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Radio's Most Popular Formats
Radio offers something for everyone! Popularity of Radio programming has varied over the years.
Below is a list of the current most popular formats airing on over 10,600 commercial stations licensed
in the United States today.
Radio's Most Popular Formats |
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Rank |
Format |
# of Stations |
1 |
Country |
2037 |
2 |
News/Talk |
1359 |
3 |
Latin/Hispanic |
721 |
4 |
Oldies |
720 |
5 |
Adult Contemporary |
631 |
6 |
Sports |
553 |
7 |
CHR (Top 40) |
474 |
8 |
Classic Rock |
459 |
9 |
Adult Standards |
372 |
10 |
Hot Adult Contemporary |
369 |
11 |
Religion (Teaching,Variety) |
304 |
12 |
Rock |
279 |
13 |
Soft Adult Contemporary |
262 |
14 |
Classic Hits |
258 |
15 |
Black Gospel |
256 |
16 |
Southern Gospel |
208 |
17 |
Adult Hits |
188 |
18 |
Urban Adult Contemporary |
165 |
19 |
Contemporary Christian |
152 |
20 |
R & B |
135 |
21 |
Modern Rock |
123 |
22 |
Alternative Rock |
122 |
23 |
Ethnic |
109 |
24 |
Jazz |
77 |
25 |
Pre-Teen |
57 |
26 |
R & B Adult/Oldies |
43 |
27 |
Variety |
36 |
28 |
Gospel |
30 |
29 |
Classical |
24 |
30 |
Easy Listening |
19 |
31 |
Modern Adult Contemporary |
18 |
32 |
Other/Format Unavailable |
9 |
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Total Commercial Stations in Operation |
10569 |
| An additional 379 stations are licensed under construction permits for future operation; 130 stations are currently dark/off the air. |
| Number of stations on the air broadcasting in HD |
995 |
| Number of streaming radio stations |
3815 |
Source: M Street Corp., © 2007
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