Adult album alternative (also Adult Alternative, AAA or Triple-A) is a radio format which has a broader, more diverse playlist than most formats and tends to appeal more to adults than to teenagers. Less played tracks are also common. Musical selection tends to be on the fringe of mainstream pop and rock music as well as many other music genres such as alternative rock, alternative country, jazz, folk, world music and blues. The musical selections tend to shy away from hard rock and rap music. A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... The term adult describes any mature organism, but normally it refers to a human: one that is no longer a child / minor and is now either a man or a woman. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub-genre of it. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music1 were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Alternative Country is a term applied to various subgenres of country music. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream popular music or classical music and has some kind of ethnic component. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music that finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ... The word rap has these meanings:- verb: to knock with something, e. ...

Some examples of radio stations with this format include KFOG 104.5 San Francisco, KBCO 97.3 Boulder/Denver, WXRT 93.1 Chicago, KMTT The Mountain 103.7 Seattle, KGSR 107.1 Austin, KBXR 102.3 Columbia, Missouri, and non-commercial stations like WXPN 88.5 Philadelphia and WFUV 90.7 New York City. A radio station is a site configured for broadcasting sound. ... KFOG is an FM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on 104. ... This article is about the city in California. ... Pearl Street Mall in Downtown Boulder Boulder (40n01, 105w16 MST) is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 94,673. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Skyline from Town Lake City nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 669. ... Columbia is a city located in Boone County, Missouri. ... WXPN (88. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... WFUV is a public radio station in New York City owned by Fordham University. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ...

See also

• Adult contemporary, a similar format