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A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station
Radio station

This article is about radio broadcasting, for other uses see Radio .Radio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device....
. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing
Marketing

Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large....
 tool, and constantly evolve. Music radio
Music radio

Music radio is a radio programming radio format in which music is the main broadcast content. After television replaced old time radio's dramatic content, music formats became dominant in many countries....
; Old Time Radio, All-news radio
All-news radio

All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and radio syndication forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks....
; Sports radio
Sports radio

Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:hosts and caller s; political commentary is rare....
; Talk radio
Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests....
 and Weather radio describe the operation of different genres of radio format and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats.








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A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station
Radio station

This article is about radio broadcasting, for other uses see Radio .Radio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device....
. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing
Marketing

Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large....
 tool, and constantly evolve. Music radio
Music radio

Music radio is a radio programming radio format in which music is the main broadcast content. After television replaced old time radio's dramatic content, music formats became dominant in many countries....
; Old Time Radio, All-news radio
All-news radio

All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.All-news radio is available in both local and radio syndication forms, and is carried in some form on both major US satellite radio networks....
; Sports radio
Sports radio

Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:hosts and caller s; political commentary is rare....
; Talk radio
Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests....
 and Weather radio describe the operation of different genres of radio format and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats.

See also

  • Television format
    Television format

    A television format describes the overall content broadcast on a television station. Television formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve....
  • Radio broadcasting
  • List of music radio formats
    List of music radio formats

    Music radio formats constantly evolve and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats. Many of the following radio formats are available only regionally or through specialized venues such as satellite radio or Internet radio....


Sub-list of broadcasting station categories

  • College radio
  • Commercial radio
  • Community radio
    Community radio

    Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups....
  • Pirate radio
    Pirate radio

    The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmissions. Its etymology can be traced to the unlicensed nature of the transmission, but historically there has been occasional but notable offshore radio ? fitting the most common perception of a pirates ? as broadcasting bases....
  • Public radio
  • Internet radio
    Internet radio

    Internet radio is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means....