Top 40 Gold not only caters to the younger Top 40 fan, but also services the 30-45 years old customer by mixing in more 70’s and 80’s hits.
Artist’s Like Black Eyed Peas, A-Ha, Matchbox 20 and Journey
Gimme The Hits (Top 40 Pop)
Also is referred to as top 40 or pop. Playlists include new cutting edge music, current hits and popular hits of the last 6 to 12 months.
Artist's Like Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus, Rob Thomas and Kanye West
Playlists include a lean toward more hip-hop, rap and dance songs, (rather than rock and alternative). Play lists consist of new cutting edge music, current hits and popular hits of the last 6 to 12 months for an audience with more of an ethnic composition.
Artist's Like Pitbul, Lady GaGa, and Beyonce
Rock and Alternative Music
World Class Rock (Adult Alternative)
Also known as AAA, this genre offers a hybrid of modern rock, progressive, alternative and classic rock music aimed at an older target audience that both modern rock and active rock.
Artist’s Like U2, Dave Matthews Band, and Black Crows
Half Pipe (Modern Rock / Alternative)
This format is mainstream alternative rock music. There is a high concentration on cutting edge and current hits and music on the past 6 to 12 months.
Artist's Like Green Day, Linkin Park, and Weezer
Stairway to Freebird (Classic Rock)
This is one of the more popular music formats throughout the United States. Most markets contain one classic rock station, but it is common to have two stations with this format. Classic rock stations' play lists include popular rock hits of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and possibly a few hits from today. A variety of this format is album-oriented rock or AOR. The difference between these two formats is that classic rock stations play released singles, where AOR stations will play music from popular artists, including those cuts that were not released as singles, known as album-cuts.
Artist's Like The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and Aerosmith
Country Music
Barb Wire (Hit Country)
As a variety of the country format, hit country stations will concentrate their play lists on current country hits of today and the last few months. Alternate names to this format include new country, hotcountry or young country.
Artist’s Like Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith and Sugarland
Oldies, Adult Hits and Nostalgia
7tNow (Classic Hits or Adult Contemporary)
Playlists include popular music from the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s and today. It is not uncommon for this format to include classic rock music within the playlists. Songs are chosen to be non-offensive and generally appealing to everyone. This format is by far our most popular.
Artist’s Like Elton John, Mat Kearney, and John Legend
Classic Hits! (Oldies)
Playlists include popular hit songs from the 50's, 60's and 70's. It is not out of the ordinary for such stations to focus on a specific decade or two of music.
Artist’s Like Elvis, Buddy Holly, and The Jackson 5
We Can Dance If We Wanna (CHR-80s)
Playlists of this format include popular music specifically from the 1980s, sometimes the early 1990s but may include a slant toward rock music or dance music.
Artist’s Like Huey Lewis & The News, Cindy Lauper, and Madonna
Jazz and Classical
Variations Many of our Jazz stations can be used with or without vocal music. Most contain a mix of instrumental and vocal songs.
Water Cooler Jazz (Jazz)
Traditional jazz music can normally be found on public radio stations and college run radio stations. Jazz music found on these stations play a variety of jazz music recorded throughout the past few decades.
Artist’s Like Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Sade
Cool Cat (Smooth Jazz)
Also titled 'new ac / smooth jazz', and sometimes nicknamed new age jazz, this genre is more of a format rather than a music style. Today, most major markets contain one station with this format. The style of music played on smooth jazz stations includes recent and current adult contemporary hits, as well as new and recent upbeat jazz recordings.
Artist’s Like George Benson, Vanessa Williams and Kenny Lattimore
RR’s 9th (Classical)
Classical music is known as serious music to those who enjoy. Classical music can normally be found on public radio stations and college run radio stations, but most major markets feature one full time commercial classical music station.
Carpool Hits (Top 40 Gold)
