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WOSL – 100.3 R&B – Urban oldies-leaning urban adult contemporary; WEBN-HD3 – 102.3 The Beat – Mainstream urban; WGRI – Inspiration 1050 & 103.1 – Urban contemporary gospel; WDBZ – The Buzz 1230 AM – Urban Talk/Urban Contemporary; WCVG - 1320 The Voice - Urban Gospel/Brokered Programming
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.
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B, [1]) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on their playlists, and generally include some mix of contemporary R&B and traditional R&B (while ...
The explosive rise in popularity during the 1980s of rap music has led to a large number of radio stations specializing in rap/hip-hop and R&B music (with the exception of classic R&B such as Motown, which is as often as not the province of Oldies stations). This format is popular among all ethnic groups and social classes.
WPGC-FM also has been a debated topic amongst radio experts about its format classification as a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit radio station even though it really operates musically and programmed as an Urban Contemporary. In 1987, when the current format on WPGC was introduced it was a mix of R&B, hip-hop, dance and pop titles.
Pages in category "Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States" The following 162 pages are in this category, out of 162 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of Black genres such as R&B, pop-rap, quiet storm, urban adult contemporary, hip hop, Latin music such as Latin pop, Chicano R&B and Chicano rap, and Caribbean music such as reggae and soca. Urban contemporary was developed through the characteristics of genres such as R&B ...
KRNB was first launched at 6 a.m. on September 16, 1996, with an Urban Adult Contemporary format playing R&B music, hence the call sign. (Coincidentally, it is the western reflection of an R&B station in Philadelphia called WRNB.) [3] [4] At the time, its only other competitor for the rest of the decade was KRBV, which went off the air as an R&B station in 1998 due to a transmitter problem ...