| Individual preferences in Radio listening are wide and varied – and Radio operators respond by offering a broad range of programming to serve every taste! Here’s a list of the current popularity of formats aired on nearly 11,000 commercial Radio stations licensed in the U.S. today.
An additional 1,559 commercial stations are licensed under construction permits for future broadcast; 346 commercial stations are currently dark/off the air. Close to 2,300 HD Radio stations are using HD Radio Technology, and there are over 1,500 HD2/HD3/HD4 multicast channels on the air. Number of commercial streamed AM/FM Radio stations: 7,256.
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| Rank |
Format | # Stations |
| 1 |
Country | 2,063 |
| 2 |
News/Talk | 1,406 |
| 3 |
Spanish | 844 |
| 4 |
Sports | 799 |
| 5 |
Classic Hits | 760 |
| 6 |
Adult Contemporary | 591 |
| 7 |
Contemporary (CHR Top 40) | 575 |
| 8 |
Classic Rock | 478 |
| 9 |
Oldies | 577 |
| 10 |
Hot AC | 465 |
| 11 |
Religion (Teaching, Variety) | 324 |
| 12 |
Rock | 303 |
| 13 |
Adult Standards | 216 |
| 14 |
Black Gospel | 212 |
| 15 |
Southern Gospel | 167 |
| 16 |
Urban AC | 166 |
| 17 |
Contemporary Christian | 160 |
| 18 |
Ethnic | 154 |
| 19 |
Soft Adult Contemporary | 134 |
| 20 |
R&B | 132 |
| 21 |
Alternative Rock | 105 |
| 22 |
Modern Rock | 101 |
| 23 |
R&B Adult/ldies | 47 |
| 24 |
Variety | 43 |
| 25 |
Jazz | 28 |
| 26 |
Pre-Teen | 24 |
| 27 |
Rhythmic AC | 21 |
| 28 |
Easy Listening | 16 |
| 29 |
Modern AC | 16 |
| 30 |
Gospel | 13 |
| 31 |
Classical | 13 |
| 32 |
Other/Format Not Available | 41 |
| Source: Inside Radio/M Street Corp., Sept. 2014 (No Canadian or Mexican Stations are included). HD Radio stats from iBiquity/HD Digital, Sept. 2014. |
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