemporary (Hot AC)
Hispanic rhythmic
Indian music
Jazz
Lite adult contemporary (Lite AC)
Mainstream rock
middle of the road (MOR)
Modern adult contemporary (Modern AC)
Modern rock
All-news radio
Oldies - Primarily 1955-early '80s pop music
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
Rock en español
Romántica (Spanish AC)
Smooth jazz
Soft adult contemporary (soft AC)
Soft rock
Soul music
Space music
Sports
Talk radio
Traditional pop music
Tropical (salsa, merengue, cumbia, etc.)
Urban
Variety
World music



To my belief, in India we only have seen three formats... AC, CHR & for a while Talk Radio (Meow 104.8FM)

There probably are more variations developing every day... but these are some videly used formats.

Music... The right one can be good... But the wrong one can damage your ear.. TRUE

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