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Urban adult contemporary

Index Urban adult contemporary

Urban adult contemporary (often abbreviated as urban AC) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. [1]

74 relations: Adolescence, Adult contemporary music, Adult R&B Songs, African Americans, AM broadcasting, Aretha Franklin, Ballad, Baltimore, Birmingham, Alabama, Chicago, Cincinnati, Classic soul, Cleveland, Contemporary hit radio, Contemporary R&B, Cumulus Media Networks, D. L. Hughley, Disc jockey, Emmis Communications, FM broadcasting, Hip hop music, Houston, KAJM, KHLR, KISS-FM, KJLH, KMEZ, KTJM, Little Rock, Arkansas, Los Angeles, Marvin Gaye, McFadden & Whitehead, Memphis, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, Nat King Cole, New Orleans, New York City, New York metropolitan area, Nielsen Audio, Phoenix, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Quiet storm, Radio broadcasting, Radio format, Remaster, Rhythm and blues, Rhythmic oldies, Richmond, Virginia, Rock and roll, Smooth jazz, ..., Soul music, St. Louis, The Isley Brothers, The Steve Harvey Morning Show, The Temptations, The Touch (radio network), Tony Gray (radio), Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song), Urban contemporary, WATV (AM), WBLS, WEPN-FM, WFUN-FM, WGRB, White people, WJMO, WKJS, WNFN, WOLB, WOSL, WPGB, WRBO, WRKS, WVOL. Expand index (24 more) »

Adolescence

AdolescenceMacmillan Dictionary for Students Macmillan, Pan Ltd.

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Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence.

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Adult R&B Songs

The Adult R&B Songs chart (formerly called Adult R&B Airplay) is an airplay chart that is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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AM broadcasting

AM broadcasting is a radio broadcasting technology, which employs amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Cincinnati

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Classic soul

Classic soul is a radio format focusing on soul music from the 1950s-1970s, occasionally venturing into the 1980s.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and the Philippines, that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts.

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Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B (also known as simply R&B), is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

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Cumulus Media Networks

Cumulus Media Networks was an American radio network owned and operated by Cumulus Media.

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D. L. Hughley

Darryl Lynn "D.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Emmis Communications

Emmis Communications is an American media conglomerate based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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KAJM

KAJM (104.3 FM, "Mega 104.3") is a commercial Urban Adult Contemporary music radio station in Camp Verde, Arizona, broadcasting to Phoenix, Arizona.

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KHLR

KHLR (106.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Benton, Arkansas, and serving the Little Rock radio market.

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KISS-FM

KISS-FM (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format serving the San Antonio, Texas area.

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KJLH

KJLH (102.3 FM) is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station serving the Los Angeles area.

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KMEZ

KMEZ, is a radio station serving the New Orleans area.

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KTJM

KTJM (98.5 FM) is a terrestrial radio station, utilizing a regional Mexican format under the branding "La Raza".

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Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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McFadden & Whitehead

McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area, also referred to as the Tri-State Area, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at 4,495 mi2 (11,642 km2).

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Nielsen Audio

Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron) is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio broadcasting audiences.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Quiet storm

Quiet storm is a radio format and a "super genre" of contemporary R&B, jazz fusion and pop music that is characterized by understated, mellow dynamics, slow tempos, and relaxed rhythms.

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Radio broadcasting

Radio broadcasting is transmission by radio waves intended to reach a wide audience.

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Radio format

A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station.

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Remaster

Remaster (also digital remastering and digitally remastered) refers to enhancing the quality of the sound or of the image, or both, of previously created recordings, either audiophonic, cinematic, or videographic.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rhythmic oldies

Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, disco, or dance genres of music.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is music that evolved from a blend of jazz fusion and easy listening pop music, featuring a polished pop feel with little to no jazz improvisation.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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St. Louis

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The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that started as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley.

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The Steve Harvey Morning Show

The Steve Harvey Morning Show is a radio program which is currently broadcast from Los Angeles.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Touch (radio network)

The Touch is a 24-hour music format produced by Westwood One.

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Tony Gray (radio)

Tony Gray is a Chicago radio programming consultant.

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Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)

"Unforgettable" is a popular song written by Irving Gordon and produced by Lee Gillette.

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Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format.

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WATV (AM)

WATV (900 AM, "Branded as V-94.9") is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama.

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WBLS

WBLS (107.5 MHz) is an urban adult contemporary FM radio station in New York City.

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WEPN-FM

WEPN-FM (98.7 MHz) branded as "ESPN New York 98.7 FM", is an all-sports radio station licensed to New York City.

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WFUN-FM

WFUN-FM (95.5 FM) is a radio station with an urban AC format.

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WGRB

WGRB, 1390 AM, is a radio station in Chicago owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014).

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White people

White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.

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WJMO

WJMO (1300 AM) is a commercial urban gospel radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio.

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WKJS

WKJS is an Urban Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Richmond, Mechanicsville, and Midlothian in Virginia.

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WNFN

WNFN (106.7 FM, "i106.7") is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station in the Nashville, Tennessee market, broadcasting a Top 40 format.

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WOLB

WOLB is an Urban Talk radio station in Baltimore, Maryland.

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WOSL

WOSL (100.3 FM; "100.3 R&B") is a radio station licensed to Norwood, Ohio.

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WPGB

WPGB is a country radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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WRBO

WRBO is an FM radio station licensed to Como, Mississippi, broadcasting on 103.5 MHz and serving the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area.

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WRKS

WRKS (105.9 FM, "The Zone") is a radio station licensed to Pickens, Mississippi, although its studio is located in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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WVOL

WVOL (1470 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Oldies format.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_adult_contemporary

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