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Radio's Most Popular Formats

Rank Format # of Stations
1 Country 2047
2 News/Talk 1282
3 Oldies 816
4 Adult Contemporary 703
5 Hispanic 665
6 CHR (Top 40) 497
7 Sports 470
8 Adult Standards 460
9 Classic Rock 450
10 Hot AC 416
11 Religion (Teaching,Variety) 336
12 Soft Adult Contemporary 322
13 Rock 280
14 Black Gospel 273
15 Classic Hits 229
16 Southern Gospel 208
17 Modern Rock 165
18T R & B 159
18T Contemporary Christian 159
20 Urban AC 136
21 Ethnic 111
22 Alternative Rock 96
23 Jazz 89
24 Pre-Teen 58
25 R & B Adult/Oldies 51
26 Variety 42
27 Gospel 37
28T Modern AC 34
28T Classical 34
30 Easy Listening 20
31 Other/Not Available 4


Source: M Street Corp., ©2004

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