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Radio stations that program a "Generation X" type format, with emphasis on songs from the 1990s. Pages in category "1990s radio stations in the United States" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Adult Top 40 chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen BDS." [1] The chart was first published in the March 16, 1996, issue of Billboard; however, historically, the chart's introduction was in October 1995, when it began as a test chart.
Adult Alternative Songs, also known as Triple A, is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American adult album alternative radio stations. Formulated based on each song's weekly total plays, the chart was introduced in the September 22, 1995, issue of Radio & Records magazine, while Billboard ' s chart archives begin on January 20, 1996.
The Adult Top 40 (Adult CHR) format is a hybrid of Hot AC and Top 40 ().Unlike Hot AC stations, they air hip hop and R&B music that typical Top 40 (CHR) stations play. At the same time, unlike Top 40 they spin a large amount of adult-oriented 80s, 90s and current music heard on Hot AC stations.
Mainstream Top 40 is compiled from airplay on radio stations which play a wide variety of music, not just "pure pop", which Billboard defines as "melodic, often synth-driven, uptempo fare". [2] During the 1990s, mainstream top 40 went from R&B dominating the airwaves (and thus the charts) in the early 1990s to rock and alternative music ...
Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1990, 18 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Adult Contemporary, based on playlists submitted by radio stations. [1]
The 15 most listened to stations in Britain, as of December 2023 (only individual stations) [50] Station Format Listeners in millions BBC Radio 2: Adult contemporary/AOR: 13.281 BBC Radio 4: Spoken word (news, drama, factual, comedy) 9.116 BBC Radio 1: Current-based music (pop, rock, dance, urban, alternative) 7.330 Greatest Hits Radio
Not only did Billboard start allowing airplay-only tracks to chart, it broadened its radio panel to include "R&B, adult R&B, mainstream rock, triple-A rock, and country outlets", which was formerly "confined to the mainstream top 40, rhythmic top 40, adult top 40, adult contemporary, and modern rock formats." [3]