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Full service (radio format)

Index Full service (radio format)

The full service radio format in the United States consists of a wide range of programming. [1]

35 relations: Adult contemporary music, Adult standards, AM broadcasting, Brokered programming, Celtic music, Classic country, Classic hits, Community Radio Network (New Zealand), Contemporary hit radio, Country music, Focus on the Family, Freeform (radio format), Golden Age of Radio, High school football, Independent Local Radio, Indigenous music of North America, Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, Middle of the road (music), Music of Italy, National Football League, NCAA Division I, New Zealand, Nielsen Audio, Oldies, Polka, Pop music, Radio format, Radio network, Rock and roll, Sermonette, Sign-on and sign-off, Tradio, United Kingdom, United States, Variety (radio).

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 standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.

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AM broadcasting

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

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Brokered programming

Brokered programming (also known as time-buy and blocktime) is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot commercials.

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Celtic music

Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe.

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Classic country

Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.

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Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from the early/mid 1960s through the mid/late 1980s (sometimes early/mid 1990s).

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Community Radio Network (New Zealand)

The Community Radio Network (CRN) was a network of radio stations based in provincial centres across New Zealand.

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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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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is an American Christian conservative organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by psychologist James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Freeform (radio format)

Freeform, or freeform radio, is a radio station programming format in which the disc jockey is given total control over what music to play, regardless of music genre or commercial interests.

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Golden Age of Radio

The old-time radio era, sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Radio, was an era of radio programming in the United States during which radio was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium.

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High school football

High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada.

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Independent Local Radio

Independent Local Radio is the collective name given to commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom.

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Indigenous music of North America

Indigenous music of North America, which includes American Indian music or Native American music, is the music that is used, created or performed by Indigenous peoples of North America, including Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, and other North American countries—especially traditional tribal music, such as Pueblo music and Inuit music.

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Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada

The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries.

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Middle of the road (music)

Middle of the road (MOR) loosely describes any type of music that falls between popular music and art music, and includes the work of serious composers who write in a lighter style than normal.

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Music of Italy

The music of Italy has traditionally been one of the cultural markers of Italian national and ethnic identity and holds an important position in society and in politics.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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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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Oldies

Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on rock and roll and pop music from the latter half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1970s or 1980s.

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Polka

The polka is originally a Czech dance and genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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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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Radio network

There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way radio type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery services.

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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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Sermonette

Sermonette (i.e., a small sermon) is a generic term for short, locally produced religious messages that were aired by many U.S. television stations during their sign-on and sign-off periods.

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Sign-on and sign-off

A sign-on (or start-up) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day.

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Tradio

Tradio (a portmanteau of "trade" and "radio") is the name given to a type of talk radio show format where listeners call in to buy or sell items.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Variety (radio)

Variety is a radio format that plays music across numerous genres.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_service_(radio_format)

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