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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.^[1]

[edit] List of music radio speciality formats

• 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
• Album rock / album-oriented rock (AOR)^[1]
• Alternative rock^[1]
• Americana^[1]
• Big band^[1]
• Bluegrass
• Caribbean (reggae, soca, merengue, cumbia, salsa, etc.)
• 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 rock
• Country music: ^[1]

• New country/Young country

• Dance (dance top-40)^[1]
• Ethnic/International^[1]
• Educational
• Full-service
• freeform radio (DJ-selected)
• General service
• 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]
• New adult contemporary (New AC)
• 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
• Ranchera
• Regional Mexican (Banda, corridos, ranchera, conjunto, mariachi, norteño, etc.)
• Revolution CHR
• Rhythmic adult contemporary
• Rhythmic contemporary (Rhythmic Top 40)
• Rock^[1]
• Rock en español
• Romántica (Spanish AC)
• Smooth jazz^[1]
• Soft adult contemporary (soft AC)
• Soft rock
• Soul music
• Space music
• Spanish sub-formats: ^[1]

• Tejano (Texas/Mexican music)
• Also see: Ranchera, Regional Mexican, Romántica, and Tropical

• 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

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.