Categories: Incomplete lists | Radio formats Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... This article is about the radio format. ... 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. ... Album Oriented Rock, abbreviated AOR, was originally an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock music artists rather than singles releases. ... 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. ... Beautiful Music was a mostly-instrumental music format that was prominent in U.S. FM radio from the 1960s through the 1980s. ... A big bang, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially Swing. ... For the emotional state, see Depression (mood). ... Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for Cantonese pop music, a form of popular music that is a subgenre of Cpop. ... Cantonese can refer to: Of, or pertaining to, the people of, or things from, Guangdong Province, Hong Kong or Macau in China. ... Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica and is closely linked to the Rastafari movement, though not universally popular among Rastafarians. ... See: Soca River (pronounced Socha River), ( Slovenian original reka Soča). ... Merengue can mean either: A style of music originating in the Dominican Republic; see merengue (music) A related style of dance; see merengue (dance) See also meringue, a type of dessert. ... Cumbia is a Colombian folk dance and dance music. ... Salsa may have one of the following meanings. ... Commercial Christian radio is a radio format that plays popular music styles with a focus on the Christian message and associated politically-motivated topics. ... Upon This Rock, Larry Norman (1969) Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), or Christian pop/rock music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ... Classic Country is a radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades. ... Classic Hits is a New Zealand popular music radio network which broadcasts music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and today. Each Classic Hits station has its own local breakfast show and advertising but most of the programming is produced in Auckland. ... Genre Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station broadcasting format and although loosely defined, it generally includes the music from rock bands formed between the early 1960s and late 1970s. ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... College radio (also known as university radio or campus radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... CHR is an abbreviation for contemporary hit radio, a radio format that has become fairly common in the United States and Canada as of the 2000s decade. ... Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically for social dancing. ... Easy listening music is a style of popular music which emerged in the mid-20th century and which is smooth, pleasant and undemanding on the ear. ... Electronica is a rather ambiguous term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Freeform is a radio station programming format consisting of music generally selected by a disc jockey and not confined to any particular genre. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The term pirate radio lacks a specific universal interpretation. ... Laser 558 was an offshore pirate radio broadcasting station which came on the air in 1984 from the MV Communicator. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Modern rock is a phrase commonly used by radio stations to describe rock music styles that are commonly found on mainstream radio stations. ... Commercial music radio is a radio format that plays popular music in a manner intended to increase profitability of advertisers, thereby increasing the value of the stations advertising, and the stations profits. ... Nostalgia currently describes a longing for the past, often idealized and unrealistic. ... Oldies is commonly used in the United States to describe certain music from the 1950s, 1960s, and the 1970s. ... Polka is a type of dance and genre of dance music; it originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia, and is still a common genre of Czech folk music; it is also common both in Europe and in the Americas. ... This style refers to the high point of western vocal pop music, the era of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, and Rosemary Clooney. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A radio documentary is a documentary on radio. ... The ranchera is a Mexican music style closely associated with the Mexican mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco in the post-revolutionary period. ... The word rap has these meanings:- verb: to knock with something, e. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African American and Latino youth in Jamaica in the 1920s and has since spread around the world. ... Banda is a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music. ... Corrido is a popular narrative song and poetry form of the mestizo Mexican cultural area (which includes the Southern states of USA, taken from Mexican sovereignship in the midst and late 19th. ... Tejano is also the name of Texans of Spanish origin. ... Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico, consisting of at least two violins, two trumpets, one Spanish guitar, one vihuela (a high-pitched, five-string guitar) and one guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass), but sometimes featuring more than twenty musicians. ... Norteño ( Spanish: northern) is a style of traditional Mexican music that originated in rural northern Mexico in the early 20th century, a form of conjunto based largely on corridos and polka. ... Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. ... Rhythmic music and Rhythmic radio, also known as Rhythmic Crossover or Rhythmic Pop, is a term used to describe a certain group of radio stations and the Billboard chart that is compiled based on airplay from those radio stations. ... 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. ... Rock en Español is the latest generation of Spanish language rock and roll. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Soft rock, also referred to as lite rock, easy rock, and formally Mellow rock, is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock and roll to compose a softer, supposedly more ear-pleasing sound for listening, often at work. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Tex-Mex and Tejano is also a kind of music originating in Texas. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The term urban contemporary was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the early 1980s. ... 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. ...