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Leading radio formats in the United States in 2016, by number of stations

Leading radio formats in the United States as of December 2016, by number of stations

The data displays the most popular radio formats by number of stations available in the U.S. as of December 2016. According to the source, country music stations were most frequent with 2,126 unique stations in the U.S. in that year.

In total, there were over 11,000 commercial stations on air in December 2016.

Country	2126
News/Talk	1343
Classic Hits	920
Spanish	866
Sports	768
Adult Contemporary	601
Contemporary (CHR Top 40)	584
Classic Rock	498
Hot AC	465
Religion (Teaching, Variety)	318
Oldies	316
Rock	299
Black Gospel	212
Adult Standards	191
Contemporary Christian	176
Ethnic	167
Urban AC	163
R&B	150
Southern Gospel	138
Alternative Rock	114
Soft Adult Contemporary	109
Modern Rock	107
R&B/Adult/Oldies	72
Variety	56
Jazz	24
Rhythmic AC	21
Easy Listening	19
Gospel	15
Classical	13
Modern AC	9
Pre-Teen	1
Other/Format Not Available	53

Leading radio formats in the United States in 2016, by number of stations

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