Country music stations were most frequent radio formats in 2021, with 2,200 unique stations in the United States that year, 2 stations less than the previous year. Also popular were news and talk shows, with over 2,000 stations falling in this category for the first time in 2020.
Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations
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Radio Advertising Bureau. (August 18, 2022). Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. "Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations." Chart. August 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. (2022). Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau. "Leading Radio Formats in The United States from 2015 to 2021, by Number of Stations." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/
Radio Advertising Bureau, Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/ (last visited June 02, 2024)
Leading radio formats in the United States from 2015 to 2021, by number of stations [Graph], Radio Advertising Bureau, August 18, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/964067/top-radio-formats-number-of-stations/